When Freud announced in 1929 that man has become a “prosthetic god” it was sounded with an air of astonishment or reproach. Now it is a truism. We are inured to the concept of transplants and synthetic body parts, cosmetic surgery is no longer stigmatised,...
When Freud announced in 1929 t...
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DocLisboa had its twentieth edition this year, which also marked twenty years of the festival. Between October 6 and 16, we were invited to travel through the past, always with our eyes on the future, as usual....
DocLisboa had its twentieth ed...
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he thirty-second edition of Encontros da Imagem: Festival Internacional de Fotografia e Artes Visuais, with the motto Lugares Comuns, has fifty exhibitions in twenty-six venues in Braga, Porto, Guimarães, Barcelos and Avintes. And also conferences, film sessions, screenings, educational actions and portfolio readings....
he thirty-second edition of En...
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Mafalda Ruão interviews Ana Catarina Teixeira, author of Umbigo’s October cover, talking about a work with several points of contact with the outside world....
Mafalda Ruão interviews Ana C...
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Autumn has brought Milan three exhibitions that make a difference; indeed, they deserve to be visited if the reader happens to be in the Italian city....
Autumn has brought Milan three...
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It has been difficult to understand some issues in contemporary art since the middle of the last century. According to Arthur Danto, current artistic currents are based on a practice increasingly dependent on the market flow and fluctuating actions - legitimised by critics, curators, gallerists...
It has been difficult to under...
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The chance of a market returning to its place is materialised at FÓRUM, in the square of Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães (CIAJG), Guimarães. This is an ephemeral pavilion, hosting the programme entitled SEM ESPINHAS. This double project was conceived by the architect...
The chance of a market returni...
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Drawing Room Lisboa opens its doors next October 26, directed by Mónica Álvarez Careaga, who selected 26 galleries for this art fair, amongst which 18 are Portuguese. A total of 90 artists, Portuguese and foreign, are being exhibited.The main focus of this short notice, though,...
Drawing Room Lisboa opens its ...
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The Avesso festival was created by the Avesso Association, in 2014, by a group of people connected to the arts, coming from Ponta do Sol, when Madeira still had little cultural offer. With the support of the Regional Directorate of Culture, the local municipality and...
The Avesso festival was create...
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AiR 351 is a non-profit organization, based in Cascais, aiming to welcome artists, curators, and thinkers, organize debates and reflection programmes on contemporaneity and the arts, and establish a network of collaborations, networking and experiences between residents, universities, and the community....
AiR 351 is a non-profit organi...
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