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António Ole, the current past
Learn more about an installation by Angolan artist António Ole that combines various elements, materials and techniques. Find out the story behind this artwork.
Learn more about an installation by Angolan artist António Ole that combines various elements, materials and techniques. Find out the story behind this artwork.
An analysis of the idea of the mask through a selection of artworks from the Centro de Arte Moderna collection.
The CAM Collection includes two 5-meter high tapestry studies by Vieira da Silva. Find out the story behind this large-scale project.
Rui Simão, from the Ecofungos Mycological Association, helps us unravel the mystery of these strange mushroom formations are visible parts of an underground world that hides, out of sight.
A selection of works from the CAM collection, based on the idea of homage and that of its opposite, oblivion.
Fernão Cruz writes about the exhibition 'Biting Dust', analysing the works he conceived for this project, created for the Gulbenkian Foundation.
The researcher and curator Maria do Mar Fazenda writes about the artist's life and work and about the exhibition dedicated to him at MACNA.
The answer is surprising. Rui Andrade, a specialist in these small insects and a promoter of the Portuguese group Diptera on Facebook, explains what makes flies so difficult to catch.
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.
At this time of year, amid all the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, there are bats roosting in hidden shelters, waiting for nightfall to go out and feed on insects.
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.
A reflection on the current reality of lockdown, on the role of the home and on the idea of human presence/absence.
João Eduardo Rabaça explains how these species cope with lower temperatures. With the arrival of winter many birds migrate to Africa but others remain where they were born, including small passerines.
In the early 20th century, Hagop set up a business selling works in Bishopsgate, London, not far from the Gulbenkian family firm, which dealt with the importation of rugs.
Rosa Pinho, curator of the Herbarium, of the Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, explains the reasons why they no longer dominate Portuguese forests.
One of the best-known names in French painting, with links to the Impressionist movement, is represented in the Founder’s Collection by two paintings.
The artist Rosa Carvalho focuses on themes of everyday life, food and eating, namely meat, at its rawest.
Eva Monteiro, researcher at the Biodiversity Stations Network and at Tagis , -the Centre for the Conservation of Butterflies in Portugal, helps you to become an expert on these charming insects.
Calouste Gulbenkian’s collection of Egyptian artworks is testimony to his immense fascination with Egyptian civilisation.
Their bright colours and delicate wings leave few people indifferent to these insects of the Order Odonata. In Portugal, 65 species can be found but very few people know about their life cycle, which all begins with some very unique behaviour.
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.
These incredible birds reach Portugal in March, coming from Africa. Ricardo Brandão and Daniela Costa, from CERVAS, explain how they do almost everything in flight, including sleeping.
Thomas Linley (1756-1778) was one of the most precocious composers and performers of England, having become known as the ‘English Mozart’.