Gallery talks
A new public programme at the Galeria Municipal do Porto promises to bring together leading figures in contemporary thought for an informal conversation about the importance of art in life.
Coordinated by Matilde Seabra, Gallery Talks invite people from a wide range of backgrounds to share how culture and the arts influence their daily lives, or what memories, influences and references they continually bring to the present.
July 3rd, 2024
Gallery Talks: Gustavo Ciríaco
Next Wednesday, the transdisciplinary artist Gustavo Ciríaco will present, in a public session, his work in dance, performance and choreography, revisiting some of the most important creations and collaborations of his career of almost 30 years.
October 23rd, 2024
Gallery talks: Bernardo de Souza
The first guest for this proposal was Brazilian curator, researcher and art critic Bernardo de Souza. His projects have focused on the relationship between time and space, culture and nature, often articulating contemporary artistic practice with political and philosophical debates, inspired by literature, cinema and science fiction, among others.
This was also an opportunity for Bernardo de Souza to share his experience as curator of Vivian Caccuri's exhibition 'Electric Jungle Fever', one of the projects that openned at the Gallery on past October 26.
February 15, 2025
Gallery Talks: Amy Ireland
Amy Ireland is a writer and theorist best known for her work with the technomaterialist transfeminist collective, Laboria Cuboniks, whose Xenofeminism: A Politics for Alienation (2018) has been translated into 18 languages. With Maya B. Kronic she is the author of Cute Accelerationism (2024).
Amy currently works as an editor and translator for the UK contemporary art and philosophy publisher, Urbanomic.
Amy currently works as an editor and translator for the UK contemporary art and philosophy publisher, Urbanomic.
Thursday, May 8, at 7pm
Gallery Talks: Andreas Angelidakis
In the month that celebrates museums around the world, on 10 May the Galeria Municipal do Porto will inaugurate Beach Ruins - an installation designed by Andreas Angelidakis for the courtyard in the gardens of the Palácio de Cristal.
Based in Athens, Angelidakis describes himself as "an architect who doesn't build", with all his projects based on the idea of architectural ruins that still exist in contemporary cities.
Beach Ruins is the starting point for another Gallery Talks, where the artist-architect will present projects he has been working on, which have in common a discussion about the concepts of monumentality, history and the possibilities of relating to those who inhabit collective spaces.
Thursday, June 12, at 7pm
Deep Scarlet, Scream Ruby - The Freestanding Joys: Gallery Talks with Eduardo Souto de Moura
Eduardo Souto de Moura is one of the most renowned names in contemporary Portuguese architecture. Born in Porto in 1952, he began his career with Álvaro Siza Vieira between 1975 and 1979, before founding his own studio in 1980. His work reflects a unique combination of rigour, formal refinement and sensitivity to context, and is widely recognised both nationally and internationally.
Alongside his professional practice, Souto de Moura has had a distinguished academic career. He was an assistant professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) for ten years and has been a visiting professor at world-renowned institutions such as Harvard, Zurich, Paris-Belleville, Lausanne, Dublin, Mendrísio and Mantova.
He has been honoured with numerous awards over the years, including the Pritzker Prize (2011), considered the "Nobel Prize" of architecture, the Wolf Prize (2013), the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale (2018), and the Heinrich Tessenow Medal (2001). In 2019, he was awarded the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and more recently awarded an honorary degree by La Sapienza University in Rome (2022) and the Gold Medal of the Circle of Fine Arts of Madrid (2023).
In 2024, Eduardo Souto de Moura was awarded the insignia of Commander of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture, in recognition of the lasting impact of his work on the European cultural and artistic landscape.
Thursday, July 17, at 19:00
Gallery Talks: Inês Meneses
A natural communicator, Inês Meneses has been working in radio since she was 16. She is also a writer and the host of the interview programme 'Fala com Ela' [Talk to Her], which has been running for over two decades — first on Radar and currently on Antena 1. Also on Antena 1, she has been on the programme 'O Amor É' [Love Is] since 2008, alongside psychiatrist Júlio Machado Vaz, with whom she published a book of the same name in 2018.
In 2020, she published 'Caderno de Encargos Sentimentais' [Sentimental Specifications Notebook], now in its eighth edition, followed by 'O Coração Ainda Bate' [The Heart Still Beats] in 2022, 'Fala com Ela' [Talk to Her] in 2023, and 'Máquina de Escrever Sentimentos' [Writing Machine for Feelings] also in 2023, all of which published by Contraponto. Since late 2020, she has been writing columns for the online edition of Público newspaper.
Our Gallery Talks series features Inês Meneses as its guest in July.
In 2020, she published 'Caderno de Encargos Sentimentais' [Sentimental Specifications Notebook], now in its eighth edition, followed by 'O Coração Ainda Bate' [The Heart Still Beats] in 2022, 'Fala com Ela' [Talk to Her] in 2023, and 'Máquina de Escrever Sentimentos' [Writing Machine for Feelings] also in 2023, all of which published by Contraponto. Since late 2020, she has been writing columns for the online edition of Público newspaper.
Our Gallery Talks series features Inês Meneses as its guest in July.