MAY 18 International Museum Day.
19 MAY Museum Night.
FREE ENTRY
PROGRAM
18 May _ Friday
Last entrance to the Museum at 5:30 p.m.
Guided tours
For the general public. Without prior registration. Free.
Serpa Pinto Street entrance
11.00 hours. MNAC: history, building, collection
13.30 hours. Portuguese Art. Reasons and Emotions
3:00 p.m. Portuguese Art. Reasons and Emotions by the Curators, Maria de Aires Silveira, Emília Tavares, Emília Ferreira.
4.30 p.m. Miguel Palma. Transgenic Gatherer by the Curator, Adelaide Ginga
19 May _ Saturday
Last entrance to the Museum at 11 pm
Guided tours
For the general public. Without prior registration. Free.
Serpa Pinto Street entrance
7:00 p.m. MNAC: history, building, collection
8.30 p.m. Portuguese Art. Reasons and Emotions
10:00 p.m. Portuguese Art. Reasons and Emotions
MNAC
Free AdmissionMay 18 and 19
2018-05-18
2018-05-19
On Exhibition
THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN
João Fonte Santa
2025-04-10
2025-07-03
Curatorship: Lúcia Saldanha e Rui Afonso Santos
With an extremely relevant body of work in painting, drawing and illustration, João Fonte Santa analyses and dissects the heavy legacy of European colonialism, particularly in the case of Portugal.
ALDEBARAN FALLEN TO THE GROUND
2025-03-13
2025-06-22
Aldebaran Fallen to the Ground is a series of shaped paintings, with irregular, organic contours. The intensity and incidence of light intrude on the viewing of those (most of them) faces, painted in oil pastels.
