(A)LINHA com a Adolescência

23 Oct – 29 Nov 2026

This exhibition is grounded in the understanding that adolescence is a period of discovery, change and identity formation, and features works from the CAM Collection.

The title stems from a Portuguese play on words between ‘Alinha’ (to align) and ‘Linha’ (as a line in a drawing or a direction). ‘Alinha’ is an invitation: to align with us, to understand our perspective, and to pause to listen to what we, as adolescents, have to say. Not only about this exhibition, but also about how we see the world, what we feel, question, want and need.

The ‘Line’ represents the path of adolescence—a journey we build as we grow—and runs throughout the exhibition, linking its spaces and artworks. It is a line that guides visitors through different moments, ideas and experiences, creating a journey that seeks not to define adolescence, but to bring visitors closer to it.

On the upper floor, the exhibition is organised around five verbs. These words represent actions, but also needs and requests.

The lower floor evokes time, adolescence as a process, and the different stages of this phase.

While the verbs on the upper floor are linked to the desire to make ourselves heard, the lower floor focuses on the time these actions need to unfold: processes that take time.

The passage between the two floors thus creates a dialogue between time and action.

The choice of the Museu Nacional Resistência e Liberdade (National Museum of Resistance and Freedom) adds another dimension to the exhibition. By bringing claims related to adolescence to this place, which also touch on questions of freedom and limits, we create a historical continuity of questioning and political demands.

(A)LINHA com a Adolescência is an invitation to ourselves to find a line – between who we are, who we want to be, what others ask of us and the time we need to discover our place.