It is difficult to resort to words in the realm of the unknown. In this space, which is not exactly void - or perhaps it is the opposite, i.e., excessive, euphoric and crowded - all it takes is a small stumble and one is back...
It is difficult to resort to w...
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This is an atypical article on an exhibition that is happening in crescendo - as it is on display at Brotéria and is echoing in nearby bookshops. It may also be a brief text that is unfair in its visual impact, form, rhythm and semantics,...
This is an atypical article on...
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Eduarda Rosa exhibition Memórias, Pesadelos e Inquietações is sewn between Aztec calendars and industrial sheds, starry horizons and radioactive frowns. The artist uses collage to build a patchwork of images not entirely dissimilar to another figurehead of modernity: the encyclopaedia....
Eduarda Rosa exhibition Memór...
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What is art if not time felt, made real in space - or the embodiment of time perceived, acknowledged in space? With that said, I'm not speaking of the Hegelian Zeitgeist, much less the Rieglian Kunstwollen, but rather of the concept of a threshold between...
What is art if not time felt, ...
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In Lisbon, with works by Pedro Liñares, Pedro Barassi, Mariana Malheiro and Pedro Zhang, Monitor is for the second time displaying a look at several approaches to the contemporary practice of painting and, in particular, figuration. Now four years later, and following the same drive...
In Lisbon, with works by Pedro...
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This year, the second Lisbon International Biennial of Contemporary Jewellery, is already happening at venues all over the city of Lisbon. Even for contemporary artists, designers or architects, it is difficult to imagine how distinct contemporary jewellery is, a world of discovery, unexpected technical ingenuity,...
This year, the second Lisbon I...
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This was supposed to be a brief phone call regarding her second solo exhibition at NO·NO Gallery, but it escalated into a long and meaningful multi-part conversation, after all we are talking about the artist Ana Pérez-Quiroga....
This was supposed to be a brie...
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Do Jardim, um Oceano (From the Garden, an Ocean) is the fruit of Panmela Castro's most recent artistic residency in Lisbon. Following an invitation from Francisco Fino Gallery, the Brazilian visual artist spent two months leading a series of gatherings in her studio, individually captured...
Do Jardim, um Oceano (From the...
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As we walk into the Kaleidoscope exhibition, the place is overwhelmed by an intense light coming from the wide windows in the spacious CABANAmad room. The vibrant glow pervades the multicoloured, translucent pieces hanging on the wall. Long, languid, caramel-coloured birds stand in sharp contrast...
As we walk into the Kaleidosco...
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Rita Gaspar Vieira's exhibition Água Viva explores the drama underlying water, articulating its different facets to build objects whose circumstantial essence touches on themes such as memory and identity, fragility and transcendence....
Rita Gaspar Vieira's exhibitio...
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