Round-Table Discussion on the Work of David de Almeida
The discussion featured António Canau (artist and lecturer), José Luís Porfírio (art critic), Patrícia Rosas (curator at the Centro de Arte Moderna) and António Portela (engineer). It was moderated by Ana Barata (librarian), who was responsible for the documentary exhibition dedicated to the artist, on display in the foyer of the Art Library from 15 October to 11 December 2023.
The round-table discussion marked the donation and incorporation of the David de Almeida Archive into the Art Library’s collections. It took place at Auditorium 3 of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation on 29 November 2023.
The event was held in Portuguese, and English subtitles are not available.
Biographies
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Ana Barata
She holds a degree in History, specialising in Art History, and a master’s degree in Contemporary Art History from NOVA FCSH. She has postgraduate qualifications in the Conservation and Restoration of Buildings and Monuments and in the Cultural Management of Cities. She also holds a postgraduate specialisation in Documentary Sciences. She has been a librarian at the Gulbenkian Art Library since 1997. She has published articles on information sciences and the urban history of Lisbon and is a researcher at CHAIA – University of Évora.
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António Canau
He graduated in Sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon in 1993, specialising in Medallic Art and Ceramics. He holds a Master’s degree in Fine Art from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London (1997), and a PhD in Architecture, specialising in Visual Communication, from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon (2011). He completed postdoctoral research in the scientific field of Drawing and Visual Culture in 2015 and has taught at the faculty since 1998. He has participated in both solo and group exhibitions since 1986. He was awarded a grant by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in 1993. His work encompasses sculpture, drawing, photography, printmaking, medals and objects, artists’ books, ex-libris and exhibition curation.
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António Portela
An engineer by training, he pursued a professional career in business management and was a member of the Board of Directors of Lisbon Metro, where, among other responsibilities, he was in charge of cultural affairs. In this role, he oversaw the incorporation of artistic interventions in stations in Lisbon and other cities abroad. He obtained a degree in Philosophy from NOVA FCSH and a PhD in the same field from the Portuguese Catholic University. He is currently a doctoral student in Literature at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon. For several years, he taught Art History at Instituto Superior Técnico.
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José Luís Porfírio
Art critic. He graduated in History from the Faculty of Letters of Lisbon in 1967 and completed the Museum Curatorship Course at the National Museum of Ancient Art in 1970. He began working at the museum in 1973 and was appointed director in 1996, a position he held until his retirement in 2004. An art critic since 1964 and a professional critic since 1972, he played an active role in the renewal of the field during the 1970s. He has contributed extensively to magazines such as “Colóquio. Artes”, and has been a regular contributor to the newspaper “Expresso” since 1980, with several hundred articles published. He has given lectures; curated exhibitions; and published articles in books and catalogues.
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Patrícia Rosas
She has worked at CAM – the Gulbenkian Centro de Arte Moderna since 2005. Since 2021, she has been Curator and Coordinator of CAM’s Outreach, Publications and Digital department, responsible for defining CAM’s editorial and digital strategies in collaboration with successive directors. She is also responsible for the works on paper section of the CAM Collection, which includes drawing and printmaking. She has curated several temporary exhibitions, including “Stories from a Collection”; “Art and Architecture between Lisbon and Baghdad”; “Post-Pop: Out of the Ordinary”; and “Timelines. The Gulbenkian Collections”. She was Executive Coordinator of Portugal’s first digital catalogue raisonné, dedicated to the work of the painter António Dacosta.
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