Light is the key material in Paulo Lisboa's artistic expression. With a body of work that goes beyond the traditional boundaries of drawing, light is the medium that sets the work in motion and takes it to a concealed, cosmic dimension. The exhibition Cycloptic, on...
Light is the key material in P...
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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,...
Atelier-Museu Júlio Pomar ope...
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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...
My visit to Miguel Soares' Cha...
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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...
The new Museum of Contemporary...
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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...
Umbigo interviewed the sculpto...
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Curated by João Francisco Reis, Encontros Imediatos de Segundo Grau attempts to make visible and palpable the molecules of pollution, danger and uncertainty that we co-inspire, paving the way for the discovery of other resistances and existences. 56 works by 12 young creators are part...
Curated by João Francisco Rei...
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Cordoaria Nacional's East Tower is hosting the exhibition Zonas de Transição until January 7, 2024, the most recent exhibition of pieces from Fundação PLMJ's contemporary art collection and the most comprehensive in the last 15 years. It features 90 artists, including Ana Jotta, Ângela Ferreira,...
Cordoaria Nacional's East Towe...
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The exhibitions Architectural promenade; Águas Livres e uns quantos Blocos Afluentes I and Slogan by Rodrigo Oliveira is on show at Galeria Diferença until November 25. The artist works with different media and material sources to experimentally operate and manipulate suitable forms of architectural and...
The exhibitions Architectural ...
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Maria da Graça Carmona e Costa's role in Portuguese contemporary art is so crucial that to consider her absence and question "what would have been?" could render the national artistic panorama a scenario beyond obscure. The Álbum de Família exhibition, curated by Manuel Costa Cabral...
Maria da Graça Carmona e Cost...
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