Talk about the work of Fernando Lemos
The Gulbenkian Foundation explored aspects of Fernando Lemos’s work in a discussion featuring Alexandra Curvelo (art historian), Vasco Rosa (literary editor) and Leonor Nazaré (curator of the Centro de Arte Moderna), moderated by Ana Barata (librarian at the Art Library), who was responsible for the documentary exhibition presenting a selection of documents from Fernando Lemos’s archive, with a particular focus on those relating to his time in Japan. The documentary exhibition was on display in the foyer of the Art Library from 11 October 2024 to 17 March 2025.
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 Information Science. She has been a librarian at the Gulbenkian Art Library since 1997. She has published articles on information science and the urban history of Lisbon and is a researcher at CHAIA – University of Évora.
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Alexandra Curvelo
Full Professor in the Department of Art History at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and Director of the Institute of Art History (IHA / NOVA FCSH). She worked in the field of museums and conservation between 1996 and 2014 (inventory, research, editorial coordination and curating exhibitions) and coordinates the master’s programme in Art History and Museology at NOVA FCSH. Her research focuses on the material and visual culture associated with the Iberian presence in Asia, with a particular focus on Japan, and the study of cultural exchanges between Europe, Asia and the Americas (16th–17th centuries).
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Leonor Nazaré
She was awarded a PhD in Contemporary Art by the Faculty of Arts at the University of Coimbra in 2017 and has been an adviser and curator at the Centro de Arte Moderna since 1999. She has been an art critic since 1989: she was a regular contributor to the newspaper “Expresso” between 1989 and 1997 and an occasional contributor to a number of national and international art magazines. She was a member of the executive committee of the Portuguese section of the International Association of Art Critics from 2004 to 2012. Since 2016, she has overseen the digital catalogue of the “History of Art Exhibitions at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation”.
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Vasco Rosa
An editor, journalist and literary researcher, he served as editorial secretary for the magazines “Raiz & Utopia” and “Análise”. He edited two book series for the newspaper “O Independente”, where he was deputy editor of the culture section. He edited an anthology by Ruy Cinatti on Timor and wrote the foreword to a new edition of “As ilhas desconhecidas” by Raul Brandão, an author whose works he has published five books. A contributor to the newspaper “Observador” since 2014, he has contributed to magazines, newspapers and anthologies on topics relating to art and design.
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