Latest news and stories about art in Portugal for expats and residents.
The Museum is yet another place of worship for this secular category that inspires religious devotion: contemporary art. Opinion by António Guerreiro
A temporary exhibition showcasing the Cunha e Costa collection, highlighting a shared Portuguese identity.
“I never thought I would have so much pleasure in giving,” says José Teixeira, the president of DST, about the Muzeu, which is inaugurated today. A room dedicated to Anselm Kiefer will be the “anchor” of the new space.
She is the sister of Columbano and Rafael, two of the most important national artists of the late 19th century. An exhibition in Lisbon puts Maria Augusta Bordalo Pinheiro in the spotlight.
Painting, sculpture, and antiques are exhibited alongside pieces by designers such as Versace, Vivienne Westwood, or Balenciaga.
“What we see here has never been seen before.” This is what Spanish curator Eloy Martínez de la Pera Celada says halfway through the guided tour of the “Art and Fashion” exhibition, which opened this Saturday at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. He is leading a group of journalists, amidst technicians, lights, and captions...
Art & Fashion brings together 140 haute couture pieces with 100 works from the Gulbenkian Museum in a reflection on beauty, explains curator Eloy Martínez de la Pera Celada, who worked for four years on the exhibition.
Ari Hodara, a Parisian engineer, won a 1941 Picasso painting, 'Woman's Head', in a charity raffle supporting Alzheimer's research. Having paid 100 euros for a ticket, he now faces the challenge of owning a piece valued at over one million euros. Due to security, insurance requirements, and his newfound public profile, Hodara is considering selling the work or loaning it to a museum, as previous winners have done, rather than keeping it at home.
Starting this Saturday, “Art & Fashion” crosses masterpieces from the Gulbenkian Museum Collection with 140 national and international creations. It also revives the rigour of Calouste, who labelled his clothing by season.
A painting by Helena Vieira da Silva will be up for auction on Wednesday in Paris. An untitled work on paper, which is part of the modern and contemporary art section.
A painting by Helena Vieira da Silva will be auctioned this Wednesday in Paris. It is an untitled work on paper, which is part of the modern and contemporary art section.
The winner is so incredulous that he even asks himself: “How can I verify that this is not a fraud?”
A retrospective of the “singular and demanding work” of one of the most important Portuguese artists of recent decades. On display at Culturgest, the Pavilhão Branco, and the Cinemateca Portuguesa in Lisbon.
The iconic buildings of the Benfica Foundation or the Olympia cinema, the art gallery corridors of the Andaz or the Inspira, the exclusivity of the butlers at the Mythic SANA, and one yet to open near the Gulbenkian.
Visual poetry for the digital age by Silvestre Pestana, at the Porto Municipal Gallery.
An architectural project that is also a work of art and vice versa. A studio and a sculptor come together to create a restaurant with the help of many hands from homeless people.
Katia Canton, who is also a psychoanalyst and writer, has lived in Lisbon since 2019. Until the 30th of this month, she is presenting the exhibition 'The Forest and the Word', in which she mixes medicines with paints.
It is essential that Portalegre tapestries receive greater international recognition; this should be a task promoted by those who take them abroad.
It is in the Alentejo region that the De Bruin-Heijn family welcomes those who wish to visit an important contemporary art collection, while work on the estate continues. How and why?
The Animais de Lisboa project is investigating the presence of non-human animals in the city's history and landscape from the 12th to the 18th century. Everyone can help, and all it takes is a mobile phone.
The long-term loan is causing a stir in Mexico's cultural scene. Santander bank, which will manage the collection, clarified that ownership will not change and the collection will return to the country.
The Portuguese artist presents “XIV Steps” from May to November in Venice, outside the official selection of the 61st Biennale. A meditation on the Passion, oppression, and the history of European painting.
The DST group is currently running the Living Lab project, which involves creating a 'micro-city' made of buildings whose parts are 'produced' in factories and then assembled. The project is signed by renowned international architect Norman Foster, a Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, who joins Portuguese architects Siza Vieira and Souto Moura—also Pritzker winners—who have projects on the DST Campus. DST leader José Teixeira says he wants to open his facilities to the community and build 'creative energy'. On April 25th, the Muzeu - DST Contemporary Thought and Art will be inaugurated in the centre of Braga.
Factories and works of art advance side by side at the DST facilities. The company believes that culture brings business.
An immersive environment, a labyrinthine path in the dark, and a mechanical soundscape. The Portuguese artist adds this premiere to two exhibitions already scheduled in France.
At the Gulbenkian's Modern Art Centre, Bruno Zhu has created a disconcerting museum
The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, in Porto, is the only Portuguese museum on the list published by The Art Newspaper. With 902,000 visitors last year, it ranks 84th. The Louvre Museum in Paris leads the list, and the largest increase in visitor numbers was observed in South Korea.
According to a list from a specialized international publication, the Serralves Museum is the only Portuguese one to enter this list led by the Louvre Museum in Paris.
