Latest news and stories about arts in Portugal for expats and residents.
Porto City Council has established a pre-agreement to purchase the two Stop shopping centre cinemas, integrating the venues into the city's newly announced network of creative centres.
“Terra ou Lua” (Earth or Moon) is the first part of a project by Jade Khoo about Otelo, a boy for whom observing nature signifies the beginning of understanding the world.
Yagódy, founded in Lviv in 2016 by Zoryana Dybovska, sing in fantastic four-part harmony. “So Much Sky — Yet We Long For More” does not limit itself to freezing in the past “the songs our grandmothers used to sing”; it sets them free and lets them live unconstrained in the present.
The film “The French Comedy” takes us to the oldest theatre company in operation in the world, the Comédie-Française.
The film “Karl Marx, Luanda”, by Angolan artist Kiluanji Kia Henda, will have its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Netherlands this January, the organisation revealed today.
Catarina Pisco took first place in the 17 to 30 age category of the competition held as part of the Amadora BD festival, which challenged young authors to reflect on bullying and inclusion.
From set design workshops connected by spiral staircases to production offices illuminated by ultraviolet light, this window pays tribute to those who build and make the theatre breathe.
Jacques Brel's farewell to the Olympia, duly restored, brings us the atmosphere of a venue with 133 years of history. Opinion by Nuno Pacheco
Now in bookstores: 'Keeping an Eye Open', which gathers essays on art by the British author, and 'Os Sapatos de Khatchaturian', which concludes the 'Arquitectura do Medo' tetralogy by the Portuguese author.
Director Simão Biernat presents his new immersive play “The Lisbon Ripper Hunt”. He advocates for cultural decentralisation in the country and reflects on his time acting in the series Morangos com Açúcar.
The “Word Depository” and “Writer's Web” windows pay tribute to playwrights with a tiny fisherman of letters and a spider-pencil that weaves stories from the collective imagination.
How can architecture add something to the world without making it more indifferent? Each project responds in its own way, with the possibilities and limits of its time.
Free project aimed at the senior community residing in or frequenting the Historic Centre of Porto. Activities will take place over nine months at the Coliseum.
Leiria's bid for the Portuguese Capital of Culture aims to be a reaction to storm Kristin and to have an impact beyond 2028, the municipality announced today at a NEXXT Leiria conference.
The cooperative A Oficina also announced that Cristina Planas Leitão will direct GUIdance. Rui Torrinha had held the position since 2018, with a term extending until 2027.
The encounter between Brazilian and Portuguese theatre results in a new production arriving on Portuguese stages this October. “Festa”, a joint creation by the Teatro Experimental do Porto (TEP) and the companhia brasileira de teatro, premieres on October 28th at the Teatro Carlos Alberto in Porto, where it will run until the 31st, before heading to Lisbon in November. Directed by Marcio Abreu, the piece explores the concept of the 'party' as a space for meeting and celebration while reflecting on themes of freedom, equality, and diversity. The show features a cross-Atlantic cast, including Grace Passô, Gonçalo Amorim, João Miguel Mota, and Yuck Miranda, and examines contemporary social fragmentation.
With roots linking it to the city, the 70 cm model of the Teatro Viriato allows the public to walk around the entire building and peek behind the scenes using metal keys turned into necklaces.
The British artist Gareth Fuller spends months or years walking through cities to transform them into maps made of memories, encounters, and experiences. From Washington to Beijing, his works are not meant to find paths, but to discover the identity of places and the stories of those who live there.
“He was an unavoidable reference in teaching, artistic creation and the promotion of music from the 20th and 21st centuries,” notes the School of Music and Performing Arts in a farewell text.
With the solo 'Névoa-Nada', premiering at the Serralves Museum this weekend, the Brazilian artist and choreographer marks 30 years of his career and “everything that crosses him,” from the past to the present.
Rafaela Monnerat Schenkel, Tomás Caleia Azul and Joana Paraíso are the winners of the first edition of the biennial awards created in honour of painter and ceramicist Manuel Cargaleiro, the foundation established by the artist announced today.
From musical moments and lectures to art exhibitions, the museum will bring together a variety of artists. The Museum of Contemporary Art was inaugurated in October 2023.
The activity is part of the 2026 European Green Capital programme, a title awarded by the European Commission
The French film 'The Beast in the Jungle', starring Léa Seydoux and Niels Schneider and directed by Arthur Harari, was one of the most original and discussed titles at the latest Cannes Film Festival. Based on the graphic novel 'Le Cas David Zimmerman' by the director and his brother Lucas Harari, the film explores surreal identity and body swapping. Harari discusses his transition from comic book adaptation to the screen, his approach to the fantastic within a realistic setting, and the experimental process used to guide his lead actors in portraying their physical metamorphoses.
In A1-0 N3, composer João Carlos Pinto speculates on the present. Between melodrama and science fiction, this musical-theatrical show premieres on Friday at the Semibreve festival in Braga.
From AutoCAD design to seven tests to create a miniature storm, the set designer reveals how she recycled old filters and posters from Teatro Viriato to build the scale model.
One rarely asks the algorithm why. One should ask the person who programmes a room.
The winner of the latest edition of the Ageas National Theatre D. Maria II Revelation Award premieres her first production, Absoluto, this Friday at the Rivoli; it will continue to the Theatro Circo on the 30th.
The drawing was the cover of P2 in October 2025. Upon receiving the Grand Prix at the World Press Cartoon, the author said he did not think he would be the one chosen, “but it was the one I liked the most.”
A resident of Lisbon for five years, the Franco-Moroccan writer who won the Goncourt Prize at 35 says she is not very nostalgic. Morocco was once home, then it was Paris, and now, arriving in the Portuguese capital, she feels as though her journey has come to an end. Her latest book, 'Assault on the Border', speaks of language as the ultimate weapon, the final space free from intolerance.
