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Published this Monday, the open letter contests the decision to replace Rita Rato as head of the Aljube Museum and Francisco Frazão as director of the Teatro do Bairro Alto.
Lisbon City Council and EGEAC believe they do not need to provide explanations regarding the appointments at the Teatro do Bairro Alto and the Museu do Aljube. It is our duty to counter this logic, as is required in a democracy. Opinion by Aida Tavares.
New directors have been appointed for the Teatro do Bairro Alto and the Aljube Museum.
Left-wing parties are requesting clarification from the Lisbon City Council regarding the criteria that led to the removal of Francisco Frazão and Rita Rato from the two municipal institutions.
The party questioned the motivations of the current PSD/CDS-PP/IL municipal government following the removal of the directors of both cultural venues.
EGEAC announced this Friday in a statement the replacements for Francisco Frazão and Rita Rato. Miguel Loureiro, current director of the São Luiz Theatre, will accumulate duties at the TBA.
In a statement released this Friday, the EGEAC Board of Directors announced the name of the successor to Rita Rato, who had been leading this Lisbon museum since 2020.
The non-renewal of Francisco Frazão's tenure at the head of the Teatro do Bairro Alto, announced by him this week, has led to multiple reactions of regret and condemnation from the sector.
Loureiro combines the directorship of São Luiz with the TBA. Anabela Valente takes over at Aljube. The removals of Frazão and Rita Rato remain without justification. EGEAC states that the remaining directors will be reappointed.
The former communist MP was not reappointed for a new term. Her selection in 2020 was contested, but Rato was eventually reappointed in 2023.
The director of the Aljube Museum of Resistance and Freedom, Rita Rato, revealed to the Lusa agency today that she was not reappointed to the position she held at the space managed by the municipal company EGEAC -- Lisboa Cultura.
The silence from Carlos Moedas and EGEAC opens the door to a very serious interpretation of Francisco Frazão's removal: that of a political purge due to pressure from the far-right in the Lisbon City Council. Opinion by Tiago Rodrigues.
The attacks on the TBA reveal a pattern that goes beyond an isolated case: culture has been thrust to the centre of a dispute that threatens its very existence. Opinion by Ruy Filho
The Huelva International Film Festival paid tribute to the institution for 'more than 75 years of history'.
More than 140 artists and other cultural professionals sent a letter to Margarida Balseiro Lopes calling for a long-term deposit in Belém to be included in the protocol currently under negotiation.
Bruno Marchand will replace Sérgio Mah and will work with João Pinharanda in the MAAT's leadership.
Marchand will replace Sérgio Mah, MAAT’s curator and researcher in contemporary art, who will, in turn, take up the directorship of the Centro de Arte Moderna at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation from May.
