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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 …

The house of the sleeping beauties by Yasunari Kawabata
August 29, 2011 – 8:02 am | One Comment
The house of the sleeping beauties by Yasunari Kawabata

Few times do literature and sex produce such an intense text, not only in the sensual theme and its shape but also refective, disturbing, surprising. “The house of the sleeping beauties” by Yasunari Kawabata is …

Lisbon and the book of disquiet
August 11, 2011 – 8:28 am | No Comment
Lisbon and the book of disquiet

The list of books which mention Lisbon is a long one. So many of them hope to trap the essence of the city in their pages, and very few achieve it – but even smaller …

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 …

Culturgest, art explosion in Lisbon
January 17, 2011 – 9:17 am | One Comment
Culturgest, art explosion in Lisbon

It’s a trend increasingly common for companies and banks to devote a portion of their profits to the support of projects known as “social responsibility”, ie financial support to arts and culture in the broadest …