Tribute to Fernando Lemos - January 30 19h The National Museum of Contemporary Art celebrates on January 30, 2020, a tribute to the artist Fernando Lemos. Jorge Silva Melo's documentary will be screened - Fernando Lemos - How, Not Portrait ?, between 10 am and 6 pm in the Sonae room. At 19h a round table will be held on the artist's multifaceted work with the participation of Pedro Lapa, Filomena Serra, Jorge Silva Melo, Frederico Duarte e Cláudio Garrudo. The Museum will also exhibit a set of photographic works by Fernando Lemos from his collection.
Fernando Lemos (1926-2019) Eu 1949-1952 Prova em gelatina e sais de prata, impressão de 1999 Doação A. T. Kearney, 1999 MNAC-MC, inv. 2407
SONAE Room
Free AdmissionTribute to Fernando Lemos
2020-01-30
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.
