Curator Jamil Parasol Osmar takes us on a journey through the online exhibition 'Hope in the Face of Collapse', selecting works from the CAM Collection to tell a story. He doesn’t offer easy answers, but he does make us think about how fragile hope can be and how we can find new ways to renew it.
Between Tomar and Santarém, we visited two projects supported by JAM! (Young People + Arts = Change), an Artemrede initiative that equips young people with the tools, confidence and space within their own communities, with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
During the Summer Garden 2026, the seven episodes of “Novas Narrativas de Caça” will be screened at the CAM Studio as part of the Gulbenkian Summer Garden programme. Luís Almeida, the series’ creator and curator of the programme, talks about what it’s all about.
The photographs of Sebastião Salgado, combined with the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos and Philip Glass, have given rise to Amazônia, a production premiering at the Grande Auditório with the Gulbenkian Orchestra.
Now in his fifth consecutive year curating the Gulbenkian Summer Garden’s musical programme, Dino D’Santiago has come to a realisation strengthened with each edition: the real work of art lies not in the lineup or the stage, but in the audience. In this talk, he speaks about what he has learned about “curating encounters,” about the Atlantic crossing that reshaped his life, and about the new album set to arrive at the end of the year.
We revisit the exhibition held alongside the “II Exhibition of Plastic Arts” in 1961, which showed the stage reached in the development of the future Headquarters and Museum of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, then still in the early phases of design.
The project 'The World is Our House' grew out of the exhibition 'Carlos Bunga. Inhabit the Contradiction' and involved young people aged 11 to 20 from the Zambujal neighborhood in Amadora.
Watch the launch event of a new initiative dedicated to research, analysis and strategic thinking on Armenian Diaspora and Armenia.
As part of the “Ideias a Atos” meeting, held last April, we spoke with Narcisa Costa (Gulbenkian Foundation) and Luís Sousa Ferreira (D. Maria II National Theatre), who oversee the ATOS programme, about its development since 2023 and the role of municipalities in fostering cultural practices more deeply rooted in local communities.
In this video, Bruno Zhu invites us to take a look around his home, the exhibition 'Belas Artes', while answering 46 intriguing questions.
Among the thousands of titles in Calouste Gulbenkian’s library is a collection of books and magazines devoted to fashion, which reveal the Collector’s interest in and attention to the trends of his time.
The Gulbenkian Scholar reflects on the impact of social inequality on young people’s futures, highlighting the importance of civic participation and access to education as drivers of social change.
The son of musicians and the grandson of cinema lovers, Vicente Molder discovered in sound design a natural intersection between sound and image. After receiving a Gulbenkian Scholarship for Arts Training Abroad, he completed a master’s degree in London, seeking to balance the organised methods of British film-making with the creative, innovative chaos of Portuguese cinema.
To commemorate International Workers’ Day, the Gulbenkian Foundation spoke with textile workers from Covilhã about freedom, resistance, and collective organisation, both before and after 25 April 1974.
At the Gulbenkian Study Centre in Zambujal, students improve their grades, but also their concentration, self-discipline, organisational skills, motivation and overall vision of a better future.
The most digitally savvy and well-informed generation ever, yet also the most overprotected and anxious, is at the heart of this initiative by the Gulbenkian Foundation. In a world in crisis, young people – our future leaders – need to be equipped with tools that ease the pressure, foster critical thinking and encourage sustainable practices.
Guitarist Pablo Sainz-Villegas and the Gulbenkian Orchestra perform Joaquín Rodrigo’s masterpiece under the direction of conductor Giancarlo Guerrero.
Learn about the work of ASOC, winner of the 2025 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity
The conference that launched Isto é PARTIS & Art for Change in 2026 set out to reflect on cultural participation, place, public policy, and community development.
Bruno Zhu spoke with Marisa Mendes Rodrigues from Bantumen about his artistic practice, which spans Portugal, London and the Netherlands. ‘Belas Artes’ [Fine Arts] has now arrived at CAM and stems from a very specific institutional frustration, raising questions that go far beyond the museum’s walls.
Rodrigo Cruz writes about Frederick Wiseman's cinema, in an homage to the recently deceased director, now featured in the third moment of the film cycle 'Power and Glory'.
For her new collection, designer Lidija Kolovrat turns to seeds as a way of thinking about change. In this conversation with curator Jule Kurbjeweit, Kolovrat reflects on potential, rupture, and the quiet strength required for things to grow.
Dive into the work of the teams involved in staging the concert "The Carnival of the Animals", from the construction of the sets and props to lighting and projection design.
As part of the Climate Participation Initiative (2024-2025), the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation supported eleven pilot projects that tested different ways of involving people in discussions and decision-making about the future of the climate in their communities.
