Gulbenkian and the elections after the 1974 revolution
Elections were held on 24 April 1975 to the Constituent Assembly, the first elections after the 1974 Revolution. The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation played an important role.
Elections were held on 24 April 1975 to the Constituent Assembly, the first elections after the 1974 Revolution. The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation played an important role.
Discover some of the capital's cinemas built in the 1930s to 1950s. Some are still in business; others have had their buildings converted or demolished.
The Art Library and Archives look back at the "Medal of Honour for Epidemics" awarded by France to Calouste Gulbenkian in 1919.
Discover some of the beaches, from the centre to the south of Portugal, described by writers and illustrated with photographs taken by the Novais Brothers.
The Iraq-Mediterranean Oil Pipeline, the world's first transnational oil pipeline, went into operation in 1935, having been built by the Iraq Petroleum Company Limited, consortium in which Calouste Gulbenkian owned his famous 5% share.
Discover some of the luxury hotels in Portugal built between the 1930s and 1960s, designed by architects in collaboration with artists.
Records relating to Calouste Gulbenkian's acquisitions of artworks from the Hermitage Museum in "Operation Hermitage".
We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of the book "O mundo é a nossa casa", one of the first texts in Portugal aimed at children to contain an ecological message.
The Gulbenkian Children’s Choir was an ad hoc ensemble that grew out of the Foundation's music classes for children. Its public appearances included participation in orchestral and choral concerts, and it also made a number of recordings.
Calouste Gulbenkian embraced the fashion for "Japonisme" and his attention and taste for the art and culture of Japan is reflected in his personal library.
In 1967, the historic Week of Studies on the New Portuguese Cinema, organised by the Oporto Cineclube with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Oporto City Council, launched the debate on film production in Portugal.
Manuscript in ball-point pen, work by Salette Tavares produced in response to Carlos Nogueira's "landscapes to send".
This project is a landmark in Portuguese performing arts, and one of the most enduringly memorable initiatives in the history of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
The process behind the creation of the Ballet Gulbenkian's costumes revealed through inventory records kept in the Gulbenkian Archives.
“Jazz em Agosto”, nowadays an important festival in the national jazz scene, starts as an experimental initiative integrated in the programme of activities of ACARTE 84.
A selection of testimonies from the Gulbenkian Archives on the Foundation's involvement in helping refugees, victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the 1960s and 1970s.
A single copy produced by Ana Vidigal (1960), visual artist represented in the Centro de Arte Moderna collection and a Gulbenkian grantee between 1985 and 1987.
Discover the prints of the Portuguese artist who seeks new approaches in the production of serigraphs by creating objects that look like bas-reliefs.
Discover the books of the multimedia artist and teacher with representation at the Centro de Arte Moderna and the Art Library.
Discover the multiples of the Art Library collection, produced by Ana Mata and the collective with Catarina Domingues.