The first drawings displayed on the gallery walls date from the early 80s of the 20th century.At the beginning of this journey, in Paula Rego’s exhibition rooms, coloured images appear in acrylic on white paper. We can see works such as Os Colonos of 1983;...
The first drawings displayed o...
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Biting dust is the lovely title chosen by Fernão Cruz for his current solo exhibition at the Gulbenkian. It is the direct translation of an English saying to describe someone who falls with a bang, who dies or fails irreversibly. We will talk about this...
Biting dust is the lovely titl...
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“Antarctica is the aridest and isolated continent in the world. Climate change is shrinking this fragile ecosystem - ever more rapidly. Unique photographs from the top of the world...
“Antarctica is the aridest a...
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In the spacious industrial spot of Central Tejo, we find an “exhibition-installation”1 on the EDP Foundation Portuguese Art Collection, whose chronology begins in the 1940s and lasts until today.The exhibition has hundreds of works in four thematic groups - work, sound, word and laziness. But...
In the spacious industrial spo...
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I remember the poet, the pretender who «pretends so completely, that he even pretends that it is pain the pain he really feels pain».[1] Pessoa’s autopsychography is reflected in Jorge Molder through the representation of the body.At this exhibition’s entrance, the image of a pair...
I remember the poet, the prete...
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The 3+1 Arte Contemporânea gallery is now taken by Sam Smith’s world with the solo exhibition (dis)assembly until January 8. Sam Smith uses the cinematographic language in his artistic praxis to ponder the relationships between humans, nature and technology. This process is extended to the...
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While I was writing about For Laura by Jaime Welsh, I realised the daunting task of grading a visit to the exhibition at Galeria Madragoa. These three photographs are the consequence of a painstaking method of visual conception, but they also stem from a rather...
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DEVOLUTION is Tomaz Hipólito's most recent individual exhibition at Carpintarias de São Lazaro. Curated by João Silvério, this show is a series of works between sculpture, drawing and performance. Showing objects that seem to be offshoots of the very same world, we see Hipólito's attempt...
DEVOLUTION is Tomaz Hipólito'...
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Susto é um Mundo is the new brainchild of choreographer and dancer Vera Mantero. This show premiered in November at Culturgest, within the Festival Alkantara. The artistic direction is by Vera Mantero, the co-creation by Henrique Furtado Vieira, the interpretation by Vera Mantero, Henrique Furtado...
Susto é um Mundo is the new b...
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The theatre and performance company Truta no Buraco premiered its latest piece on November 24 at Damas - Bar e Sala de Concertos. Truta no Buraco was born in Lisbon, on the sidelines of Andreia Farinha’s occasional remunerated freelance work. On the sidelines of institutionalism,...
The theatre and performance co...
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