The exhibition “Mily Possoz. A Poetics of Space” continues the research into the lesser-studied Portuguese modernists artists present in the collections of the MNAC and Millennium bcp. Curated by Emília Ferreira, this exhibition is the largest presentation to date of the work of one of the most important Portuguese modernist figures, bringing together works from the collections of the MNAC, Millennium bcp, the Modern Art Center - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the GALP Foundation, Vista Alegre, as well as previously unseen works from the family and various private collections, namely the Tivoli Hotel and Hotel de Seteais. 

It will be divided into three spaces: the Millennium bcp Gallery at the MNAC; the MU.SA - Museu das Artes de Sintra; and the NOVA Medical School - Advanced Health Education | Health Campus facilities in Cascais. The MNAC presents the first section of the exhibition, which traces Mily Possoz's training and early artistic career: from her studies at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris (from 1906) to the important commission she received in 1940 for the Portuguese World Exhibition. Between trips and stays in Paris, Düsseldorf and Brussels, the artist developed, in the words of the curator: ‘her own language, based on bold colours, a taste for movement and experimentation with techniques’.