Latest news and stories about exhibitions in Portugal for expats and residents.
1945-2026. Creator of the plastination technique, which consists of stopping the natural decomposition of human and animal bodies, he caused controversy with his exhibitions.
In Lisbon, Porto, and other cities, a retrospective showcases the work of the Franco-Belgian director across her multiple paths.
The 'Only Dukes and Sad Scenes Come Out' exhibition, the morality of Euripides, naïf painting, and the '9 Degrees West' canvas are also on the agenda.
From 43 applications submitted to the Biennial Photography Prize, seven finalist artists were selected. Sérgio Gomes considered that the projects “are the best that have been seen.”
The collection of the National Museum of Costume, which is currently closed and awaiting renovation, will be exhibited at another location yet to be announced by the public company Museums and Monuments of Portugal.
It has already been at the doors of the MAAT, it was loaned for the opening of a museum in Malta, it was in Rome for an exhibition surrounding Valentino's work, and now it is back in Lisbon and impossible to ignore – from the road, from the 25 de Abril Bridge, or even from an airplane. The ring...
The 24th edition of the biennial was inaugurated this Saturday in the Alto Minho town. Its central theme is the idea of Territories without Borders, and it will run until December 30th.
It is the largest Formula exhibition ever held in Portugal. It is at the Caramulo Museum until October 18th. Cars driven by Schumacher, Senna and Piquet are on display there.
Visitors are invited to touch and explore five costume reproductions, following the evolution of their main characteristics between the late 18th and late 19th centuries. The exhibition is based on a project by Ana Margarida Valente, who is blind and sewed the period pieces herself as part of her PhD in Fine Arts at the University of Lisbon.
The Formula 1 cars driven by Ayrton Senna and Nelson Piquet are on display in Portugal for the first time at the Caramulo Museum.
An exhibition featuring 16 Ukrainian photographers related to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine will be on display from Saturday until the end of August at the Caldas da Rainha Cultural and Congress Centre.
Twenty-five years later, the sculptor returns to the MAC/CCB to present sculpture and part of his engraved work.
João Fonte Santa accepted the challenge from José Maçãs de Carvalho and explored a 'saturated' aesthetic inspired by the tapestries of the Museu do Caramulo to conceive original pieces that create a 'parallelism'.
The headquarters of the State Contemporary Art Collection will be open to the public this Saturday. The new centre is showcasing its reserves and an exhibition featuring acquisitions made over the last six years.
The State Contemporary Art Collection Centre features a large central hall for educational activities, conferences, and cultural programming, two exhibition rooms, and a 'black box'.
Commemorations will take place between 2026 and 2028. A major exhibition is planned for the Portugal Pavilion in March 2027, and a new ceramics centre will open in Castelo Branco in September.
The Century of Gehry is the new exhibition in the Álvaro Siza Wing of the Porto museum. It is a meeting of friends, and of aesthetics, which in their differences have marked world architecture over the last few decades.
Landscape Together is a European project featuring a travelling exhibition that will be open to the public until 27 July in Sertã. It presents the results of projects by Master's students at the University of Coimbra.
“The collection will continue to decentralise and be present throughout the territory. That is what it is for. It is a collection for everyone,” explains director and curator Sandra Jürgens.
The exhibition can be visited during its final days between 10:00 and midnight, with the last entry at 23:30. Entry is managed in time slots, and advance ticket purchase is recommended.
1937-2026. A painter who defines the 20th and 21st centuries with his instantly recognisable works, full of colour, joy and humour, using a variety of techniques.
On the centenary of the birth of Júlio Pomar, we see collages, cut-outs and assemblages: a permanent search for a meaning that is simultaneously serious and festive.
“Drawing Vocabularies”, by Italian visual artist Rosa Barba: an archaeological journey through the anatomy of the seventh art and a tribute to the cinematic dimension of appearance through light
With “The Gehry Century”, Serralves showcases the work of the Toronto-born architect and reveals the complicity and shared projects with Álvaro Siza, who speaks to Expresso about their friendship and a mutual understanding regarding what constitutes quality in architecture.
Between pieces by Graça Morais and the Norlinda and José Lima Collection, there is still time for the new creation by Lia Rodrigues and for the music of Father John Misty, Matmos, and Rundinelle.
