Latest news and stories about art exhibition in Portugal for expats and residents.
The artist's new exhibition is at the Castelo Branco Cultural Centre until 5 July, featuring paintings moulded into irregular and organic shapes, such as Masks, Wilde Frau and Woman with Mirror.
The Portuguese team for the “RedSkyFalls” project withdrew from the People's Choice Award in support of Ukraine and Palestine. The 61st Venice Art Biennale opened to the public on May 9th with 100 national pavilions.
The exhibition 'The Century of Gehry' at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art explores the career of the late architect Frank Gehry. Curated by António Choupina and Gehry Partners, the retrospective features 19 iconic projects, including his unbuilt proposal for Lisbon's Parque Mayer and his collaborations with Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza.
Between music and politics, Manuel João Vieira tries to go to his studio every day. An exhibition at MAAT shows us a cultured artist who plays with the past and enjoys painting landscapes.
The value of art is not an exact equation, says Beatriz Narciso, winner of the 1st Women in Art Fellowship, who rescues forgotten female inventors in the exhibition Sótão.
The renowned Ana Maria de Abadal is one of the Naïf artists on display in Sátão. She portrays interior spaces and royalty in paintings that are “not large in size, but large in content”.
In a folding and unfolding of the materials she has worked with, Maria José Oliveira shows at the MNAC in Chiado a common and everyday life that slips invisibly through the day-to-day of our indifference.
Project created by Rio-born curator Luiza Baldan prioritises listening, experimentation, and creative processes in opposition to the logic of accelerated productivity. The exhibition runs from 6 June to 25 July.
In “Raios” (Lightning), by Adriana Molder, there are clouds that we can interpret as threats, where drawing, sculpture, and ghosts break free and invade the entire space, both real and imaginary, of Galeria 111 in Lisbon.
For Master José Albino, the Crystal Palace was “one of the wonders that disappeared from the city of Porto”. The Naïf painter immortalised the building in a painting worthy of a “historical document”.
The Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology is exhibiting the work of Manuel João Vieira.
“What would the seabed tell us tomorrow if it were emptied of water today?” This is one of the philosophical questions Grada Kilomba has been exploring, which serves as the theme for “O Fundo do Mundo” (The Bottom of the World). It is the Portuguese artist's largest exhibition to date in Portugal, opening this Saturday, May 30, at the Albuquerque Foundation in Sintra, curated by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti. The exhibition features four major installations previously shown abroad but new to Portugal, alongside never-before-seen works, including drawings, photographs, and sculptures. Kilomba, whose work focuses on colonialism, slavery, and systemic violence, emphasizes that her artistic practice is inseparable from activism, aiming to provide a visual and semantic vocabulary for subjects that society often struggles to address.
The Hortensia Herrero Art Centre is dedicating an exhibition to the German artist. In the 11 works in Valencia and the eight at the Museum of Braga, we see Kiefer dealing with the weight of history, landscape, and alchemy.
ARCOlisboa opened yesterday with the presence of the Minister of Culture, Margarida Balseiro Lopes, and the Mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas, who began their visit to the event at the Cordoaria Nacional with the 'Timescape' exhibition by artist Jorge Martins at the Torreão Nascente. The minister and the mayor, among other national cultural figures, toured the 60-work exhibition and spoke with the 86-year-old artist. Curator Óscar Faria revealed that the Minister of Culture asked the artist which of the paintings was his favourite. The artist stated he has no favourite, but chose an oil-on-canvas painting that shares the exhibition's title, which was started in 2009 and completed this year. Jorge Martins notes that the works are recent, created since the pandemic. 'What interests me in art is creating something stronger than reality. Therefore, a meta-reality. It is an excessive ambition, but without excessive ambition, nothing is done; it is not worth it,' the artist told DN. The official delegation continued their visit to the rest of the fair, which in this 9th edition features 84 galleries from 18 countries, mostly Portuguese (30) and Spanish (18). Yesterday the fair was for professionals only, but from today until Sunday, when it closes, it is open to the public from 2 pm, with free entry for those up to 25 years old. Photo gallery with the perspective of Leonardo Negrão, featuring José Pedro Croft at the Nuno Centeno gallery space.
At the Oliva Art Centre, important names in contemporary art are brought together from the Norlinda and José Lima collection.
The 11th edition of the Poster exhibition displays 40 works by artists from various fields and nationalities. The opening, starting at 4:00 PM with a guided tour through the streets of Marvila, will take place this Saturday.
Alongside the Coimbra Biennial of Contemporary Art, there are photographs by Vivian Maier, a conversation titled 'Could Be at the Tate But Is Here', works by Elisa Ochoa, and tours during the Avenida Open Week.
Three months after a fire, the Zé dos Bois (ZDB) gallery in Lisbon's Bairro Alto returns to its regular programming with four new exhibitions, featuring works by Paulo Bruscky, the collective Musa paradisiaca, Alexandre Estrela, and Francisco Corrêa.
In the art of João Penalva, processes tell stories. Personagens e Intérpretes, at Culturgest in Lisbon, is a celebration of 30 years of artistic installations.
“RedSkyFalls”, the installation that responds in real-time to global seismic activity and represents Portugal at the 61st Venice Art Biennale, extends to Lisbon with free admission at ZDB.
The artist José Pedro Croft has an exhibition of sculpture with painting on display. At the Belém Cultural Centre, repetition is used to encourage a lingering look at the works.
The exhibition opening features works by artists such as Damien Hirst, Zhang Huan, and Gerhard Richter, focusing on the historical context of the post-World War II period.
Between film, celluloid, and deconstructed imagery, the CAM Gulbenkian presents the universe of the Italian artist and filmmaker in her first solo exhibition in Portugal. It opens this Saturday.
Among the new features of this edition is “Art History Archipelago”, a curatorial project focused on themes such as memory, cultural heritage, and the transmission of knowledge through contemporary creation.
The 'Multiple Eyes' exhibition at the MAC/CCB in Lisbon brings together works by Lubaina Himid, Ines Doujak, and Patricia Domínguez. Curated by Nuria Enguita and Rafael Barber Cortell, the exhibition explores themes of colonialism, ecology, capitalism, and the intersection of science and spirituality, featuring installations that challenge historical narratives and societal structures.
I went to see the Vivian Maier exhibition in Porto and one thing made more noise than the photographs: a real estate flyer inside the exhibition guide. A chronicle by João Marcelino.
Three artists are preparing to welcome the public into their creative space for a special “Open Studio” event at Casa do Celeiro in the scenic area of Pé da Serra, The post Colares studio opens its doors for one-day art show appeared first on Portugal Resident.
