Since 2018, Blue Bio Value has developed and scaled dozens of blue biotechnology businesses around the world. The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation closes this chapter, with a sense of mission accomplished, and is now focused on breaking new ground in other directions, within its commitment to protecting and restoring the ocean.
Doctor and researcher Carla Carrilho will be responsible for coordinating the OncoInvest Project. Over the next three years, she hopes to contribute to improving the clinical follow-up and adequacy of therapy for cancer patients in Mozambique.
At this time of year, the fleshy fruits, which serve as food for the birds in the Garden, become more visible. Here are seven suggestions of plants we challenge you to look for.
Leonor Rosas shares her experience of the Youth Advisory Group and reflects on the challenge of attracting young audiences to cultural institutions and on the transformative power of art in society.
Participants in the project 'Exchanged gazes, (un)common places' reflect on the collective construction processes of an exhibition with works from the CAM Collection and on the transformative role of participatory projects for individuals, institutions and communities.
The film ‘What the Ocean Reveals About Us’, produced for the Foundation by BBC StoryWorks, applies over a decade of research and experience in ocean-climate communications.
In third episode of this series, curator André Afonso discusses some of the gifts from the kingdom of Spain to the Holy Land.
Conservator-restorer Mafalda Fernandes explains the various stages involved in the process of preserving a group of works of art belonging to the Terra Sancta Museum’s collection.
The trophy status of the silver, prolonged almost by definition by their display in the museum, has contributed to a lack of interest in their makers, and the role silverware had in eighteenth century high society dining in Europe.
Among the gifts from Portuguese monarchs, those by King John V stand out. In this video, curator André Afonso discusses some of these objects.
In the first video of this series, curator André Afonso tells us about the works of art sent to the Holy Land, to be housed in its most famous place of devotion: the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre.
Artist Fernão Cruz shares the creative process behind the works shown in the 'Morder o Pó' exhibition.
The days get shorter and damper, the rain and wind set in and the temperatures drop. The natural world rests. But is that really so?
In this text by researcher Vera Mariz, follow Calouste Gulbenkian's trip to Jerusalem in 1934.
The first keynote speaker at the Isto é PARTIS & Art for Change conference on January 26 is co-founder of the "Citizens in Power" organization in the UK and shows us possible paths to a more participatory future.
With the project Correspondentes do Bairro ["Neighbourhood Correspondents"], Inês de Sousa realized that all stories are valid and can be published, she learned how to ask questions like a journalist and how to spot fake news. But is this really what she wants to pursue in life? No. She wants to be a teacher
Ricardo Fitas was Gulbenkian grantee 2017 and 2022. With a remarkable academic record, he is now pursuing a solid research career in mechanical engineering and wants to give back what he has been given and pave the way for future grantees.
The gastronomic habits and preferences of Calouste Gulbenkian in a communication that focuses on the gourmet side of the Collector.
One of the seminal works in the history of thought, The Incoherence of Philosophers, was recently published by the Gulbenkian Foundation. In this interview, translator Catarina Belo helps us understand its context.
From a library to a gospel book, researcher Vera Mariz sheds light on Calouste Gulbenkian's gifts to the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
The Gulbenkian Orchestra performers Dmitri Shoskovich's Symphony No. 5. under the direction of its Chief Conductor, Hannu Lintu.
A commission of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to the Israeli composer Adam Maor, performed by the Gulbenkian Orchestra and pianists Antoine Françoise and Gilles Grimaître, under the baton of Hannu Lintu.
Discover some of the beaches, from the centre to the south of Portugal, described by writers and illustrated with photographs taken by the Novais Brothers.
In the Middle Ages, Catholic texts were populated by themes from Ancient Egypt. Profane literature was also influenced by the imagery of this period, in the transition to the Renaissance. Find out how these connections are reflected in the illuminated manuscripts of the Gulbenkian collection in this text by the curator Ana Maria Campino.
