Helena Mendes Pereira in conversation with João Penalva Part I HMP: Does contemporary art production fit into the generational processes that Art History has always experienced or is it ‘trans- historical’ (if one may say so), that is, upheld by unrelated authorial processes? JP: Contemporary art production is more varied than at any other… Continue reading
Helena Mendes Pereira in conversation with João Penalva
On an enumeration of goods for sale by João Penalva
On an enumeration of goods for sale by João Penalva Emilio Lledó tells us that “in the beginning was the word”[1] and from the beginning, the philosophers understood that the way to knowledge was to take charge of words. Most of Plato’s Dialogues consist of discussions around words, concepts that we use without thinking about… Continue reading
‘Vogue 100: A century in Style’ at the National Portrait Gallery
Weekend Suggestion: ‘Vogue 100: A century in Style’ at the National Portrait Gallery Until May 22th, the National Portrait Gallery will host the exhibition ‘Vogue 100: A century in Style’, a showcase of more than 280 prints from the Condé Nast archive. This exhibition includes photographs of renowned photographers like Irving Penn, David Bailey, Corinne Day, Patrick Demarchelier, Nick… Continue reading
Art for all! Just one click away
Art for all! Just one click away Embedded on the context of the 18th edition of the Cerveira Biennial 2015 (18th July to 19th September), adjacent to the theme “Looking at the Past to Build the Future”, the International Contemporary Art and Museology Conference, focused on the theme of the production and musealization of the… Continue reading
Art and Eroticism, by Ricardo Reis
Art and Eroticism, by Ricardo Reis “Eroticism is only one of the many slopes that are part of the huge panoply of ways and contexts of expressing yourself artistically, meaning, eroticism is part of life, and art is only its reflection and vice versa. Personally, I use the artistic nude as a way of expressing… Continue reading
shair visiting ‘London Art Fair’
shair visiting ‘London Art Fair’ The ‘London Art Fair’ is the major contemporary art fair of the United Kingdom and one of the most important of the entire world. The 27th edition of the art fair that took place between the 21st and the 25th of January, brought great names of British art from the… Continue reading