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Lisbon Art Weekend – 5-8 November

PC Staff — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:49:53 +0000

Aficionados of urban contemporary art are in for a treat. Lisbon Art Weekend, returns for a third edition–Thursday, 5th through Sunday, 8th November. Celebrate contemporary art with exhibitions, guided tours, performances and more through 60 participating gallery spaces and 90 different events across the city. (photo at top: This Is Not a White Cube ©Ana Malta) Organized as a non-profit, Lisbon Art Weekend is intended to bring more attention to the city’s contemporary art scene by opening-up and planning special […]

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VENUS – Valentino Garavani Through the Eyes of Joana Vasconcelos at MAAT, Lisbon

Greg Boegner — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:58:53 +0000

Fashion and contemporary art collide in spectacular fashion at MAAT this autumn with VENUS – Valentino Garavani Through the Eyes of Joana Vasconcelos, opening 2 October 2 as one of the major exhibitions celebrating the Lisbon museum’s 10th anniversary. Alongside the recently opened exhibition by Pedro Cabrita Reis, VENUS brings together two creative icons: Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, internationally celebrated for her exuberant sculptures and installations, and Valentino Garavani, the legendary Italian couturier whose vision helped define modern haute couture. […]

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Pedro Cabrita Reis Exhibition at MAAT, through 15 February

Greg Boegner — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:09:58 +0000

MAAT celebrates its tenth anniversary with an exhibition of suitably impressive scale. Pedro Cabrita Reis – “without sorrow of heart” brings one of Portugal’s most internationally recognized contemporary artists to the Lisbon museum for his first solo exhibition there, presenting almost 200 works across painting, drawing, sculpture and collage. Most were created in 2025 and 2026 specifically for the exhibition, making this less a retrospective than an expansive look at where Cabrita Reis is today. Born in Lisbon in 1956, […]

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ARTePorto Brings a New Art Fair to Porto, 24-27 September

Greg Boegner — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:57:12 +0000

Porto’s cultural calendar gains an important new addition this September with the debut of ARTePorto – Contemporary, Modern and Antiques Art Fair, bringing galleries, antique dealers, collectors and art professionals to the city from September 24 to 27, 2026. Taking over the historic Alfândega do Porto Congress Centre on the banks of the Douro River, ARTePorto is the first art-market fair of this scale to be held in Porto in approximately three decades. Its ambitions extend beyond the city, positioning […]

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Jenny Holzer: Wrong Answers at Serralves Museum in Porto

PC Staff — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:20:12 +0000

Some exhibitions invite you simply to admire the artwork. Jenny Holzer: Wrong Answers invites you to question it—and perhaps yourself. On view at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art through 1 November 2026, this landmark exhibition marks the celebrated American artist’s first solo presentation in Portugal, transforming one of Porto’s finest museums into an unforgettable exploration of language, power, truth, and human experience. For more than four decades, Jenny Holzer has challenged the way we think about words. Her instantly […]

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Discover INDIA at Palácio Duques de Cadaval in Évora

Greg Boegner — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:31:43 +0000

This summer, visitors to the Palácio Duques de Cadaval in Évora can embark on a journey to India—without ever leaving the Alentejo. On display through October 25, 2026, INDIA is one of the most ambitious international art exhibitions presented in Portugal in recent years. Bringing together 20 artists and more than 90 works, the exhibition transforms the historic palace into a vibrant exploration of contemporary Indian creativity, where ancient traditions and modern artistic expression meet in unexpected ways. What makes […]

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ARCO Lisboa Contemporary Art Fair 2026, 28-31 May

PC Staff — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:01:27 +0000

ARCO Lisboa returns to the Cordoaria Nacional from May 28–31, celebrating a decade of bringing contemporary art, collectors, curators, and galleries to the Portuguese capital. The 2026 edition features 83 galleries from 17 countries, reinforcing Lisbon’s growing status as one of Europe’s leading cultural destinations. Portuguese galleries account for 30 of the participants, while 53 international galleries round out the fair’s increasingly global profile. The core General Programme includes 61 galleries. Two curated sections also feature prominently into ARCO. They […]

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Rosa Barba Transforms Lisbon’s CAM Into an Immersive Cinematic Landscape

Greg Boegner — Tue, 12 May 2026 09:27:23 +0000

From May 16 through September 28, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian presents Drawing Vocabularies, the first solo exhibition in Portugal by acclaimed Italian artist and filmmaker Rosa Barba. Photo at top: Hear, There, Where the Echoes Are, 2016–2021, Drums, projectors, glass panels, screens, Installation view at MoMA PS1, New York, 2016 | Photo: Charles Roussel © Rosa Barba Occupying the soaring central Nave of the museum, the exhibition brings together around twenty works — including […]

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