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The memorial 'Windows of Freedom', a public art intervention by artist Irene Buarque evoking the life and work of architect Nuno Teotónio Pereira (1922–2016), will be inaugurated on Friday in Lisbon, Galeria Ratton announced today.
The work will be installed beside the Caxias prison and will be an “artistic and ethical gesture evoking resistance and the struggle for freedom,” the municipality says.
A tile panel by visual artist Graça Morais will be presented on Thursday at Palácio Anjos in Algés.
Francisco Simões was the sculptor of the statues at Parque dos Poetas in Oeiras, and the municipal council will honour him by naming an avenue in the municipality after him.
He was the creator of the work 'Women of Lisbon' and of the sculptures depicting figures of Portuguese poetry in the Jardim dos Poetas in Oeiras. He was 80 years old.
He was the creator of the work “Mulheres de Lisboa” and the busts of Vieira da Silva and Arpad Szenes at Lisbon Metro stations. He was 80.
The presidential candidate inaugurated the Monument to the Portuguese Forest — a real 11-metre eucalyptus tree planted upside down. He later broke a guitar that was apparently signed by Jimi Hendrix.
Until the end of the month, the exhibition 'Lourdes Castro: existe luz na sombra' brings to the Azores a large collection of works and documents by the Madeiran artist, which will later be installed in public spaces on São Miguel.
Home Portugal The Murals of Jacqueline de Montaigne The Murals of Jacqueline de Montaigne Jacqueline de Montaigne is an artist celebrated for her ethereal murals that blend figurative art with nature-infused symbolism.
Xico Lucena, a sculptor of the land, evokes Nature by carving a chestnut leaf to be admired on a hillside along the road to Sernancelhe.
