Latest news and stories about sculpture in Portugal for expats and residents.
The organization Rewilding Portugal is seeking a sculpture project that draws inspiration from the Greater Côa Valley to be installed in the village of Vilar Maior.
One of the most important young sculptors is having her first solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Lissabon, in Lisbon.
The exhibition 'Fragile&Solid' at the Camões Institute in Lisbon features a dialogue between the marble sculptures of Portuguese artist Jorge Pé-Curto and the porcelain bowls of Belgian ceramicist Mieke Everaet. Curated by Griet Meert, the show explores the contrast between the solidity of marble and the perceived fragility of porcelain, reflecting on human nature and the environment. The exhibition is open to the public with free admission until April 29.
An architectural project that is also a work of art and vice versa. A studio and a sculptor come together to create a restaurant with the help of many hands from homeless people.
With support from the Gulbenkian Foundation, the sculptor from Porto brings textile and recycled ceramics to Venice to reflect on ecology, memory, and environmental fragility.
“Through the stone” is a documentary about sculptor Carlos Oliveira that has just been presented to the public in Caldas da Rainha, the artist's hometown. It showcases his work in the quarry, the “clay factory,” and the “Ninho da Paz” (Nest of Peace), the place where he lives, finds inspiration, and works.
A chapter that focuses essentially on the sculptural work of José Pedro Croft. A body of work that, although often using materials of great longevity, reflects solutions that always possess an internal fragility. It concludes that the intensity of his pieces results from the confrontation between the internal fragility of relationships and the tendency...
Chapter II of the audio series “Howling at the Moon” is about Alberto Carneiro. He was born in 1937 in the municipality of Trofa. He had an artistic career spanning more than five decades and redefined sculpture in Portugal. He created non‑metaphorical environments made from reeds or sheaves of rye, with titles such as "A forest for the ...
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.
Portuguese sculptor Francisco Simões has died. Marcelo said the artist 'intertwined tradition and modernity in a harmonious way'.
In Viseu, the artist sculpts distant views of different territories, suggested by tones, textures and vibrations.
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.
