Joel Moreira about the new CAM: ‘I think it has huge potential to become a ‘beacon”
Joel shares his ideas, his first impressions about the experience of being a member of CAM's Youth Advisory Group and his expectations of the building's reopening.
Read, Watch, Listen
‘Whose voices aren’t being heard? I think this is one of the most pressing questions for my generation’
Carolina Almeida talks about her vision and expectations for the Youth Advisory Group, the representation of young audiences in cultural institutions and the democratisation of these spaces.
Fernão Cruz: ‘I’m interested in bringing this tragedy to life in a laughable way’
Artist Fernão Cruz shares the creative process behind the works shown in the 'Morder o Pó' exhibition.
‘Mobília em 30 cm’ by Patrícia Garrido in the CAM collection
The artist's new work, acquired by CAM in 2021, is part of a series of inhabited interiors. It was on display in 2023 in the "Histories of a Collection" exhibition.
Colective 目[mé]: «There are no clear answers to the act of appreciation»
The three members of the collective 目[mé] tell us about Masayume's presentation in Lisbon and how the public received the installation that opened the Season of Contemporary Art from Japan.
Julianknxx: ‘How do we take for granted the air that we breath?’
Visual artist and poet Julianknxx talks about his visit to Lisbon in connection to the series 'Black Corporeal', produced in partnership with the Iminente Festival and featuring the Gospel Collective choir.
Lei Saito: «I try to make each performance a unique encounter»
The Japanese artist shares which aspects of the city of Lisbon inspired her to create the performance and installation «Cuisine Existentielle» – an edible landscape.
Guided tour to the exhibition «Gris, Vide, Cris»
Rui Chafes and Helena de Freitas, curator of the exhibition «Rui Chafes e Alberto Giacometti. Gris, Vide, Cris», guide us through the art works of both sculptors.
‘Portugal is no country for women’
'Portugal is no country for women' is the title of the second route created by a group of curators for the exhibition 'Histories of a Collection'.
Donation of works by Espiga Pinto
In 2020, CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian received an important donation of more than 50 works by the artist Espiga Pinto, made between the 1960s and the 1980s.
Can we go in a new direction?, by Gabriela Albergaria
The artist presents a site-specific project installed in a shipping container located in the square outside the Fonte Nova Shopping Centre, in Benfica.
Three sculptures by Belén Uriel
In the summer of 2022, CAM acquired three sculptures by Belén Uriel, marking the first representation of this artist in its collection.
‘To be black and to be alive now’
On his first visit to Lisbon, julianknxx talks about his project 'Black Corporeal', produced in partnership with the Iminente Festival. The presentation in Lisbon involves the participation of the Gospel Collective choir and takes place on 20 May at the Open Air Amphitheatre of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
New work by Lisa Santos Silva in the CAM Collection
CAM welcomes another work by the artist Lisa Santos Silva, donated to the Collection in 2022.
‘Home’ by Carlos Bunga
Carlos Bunga has designed a house and inhabited a place in the Gulbenkian Garden, which can be visited until the end of April.
Maria Capelo in the CAM Collection
At the end of 2021, CAM acquired two works by the artist Maria Capelo for its collection.
Locus of Flight, by António Jorge Gonçalves
The illustrator speaks about the project for the hoarding that protects the renovation works to the CAM building.
New works by Paulo Nozolino
In 2022, the CAM acquired for its Collection two fundamental works by Paulo Nozolino.
Works by Hugo Canoilas join the CAM Collection
In the summer of 2022, CAM acquired three sculptures-installations by Hugo Canoilas, enhancing the artist’s presence in the collection.
Algarve, entre Minho e Ribatejo
The artist Emília Nadal's concern with environmental degradation in the context of the consumer society crosses paths of the emerging environmentalism of the 1970s.
‘Sun & Sea’ at Alkantara Festival
The opera-performance 'Sun & Sea', presented at Culturgest, opens the 2022 edition of Alkantara Festival.
Back to nature
Landscape architect Vladimir Djurovic presents the project for the extension of the south section of the Gulbenkian Garden.
For me, ‘choreographics’ is poetry
In a relaxed tone, the dancer and choreographer Smaïl Kanouté tells us the story behind a project whose protagonist is the black samurai Yasuke Kurosan and whose Portuguese première will take place at the Gulbenkian Foundation’s Grand Auditorium at the end of September.
Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe #4, by Rui Toscano
The artist presents a new project installed in a shipping container located in the square outside the Fonte Nova Shopping Centre, in Benfica.