Galeria Municipal do Porto

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.

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.

 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.

For the rentrée session of the Gallery Talks programme, we asked architect, curator and author Pedro Gadanho to reflect on his curatorial career, which has centred on the impact of the environmental crisis on contemporary architectural practice. What paradigm shifts are being defined in this more ecologically correct design logic? This will be one of the questions raised.

Pedro Gadanho, a 2020 Loeb Fellow at Harvard University, holds a Master's degree in Art and Architecture and a PhD in Architecture and Mass Media from the University of Porto.
From 2012 to 2016, he was the curator of contemporary architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where he coordinated the Young Architects Programme and organised exhibitions such as '9+1 Ways of Being Political', 'Uneven Growth' and 'A Japanese Constellation'. From 2015 to 2019, he was the founding director of the MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, in Lisbon, where he initiated over fifty projects, including the exhibitions and publications ‘Utopia/Dystopia’, ‘Tension & Conflict’ and ‘Eco-Visionaries’. From 2020 to 2021, he was the executive director of the bid by 17 municipalities in the Portuguese interior to become the 2027 European Capital of Culture, after which he took up a position as visiting professor at the University of Beira Interior. In spring 2024, he was a visiting professor at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. Gadanho is the author of 'Climax Change! How Architecture Must Transform in the Age of Ecological Emergency' (ACTAR Publishers: New York/Barcelona, 2022). His previous book, 'Arquitetura em Público', won the FAD Prize for Thought and Criticism in 2012. He is the editor of the bookazine Beyond and the blog Shrapnel Contemporary and contributes regularly to international publications.

Art and consciousness — The Thought of Art

In this edition of ‘Gallery Talks,’ Bernardo Pinto de Almeida will share his perspective, as a writer and historian, on the relationship between art and emotion, as well as between art and history, with examples of artistic practices in the Portuguese context.

The Gallery Talks have brought together people who cross our lives coming from very different directions - from the creative field to science and well-being. Susana Peralta is a regular figure on television and in daily newspapers, and her reflections are fundamental in helping us to reflect on the Portuguese reality through the lens of sciences such as microeconomics, ethics and economic policy.

Every month, the Gallery Talks programme has brought people from a variety of backgrounds to Galeria Municipal do Porto to discuss the importance of art in their lives and careers. To kick off the year, we will welcome a familiar face from traditional media: António Brito Guterres.

Our next guest on Conversas de Galeria is filmmaker Leonor Teles, who will draw parallels between her work and her life. She will explore the intersection between her artistic practice as a director and cinematographer, and her perception of the world. The conversation will also address how current events naturally influence her perspectives and creative processes.

Sara Barros Leitão will be the guest at April's Gallery Talks.

Born in Porto in 1990, Sara Barros Leitão is an actress, director and playwright who works regularly in television, film and theatre. An actress, director and playwright, she works regularly in television, film and theatre. She has frequently appeared as an actress at the São João National Theatre and the D. Maria II National Theatre (TNDMII) in recent years, working with directors such as Nuno Carinhas and Tiago Rodrigues. As a director and creator, her notable productions include the concert performances of Gil Vicente’s Trilogia das Barcas (2018) and William Shakespeare’s King Lear (2019), co-produced by the CCB and Toy Ensemble; Teoria das Três Idades (2018), co-produced by the Teatro Experimental do Porto and the Teatro Municipal do Porto and voted one of the shows of the year by Público; Todos os dias me sujo de coisas eternas (2019), based on research into Porto’s place names and presented as part of the Cultura em Expansão project; and Monólogo de uma mulher chamada Maria com a sua patroa (2020), voted one of the shows of the year by Público, named Best Show in the City of Lisbon by Time Out magazine and nominated for Best Show at the 2022 Golden Globes. Best Performed Portuguese Text at the SPA Awards (Portuguese Society of Authors). She won the first TNDMII/AGEAS Revelation Award. She was guest artistic director at Teatro Oficina. In 2020, she founded the artistic collective Cassandra, which she directs, to develop her projects.