In 2020, the CAM acquired the tapestry 'Tempo – Infância, Adolescência, Maturidade' by Maria Altina Martins. The Portuguese artist has been working on this kind of piece from the 1960s to the present day, frequently challenging the boundaries between tapestry and sculpture.
The historian Cláudia Lopes reflects on the process of decolonisation of thought, highlighting several artists and works which deal with the colonial past and its consequences.
Fayga Ostrower was a Brazilian artist born in Poland. In 2020, the Fayga Ostrower Institute donated to the Gulbenkian Foundation five of the artist’s works, which joined the two abstract woodcuts in the CAM Collection.
'Tree Identification for Beginners' (2017), by Yto Barrada, was acquired for the CAM Collection in 2020, having been shown in the exhibition 'Moi je suis la langue et vous êtes les dents', in the Project Space, in 2019.
On 2 June, CAM joined in the celebrations of the centenary of Ernesto de Sousa's birth (1921-1988) with the presentation of 'Luiz Vaz 73', marking the integration of the mixed-media work into the Collection in 2019.
An imaginary exhibition which brings together works from the CAM Collection that can be read as having a dual structure, a sharing, a division, replication or form of symmetry.
The CAM collection acquired a new photograph by Augusto Alves da Silva, nominated for the BES PHOTO 2006 award.
A reflection on the current reality of lockdown, on the role of the home and on the idea of human presence/absence.
The artist Rosa Carvalho focuses on themes of everyday life, food and eating, namely meat, at its rawest.
The artist Nuno Sousa Vieira reflects on the notion of escape, explaining how this concept influenced his creative process in this study.
The artist Eugénia Mussa contextualises her relationship with intense colour and the role it has played in her work.
Learn about the artistic career of Malangatana, a great connoisseur of both ancestral African cultures and Western culture.
In the context of the pandemic and restrictions, we highlight works by artists that evoke atypical scenarios we have all experienced.
Sculptor and teacher Sharon Lubkemann Allen reflects on Ângela Ferreira's installations about forms and places, revealing how they build bridges between different cultures.
Mónica de Miranda's project ‘Panorama’ focuses on themes such as ‘urban archaeology and personal geographies’ and notions of identity, memory and diaspora.
Penelope Curtis chooses a pair of portraits that offer an interesting contrast, in certain aspects very similar, despite the fact that they are almost two centuries apart.
Over several years, the artist's work has reflected on the migrant experiences of her family and of others close to her.
David de Almeida transforms written text (Fernão Mendes Pinto's 'Peregrinação') into a visual composition, an attempt at a visual transcription of the journey as a theme.
Find various applications of the famous 'Fibonacci Sequence' in the works of Jorge Pinheiro, some of which belong to the CAM Collection.
Discover the artist and writer Ana Hatherly through the eyes of Jorge Molder, former director of the Modern Art Centre.
Since its inception, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has awarded dozens of scholarships to Portuguese artists through its Fine Arts Department.
Folk and fairy tales played a prominent role at the start of the artistic career of Paula Rego, who linked them to stories heard in her infancy and the expressive values of popular culture.
During the 1960s, Alan Davie and Harold Cohen were concerned with the use of colour in a synaesthetic way, with a special interest in the unconscious, improvisation and music.
Works from the Caldas da Rainha Arts Centre on display at the Modern Collection.
