Exhibitions in Lisboa.
Art, photography, and cultural exhibitions currently on view in Lisboa.
73 events currently running
EXHIBITIONS
Anna Maria Maiolino
Terra Poética, curated by João Pinharanda and Sérgio Mah at MAAT Gallery, traces an essential trajectory through the work of Anna Maria Maiolino, Italian-born artist from 1942 based in Brazil.
CONTEMPORARY
Turn Around
Ambitious reading of contemporary art in Portugal at MAAT. Curated by João Pinharanda, Margarida Chantre, and Sérgio Mah, the exhibition traces trajectories and intersections across recent practice.
HISTORY
The Carpentry of Central Tejo 1936-2013
Documentary exhibition at MAAT about the Carpentry workshop of Central Tejo power station, a historic Lisbon shipyard that operated from 1936 to 2013.
CONTEMPORARY
May I Help You? Posso Ajudar?
Permanent exhibition at MAC/CCB exploring arts and artists from the 1970s onward. The everyday question 'May I help you?' frames a dialogue with contemporary artistic practice.
DESIGN
Bruno Zhu
Exhibition Belas Artes at Gulbenkian - Centro de Arte Moderna confronts power dynamics inherent to museum practice. Conceptual approach influenced by fashion design and institutional critique.
EXHIBITIONS
AH!
Exhibition on the mezzanine of LU.CA, Teatro Luís de Camões, transforms small life pleasures into a visual experience designed for young audiences. Playful exploration of happiness.
CONTEMPORARY
Scheherazade, the Endless Collection of CAM
New exhibition of Gulbenkian Centro de Arte Moderna's collection, inspired by the legendary narrator of One Thousand and One Nights. Fourteen thematic nuclei echo celebrated artistic narratives.
EXHIBITIONS
Portugal by Todd Webb
First solo exhibition dedicated to Todd Webb, major American photographer of the late 20th century. Photographs of Portugal from the 1970s and 1980s, recently rediscovered.
CONTEMPORARY
Diogo Pimentão
Retrospective at Gulbenkian - Centro de Arte Moderna examining drawing practice and redefinition. Works on paper and graphite, often combined with cement, plaster, and acrylic.
EXHIBITIONS
Ah, Amalia: Living Experience
First immersive biographical experience dedicated to a national figure. Senses engage with Amalia Rodrigues' life, legacy, and cultural significance at 8 Marvila.
DESIGN
Para que servem as coisas?
Long-term exhibition at MUDE occupying floors 3 and 4, moving beyond iconic design objects to examine design's function and meaning. The show reopens questions about utility, purpose, and value.
EXHIBITIONS
Júlio Pomar
Selection of works from 1944 to 2004 at CAMB celebrates the centenary of Júlio Pomar's birth, spanning nearly all phases of the artist's practice.
EXHIBITIONS
Estelle Valente
Exhibition at São Luiz Teatro Municipal marking a decade of the artist's work with the venue, documenting an intuitive beginning evolved into a continuous and profound relationship.
EXHIBITIONS
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Exhibition revealing an essential dimension of Maria Helena Vieira da Silva's work, where drawing emerges as a space of experimentation and thought.
EXHIBITIONS
From Garden to Throne
Marking spring's arrival, this temporary exhibition reinterprets the Royal Treasure's botanical collections, revealing the relationship between nature and power in Ajuda's botanical heritage.
EXHIBITIONS
Laughter is the Best Medicine
Museu da Farmácia presents a cartoon exhibition humorously reflecting on pharmacy's past with irony and critical wit. Cartoons published in leading journals trace the sector's social and professional evolution.
EXHIBITIONS
Vasco Araújo
Exhibition at Fundação Leal Rios explores storytelling as a mode of thinking reality, examining how stories shape individual and collective identities.
EXHIBITIONS
Lisbon Drawing Club
Lisbon Drawing Club unites drawing enthusiasts meeting regularly across cultural venues throughout the city. Sessions and workshops welcome practitioners of all levels.
EXHIBITIONS
Alejandro Coutinho
Visual reflection on time, body and legacy in dance through the trajectory of the dancer across different phases of her artistic journey.
EXHIBITIONS
Ana Aragão
Auto da Barca do Efémero, developed for Portuguese-Japanese commemorations and presented in Tokyo, is now at Mosteiro dos Jerónimos. The work merges theatrical language with cultural dialogue.
EXHIBITIONS
Mané Pacheco: Hybrid Ecologies
Mané Pacheco investigates unstable zones of contact between nature, technology, and industrial production. Works propose hybrid ecologies where organisms, materials, and infrastructure converge.
EXHIBITIONS
Fernando Calhau and Rui Chafes
Pavilhão Julião Sarmento presents 33 works from the Julião Sarmento Collection in dialogue between Fernando Calhau and Rui Chafes, two of the most represented artists in this archive.
SCULPTURE
Awakening
Installation at Tivoli Avenida Liberdade merging art, science, and memory. Evokes human connection to the plant world and reflects on its vulnerability.
EXHIBITIONS
Deconstructing Colonialism, Decolonizing the Imaginary
Museu Nacional de Etnologia examines Portuguese colonialism in Africa during the 19th and 20th centuries, deconstructing colonial myths and decolonising the imagination.
EXHIBITIONS
Musical Iconography in the Churches and Chapels of Funchal
Unpublished exhibition on music represented in Madeira's religious heritage. Instruments, musicians and musical scenes depicted in paintings and decorative elements from churches.
EXHIBITIONS
Chronicles of an Unknown Lisbon
A journey through lesser-known spaces, times, and inhabitants of Lisbon via nearly a hundred works from the Museu de Lisboa's reserves at Palácio Pimenta, Alvalade.
EXHIBITIONS
Toma! 150 Years of Zés Povinhos
Museu Bordalo Pinheiro marks 150 years of Zés Povinhos, a milestone of Portuguese visual culture, in this exhibition curated by Jorge Silva and João Alpuim Botelho.
EXHIBITIONS
Carlos Henrich
Nave Terra emerges from Carlos Henrich's intimate relationship with the Museu Arqueológico do Carmo and its collection, integrated within the Ruínas space in Santa Maria Maior.
EXHIBITIONS
From Matrix to Print
Museu do Oriente traces the history of printmaking, from hand-to-hand circulation of images to precise reproduction. Born from slow gesture where each line demands precision.
EXHIBITIONS
João Penalva: Personagens e Intérpretes
Culturgest presents Personagens e Intérpretes, curated by Bruno Marchand, exploring one of Penalva's most distinctive artistic directions from the mid-1990s onward.
DESIGN
Crochet Workshop with Vanessa Barragão
Beginner crochet workshop at MUDE - Museu do Design led by Vanessa Barragão. 90 minutes for ages 16 and up.
EXHIBITIONS
João Penalva: The Ormsson Collection
Reinstallation of A Coleção Ormsson at Pavilhão Branco marks part of a year-long celebration of João Penalva's work across galleries and institutions in 2026.
EXHIBITIONS
Adriana Molder: Raios
Lightning illuminates night and announces storms in Adriana Molder's new series at Galeria 111. Large-scale drawings of irregular forms explore dazzling flashes without sound.
EXHIBITIONS
Collective Head
Second edition at Escola das Artes. Ana Cardoso coordinates a space of collective encounter and experimental practice, running March to June.
EXHIBITIONS
Georges Dussaud
Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa - Fotográfico. De Lisboa para Ti reveals the humanist gaze of photographer Georges Dussaud (b. 1934) on Lisbon, presenting fifty vintage prints.
EXHIBITIONS
Lourdes Castro and Ilda David
Galeria Ratton. (R)encontro no Azulejo proposes a dialogue between two generations of artists, tracing relationships between light and shadow across distinct artistic universes.
EXHIBITIONS
Rita Barros
Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa - Fotográfico. Working from heightened olfaction as concept, Rita Barros constructs a visual journey where the invisible gains form through photographic series.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Gérard Castello-Lopes: Centenary
Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa - Fotográfico marks the centenary of photographer Gérard Castello-Lopes, a major twentieth-century figure, through images spanning four decades.
EXHIBITIONS
Art & Fashion
Exhibition at Gulbenkian celebrating the foundation's 70th anniversary, exploring the interplay between art and fashion.
CONTEMPORARY
Critical Perspectives in the Colonial Archive
Contemporary art exhibition proposing critical reflection on the holdings of the Institute for Tropical Scientific Research, integrated into the museum since 2015.
CONTEMPORARY
Song Ruijin
Song Ruijin (b. 2003, Yunnan) presents her first Portuguese exhibition at Mala with new works created for this space. The show reflects on contemporary structural systems and their visual representation.
CONTEMPORARY
Entre Margens
Exhibition bringing together works from the collections of the National Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu and contemporary Romanian artists, exploring interior space and fragility.
EXHIBITIONS
33/76 Two Leaves One Country
Exhibition at BOTA Anjos marking 50 years of the Portuguese Constitution, exploring the nation's founding document and civic history.
CONTEMPORARY
Riso Dissonante
Casa da Achada - Centro Mário Dionísio presents prints by Alfonso Castelao (1886-1950) and Jean Bruller/Vercors (1902-1991) alongside humorous drawings by contemporary artists, with a lecture cycle.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Margarida Correia
Margarida Correia investigates personal and institutional archives of specific communities through photography. Exhibition at MAAT with richly illustrated catalogues documenting visual heritage.
EXHIBITIONS
José Pedro Croft
José Pedro Croft exhibition at MAC/CCB brings together etchings, drawings, reliefs and sculptures in dialogue across the exhibition space. Curated by Luiz Camillo Osório.
EXHIBITIONS
Lucien's Cardaes
Convento dos Cardaes dedicates an exhibition to Lucien Donnat (1920-2013), a crucial figure in the museum's scholarly interpretation and display. His work shaped the space's museological approach and cultural significance.
EXHIBITIONS
Christine Henry
Salto presents Christine Henry, a French-born artist living in the Algarve since 1981. The exhibition brings her recent work to Lisbon, showcasing her artistic vision developed over decades in Portugal.
EXHIBITIONS
Júlio Pomar - Glue Does Not Make Collage
Atelier-Museu Júlio Pomar inaugurates an exhibition spanning over seven decades of the artist's work as part of his centennial celebrations, charting artistic evolution and legacy.
EXHIBITIONS
Backrooms - From Digital to Real
Atmosfera M hosts Backrooms - From Digital to Real, an art exhibition of Planet Zorb's creative work curated by Luzia Alves and Ângela Fonseca. The show brings together 34 works exploring the boundary between digital and physical space.
EXHIBITIONS
Linha do Tempo - 40 Years of Paving and Gardening Schools
Four decades of training, practice, and commitment in paving and gardening professions. Câmara Municipal de Lisboa documents the legacy at Quinta Conde dos Arcos, Olivais.
EXHIBITIONS
Beatriz Ruibal - Photographic Exhibition
Instituto Cervantes hosts a photographic exhibition by Beatriz Ruibal exploring the intimate lives of Spanish-language writers. Her investigative practice immerses viewers in the personal worlds of literary figures.
EXHIBITIONS
Zhang Li
Galeria Beltrão Coelho continues its commitment to international artistic projects, many connected to social causes and cultural engagement. The gallery's programme bridges artistic innovation with community dialogue.
EXHIBITIONS
Ana Margarida Ferraz
SPGL exhibition focuses on tactile and visual experimentation. Material combinations and juxtaposition of two- and three-dimensional elements create ambiguous surfaces that challenge perception.
EXHIBITIONS
Elisa Ochoa - Creative Exploration
Galeria António Prates presents Elisa Ochoa's new creative direction exploring undifferentiated forces in primordial chaos. The exhibition examines how natural logic structures emerge from apparent disorder.
SCULPTURE
Beatriz Narciso
WAF Women in Art Fellowship winner presents a large-scale pictorial installation marked by memory, accumulation, and layers of time at Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes.
EXHIBITIONS
Mário Vela
Exhibition at Plantome explores poetic fusion between figuration and the plant world. Unexpected dialogues between mythological figures and vegetation create new visual narratives.
EXHIBITIONS
Colours of Lusophony
Museu de Marinha celebrates cultural and artistic diversity of the Portuguese-speaking world through maritime memory and heritage.
EXHIBITIONS
Multiple Eyes
MAC/CCB exhibition explores perception shaped by screens and algorithms through artworks blending sensory, symbolic, ancestral, and spiritual dimensions.
EXHIBITIONS
Carolina Sul da Costa
First exhibition by Carolina Sul da Costa presents portraits of Dona Alice, Dona Sofia, and Sr. António as central figures in E mudo falei.
EXHIBITIONS
Nuno Sousa Vieira
Multidisciplinary practice influenced by the artist's workspace, where materials, colours, and motifs become integral to his work.
PAINTING
Laura Wenmaekers
Callisto marks a new direction in Laura Wenmaekers's practice, exploring multiple dimensions of feminine identity through painting.
CONTEMPORARY
Rosa Barba
First major exhibition in Portugal by Rosa Barba presents a new site-specific and temporal narrative at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Centro de Arte Moderna.
EXHIBITIONS
Rui Carruço
CNAP - Clube Nacional de Artes Plásticas presents work inviting dialogue between geometric rigour and everyday sensitivity, using visual fragmentation to reinterpret space and memory.
EXHIBITIONS
Shapeshifters
Project at Pavilhão 31 features works by national and international artists addressing metamorphosis in its multiple dimensions.
SCULPTURE
Robert Wiley
Site-specific installation at Museu de Lisboa - Teatro Romano weaves craft and history to manifest time and experience through material practice.
EXHIBITIONS
1500-081 Lisboa
Exhibition at Casa da Cidadania de São Domingos de Benfica addresses housing affordability, community memory, and the sense of belonging in an increasingly expensive city.
EXHIBITIONS
Shapeshifters
Curated by Katherine Sirois, this project at UCCLA features works by national and international artists exploring metamorphosis across multiple contexts.
DESIGN
Poster Mostra
Poster Mostra returns for its 11th consecutive year at 8 Marvila, celebrating creative design with an expanded selection of award-winning works and an extended exhibition period.
DESIGN
Screen printing and publishing
A Base explores screenprinting's role in contemporary art and design, tracing how the technique has shaped reproduction, circulation, and public presentation across media.
DESIGN
Dis.Functional Design
Cabana Mad challenges design's traditional rules of utility and efficiency, questioning whether form must follow function and exploring objects freed from defined necessity.
EXHIBITIONS
Roger Paulino e Sofia Mascate
Scrolls exhibition unites works by Roger Paulino and Sofia Mascate. The artists explore primitive modes of representation, combining drawing with sculptural and textile works exploring surface and materiality.
EXHIBITIONS
Cuid'Arte
Cuid'Arte at MAAT offers wellbeing experiences through art for people with dementia and carers. Free sessions held in the first...