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The Museum of Fado in Lisbon
March 29, 2012 – 8:37 am | No Comment
The Museum of Fado in Lisbon

The Fado Museum was founded with the aim of raising awareness of this so unique art form, the emotional sentiment and soul of Portugal, that through music and dance expresses the culture of an entire …

Fernando Pessoa and Lisbon
December 13, 2011 – 9:39 am | One Comment
Fernando Pessoa and Lisbon

His writings are some of the most important of the 20th century, and it’s since the different voices that he created, since his different heteronyms, he built a poetic universe of multiple universes, in which …

Eurobest: Advertising Festival in Lisbon
November 9, 2011 – 9:22 am | One Comment
Eurobest: Advertising Festival in Lisbon

Let’s say that advertising makes everything exist and move in today’s world. There is no possible manufacturer, idea, concept or image which doesn’t go through an extensive process of exhibition and exposure by advertising. The …

National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon
October 31, 2011 – 9:40 am | 2 Comments
National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon

Without doubt, the most interesting thing in Portugal’s biggest art gallery, the National Museum of Ancient Art or the ‘Janelas Verdes’ Museum as it’s popularly known, is the interesting selection of Renaissance paintings. And it’s …

Experimenta Design: Design Biennial in Lisbon
September 26, 2011 – 8:25 am | 3 Comments
Experimenta Design: Design Biennial in Lisbon

Design encompasses everything, from the chair that we sit on, lamps, cups, advertising… Sometimes we discard the importance of design in the world and the way which it activates and promotes culture in general. It’s …

Orla Barry & Rui Chafes. Five Rings in Lisbon
August 8, 2011 – 8:44 am | One Comment
Orla Barry & Rui Chafes. Five Rings in Lisbon

Until the 21st of August, the Berardo Museum of Contemporary Art of Portugal, located in Lisbon, presents Five Rings the work of the Irish artist Orla Barry and the Portuguese sculptor Rui Chafes. The work …

Chiado Museum in Lisbon
August 3, 2011 – 8:38 am | 2 Comments
Chiado Museum in Lisbon

The Chiado National Contemporary Art Museum of Lisbon presents in its art video programme the exhibition Poetic things that are political until August 21st. The exhibition which has been commissioned by Miguel Amado is a …

Optimus Alive Festival 2011
July 1, 2011 – 8:15 am | One Comment
Optimus Alive Festival 2011

Optimus Alive Festival 2011 brings four days of music and debauchery this summer. The festival that takes place in the Paseo Marítimo de Algés de Oreiras, near Lisbon, will begin on the 6th of July …

Fronteiras. Bamako in Lisbon
June 2, 2011 – 8:32 am | One Comment
Fronteiras. Bamako in Lisbon

Until the 28th of August, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation of Lisbon exhibits Fronteiras, Encuentro de fotografia de Bamako in its series of temporary expositions. This exhibition is a retrospective of the Photography Biennial of Bamako …

Adelino Lyon de Castro in Lisbon
May 24, 2011 – 9:09 am | 2 Comments
Adelino Lyon de Castro in Lisbon

Until the 12th of June, the Chiado Museum in Lisbon is showing O Fardo ads Imagens (1945-1953), an exhibition based around the photographic work of Adelino Lyon de Castro. The show spotlights the most important …