Some of Artur Barrio’s most relevant biographical details are visible through his work. However, it should always be pointed out that he was born in Portugal in 1945 and moved with his family to Brazil in 1955. This small fact clearly shows the non-space where...
Some of Artur Barrio’s most ...
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In 1935, Walter Benjamin said that when “art was in religious service, the church was a kind of gallery”, while “today, the gallery is something between a church and a bank vault”....
In 1935, Walter Benjamin said ...
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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...
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Recently, Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães (CIAJG) entered a new cycle with the arrival of curator Marta Mestre. Besides the never-ending mission of preservation, dissemination and rehabilitation of the work of an important Portuguese artist, there is now a refreshing (and urgent) vision...
Recently, Centro Internacional...
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Fernão Cruz presents Armoured Room at Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães, an exhibition that is part of the cycle On the edges of fiction, curated by Marta Mestre.The Centro’s room occupied by Fernão Cruz extends vertically and horizontally, allowing and challenging the artist to...
Fernão Cruz presents Armoure...
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Julião Sarmento is one of Portugal’s most renowned contemporary artists, with a remarkable work in quantity and quality. He has dozens and dozens of national and international exhibitions, attesting an impressive number of his works.However, many pieces were never exhibited, unseen work which was never...
Julião Sarmento is one of Por...
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