More worth your time at the same venue, plus a few nearby picks.
EXHIBITIONS
Is This an Exhibition?
Books as objects and ideas at Biblioteca Camões. Before becoming physical-with cover, text, and images-books begin as ideas that can emerge from anywhere: a glance, a gesture, a word.
PHOTOGRAPHY
New Territories
Collective exhibition by final-year photography students from Escola Artística António Arroio at Biblioteca Camões. Territory emerges as a field for photographic reflection, capturing landscapes and spaces through contemporary visual practice.
FESTIVALS
Mercado de Trocas
Exchange market at Biblioteca Camões promoting circular economy. Swap used goods in good condition, reducing waste and encouraging reuse.
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.
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
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.
EXHIBITIONS
Rir é o Melhor Remédio
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.
HISTORY
Children of All... Children of Whom? The Lisbon Foundling Wheel
Exhibition at Museu de São Roque integrated into a UNESCO Memory of the World nomination. Explores the history and legacy of exposed children cared for by the historic foundling wheel.