General Collections

Exhibition Catalogues

Both Portuguese and international art museums and major galleries exhibition catalogues are continuously acquired, representing exhibitions on a broad range of topics from the Antiquity to Contemporary Art. Portuguese exhibition catalogues are collected no matter how small and this has resulted in an extensive and rare collection of exhibition pamphlets, checklists and other ephemera from the end of 19th century up to the present.

Periodicals Collection

The Art Library periodical collection began with the private collection of Calouste Gulbenkian and is an extensive one with nearly 2,000 titles covering a variety of art subjects. Near 115 titles (Portuguese and international) are active subscriptions. The contents page of the current art periodicals acquired since 2001 is available through the online catalogue which includes bibliographic records of articles of around 50 titles (Portuguese and international). 

Foreign magazines include Artforum, Parachute, Third text, Opus international, Flash art, October, Grey room, artpress, African arts, Art monthy, Bomb, Aperture, Concreta, Journal of visual culture, … And among Portuguese magazines, titles such as Arte ibérica, Artes&Leilões, Artes plásticas, L+Arte, Arteopinião, …