Henrique Tavares Ferreira addresses the why and the how, thinking and its manifestation, on Umbigo's December cover. Merging science and art, his gesture is an empowering way of sending a much needed message, a warning or a reminder, which neither dictates nor passes judgement, but...
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Atelier-Museu Júlio Pomar opened its doors to the public in 2013 with the exhibition Em torno do acervo, a first foray into the artist's extensive body of work. Right from the start, the venue itself was an invitation, due to its breadth and natural light,...
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Fornada, the name of the exhibition featuring works by Ana Vidigal and Luís Rocha, uniting two artists from different generations and with highly diverse formal languages, semantically describes in Portuguese the material that enters the oven to be baked, forged, made, manufactured....
Fornada, the name of the exhib...
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My visit to Miguel Soares' Chance Meeting exhibition at Rialto6 took place quite a while ago, since I started writing this text. I must confess, from the outset, that I'm not the best at taking notes either: on revisiting my notebook, I'm confronted with random...
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The exhibition Fora de Registro is Albano Afonso's new solo show, open until December 22 at the Casa Triângulo gallery in São Paulo's Jardins neighbourhood....
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Drawing on the legacy, influence and importance of surrealism in the visual arts, A Revolução na Noite, curated by Ana Anacleto at Centro de Arte Oliva (CAO), is presenting for the first time nearly 200 artistic productions made between 1910 and 2021 from Coleção Millennium...
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A busy evening featuring two dance performances by Quorum Ballet at Cine-Teatro D. João V, Amadora. The first show was S.Ó.S, created by Daniel Cardoso (the company's artistic director), one that debuted in 2020 and brought back to the stage one of the most difficult...
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The new Museum of Contemporary Art - MAC/CCB opened on October 28, 2023. With a new face and three additions to the museum's collection, the expectations surrounding the opening also have to do with the future of the Berardo Collection, which is still undergoing legal...
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Just like the rainbow, which, under certain conditions, requires a specific interval to develop, nature requires us to be calm and reflective before we can notice its presence. At Círculo de Artes Plásticas in Coimbra (CAPC), the exhibition Eles falam em Arco-Íris reflects this issue:...
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Umbigo interviewed the sculptor Tony Cragg, days before the opening of the exhibition Rare Earth, curated by Emília Ferreira at MNAC – Museu do Chiado, his first retrospective exhibition in Lisbon. This interview looks at Cragg’s work in a broader perspective and focuses on the...
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