A badminton shuttlecock hits the head of the gentleman in front of me with a resounding thud. The girls don't notice. The shuttlecock falls into the sand, they pick it up and continue playing. There seems to be an opaque dome separating the two worlds,...
A badminton shuttlecock hits t...
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A hand tapping according to a specific tempo, a call in Morse code, attempting to communicate secretly. Violaine Lochu’s work is defined by action: the video, which bears the exhibition’s title, shows us the artist in a sequence of gestures - with a torch, she...
A hand tapping according to a ...
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Mafalda Ruão interviews Joana Siquenique, author of Umbigo’s September cover, who presents a work full of colour, transparencies and movements. A kinesis of optical illusions with desires, intimacies and past memories. With the exhibition LOTE 17 about to open, the artist will disclose the harmonious...
Mafalda Ruão interviews Joana...
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At the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the possibility arose to put Jorge Queiroz and Arshile Gorky‘s oeuvres into dialogue. In a special setting, the exhibition presents drawings and paintings by both, which encompass expressionism, surrealism, abstraction and symbolism. But what fuelled the association between two artists...
At the Calouste Gulbenkian Fou...
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Sometimes, when we meet the players responsible for contemporary art galleries on the Iberian Peninsula, we limit ourselves to urban centres, such as Lisbon, Porto, Madrid or Barcelona. This can replicate old vices, sing the same old songs and privilege faces (and canvases) that have...
Sometimes, when we meet the pl...
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In the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory of the National Museum of Natural History and Science, algae and the female body are the main subject of Ana Kesselring‘s new solo exhibition. Entitled Algae Odyssey, the artist presents ceramic sculptures and a photographic installation, showing a vital union...
In the Analytical Chemistry La...
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Fundo sem Fundo by Sérgio Fernandes [1], at Centro de Arte Oliva [2], curated by Andreia Magalhães, is based on a residency where the artist developed a creative and investigative project on colour and visual perception, between his studio in Lisbon and the art institution....
Fundo sem Fundo by Sérgio Fer...
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Living Your Life, is an exhibition that brings together fashion photographs by Georges Dambier....
Living Your Life, is an exhibi...
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After Lisbon (1994), Porto (2001) and Guimarães (2012), 2027 is the year in which a Portuguese city will once again become European Capital of Culture (ECoC). To nurture a common cultural space, highlighting the cultural features shared by Europeans and the varied richness of practices,...
After Lisbon (1994), Porto (20...
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To orient ourselves in a new building requires us to master the space as if we were performing a kind of cartographic movement. Whether mental, printed, digital, more materialized or intangible, the map is a fundamental instrument - an auxiliary piece to build foundations of...
To orient ourselves in a new b...
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