The era of post-truth, meta-irony and "laughter for the sake of laughter" is cracking at the foundations. Nihilistic, hedonistic humour, without ethical foundation, is a meme consumed in a flash to the brink of exhaustion. What is the importance of irony without its critical and...
The era of post-truth, meta-ir...
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Hal Foster, in his famous book “Design and Crime, and other diatribes”, 2002, recalled Bruce Mau, and the design principles that this designer defended in the late 1980s. It was with Mau that, as a manifesto, the term “Life Style” came about, and its closed...
Hal Foster, in his famous book...
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A red curtain hides and darkens the interior of the gaat, which until May 27, 2022 hosts the exhibition Tudo o que é estranho...
A red curtain hides and darken...
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Rachel Carson’s text, «The Gray Beginnings»[1], stresses the sea’s decisive role on the planet and bodies of the living species that inhabit it: "each of us has a salt stream in our veins, with the elements sodium, potassium and calcium in similar ratios to those...
Rachel Carson’s text, «The ...
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Parque das Gerações, in Cascais, is the motif of Manuel Botelho’s new solo exhibition at Galeria Miguel Nabinho....
Parque das Gerações, in Casc...
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Last April 30, Galeria Nuno Centeno premiered the exhibition This side of Nowhere by the Porto artist Carolina Pimenta....
Last April 30, Galeria Nuno Ce...
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The first contact with the work exhibited at Galeria 111, Besta, takes place through the pieces created by Rui Chafes. In an exhibition that also includes the participation of artists like Pedro A. H. Paixão, Alexandre Conefrey and Rui Moreira....
The first contact with the wor...
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One thing spawns an encounter when it crosses another. In this encounter, the eye is filled with light and the images grow fed by the sun. But the chances for this encounter are not limited to a fixed point. Or a star. Some people prefer...
One thing spawns an encounter ...
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A delicate graphite drawing by Inez Teixeira, untitled, from 2000, presents the image of a female face lying down. It seems to rise as if the soul were detached from the body. It reminds one of the mannerisms of early or late Romanticism....
A delicate graphite drawing by...
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Infrathin is a concept by Marcel Duchamp where an interval is exposed, an instant that separates inertia from change. It’s an ironic concept, overly accurate or not, who knows (after all, he was always someone who tried to run away from labels)? But it has...
Infrathin is a concept by Marc...
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