Quantum Creole, exhibited at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum – Project Space until 2 September, is the result of a long research process (approximately ten years) conducted by Filipa César in Guinea-Bissau, translated into other projects such as Spell Reel (2017), the first feature film by...
Quantum Creole, exhibited at t...
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We Didn´t Mean To Break It (But It’s Ok We Can Fix It). The title’s provocative tone echoes throughout the Pedro Cera gallery, through the works of five artists (Haiyang Wang, Joyce Ho, Poklong Anading, Mak Ying Tung 2, Filippo Sciascia) on display, addressing issues...
We Didn´t Mean To Break It (B...
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Às Nove a Caminho is the title of Sara Mealha’s solo exhibition that opened on June 7 at Galeria Balcony in Lisbon. With a background in painting, the artist relies on several different supports, having in mind the unique traits of each approach. Às Nove...
Às Nove a Caminho is the titl...
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She lived in images; she thought through images. She tasted every flavour and breathed a whole perfume cabinet bought over a lifetime. But it was the touch that told her who she was and where she belonged to; the touch was the moment of meaning.The...
She lived in images; she thoug...
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In this exhibition, the artist relies on sound art as an autonomous discipline, treating it as the pivotal and most prominent element, along with sculpture and installation. The name of the exhibition, AWDITƆRJU, is the phonetic representation of the word auditorium, which means place, or...
In this exhibition, the artist...
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In the upcoming month of September, a noteworthy group of collectors and devotees of contemporary jewellery will be visiting Lisbon for the release of the first book on the history of contemporary jewellery in Portugal, an effort that is the outcome of a mid-career scholarship...
In the upcoming month of Septe...
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Irony is the strength of youth and the desideratum of intelligence. In its ambiguity, there is a concept of layers and shades: from humour to terror, from reality to fantasy, irony is the acuity of a purposely contrived truth. Unsurprisingly, the great works (dramatic, literary,...
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23 drawings by João Jacinto (Mafra, 1966) are gathered at the National Fine Arts Society in Lisbon, in the exhibition A chuva cai ao contrário, curated by Manuel Costa Cabral and Nuno Faria and organized by Fundação Carmona e Costa.Declining the invitation to hold a...
23 drawings by João Jacinto (...
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When Fernando Lemos was photographing in the 40s, he repeatedly shot on the same negative until the image became saturated, cloudy, obscure and ghostly. When encountering the photo for the very first time, the viewer was challenged with different stimuli, faces to decipher, murky transparencies,...
When Fernando Lemos was photog...
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Anthropomorphism is perhaps one of the oldest artistic manifestations of mankind, immediately after cave paintings. We have the fables in literature and, although Paulo Brighenti doesn’t rely on this stylistic approach, his sculptures seem to be ready to tell stories of long-gone times.Paulo Brighenti has...
Anthropomorphism is perhaps on...
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