Galeria Municipal do Porto

Music Between Companion Species
May - November 2023

Music between Companion Species is a series of concerts conceived and performed for and with dogs, their human companions and other more-than-human presences who may join these sessions. Inspired by Donna J. Haraway’s Companion Species Manifesto and by cientific studies about dog’s preferences for sound and music, the concerts will take into account these animals’ unique sensibilities and hearing capabilities. Curated by Lovers & Lollypops.

Curated by Lovers & Lollypops

Paulo Cunha e Silva Art Prize
17.06-20.08.2023

Created by the City Council as a tribute to the late Councillor for Culture Paulo Cunha e Silva (1962 – 2015), a central figure for the city’s artistic life, the award, held every two years in Porto, recognises the talent of new generations of national and international artists. This year’s edition underlines the Prize’s commitment to fostering creation and cultural exchange by establishing a partnership with three world-recognised residency programmes: Arquipélago Centro de Artes in S. Miguel, Azores, Cove Park, on Scotland’s west coast, and Pivô, in São Paulo, will all host one of the nominated artists, appointed by a jury of three members.

The Nominators for the 2023 edition of the Art Prize are:
Artist Ângela Ferreira, Jan van Eyck Academie Director Hicham Khalidi, and cultural programmer Tabitha Thorlu-Bandura.

With
Euridice Kala, Márilu Namoda and Luis Santos (nominated by Ângela Ferreira); Rouzbeh Akhbari, Kent Chan and Hira Nabi (nominated by Hicham Khalidi) and Maren Karlson, Malik Nashad Sharpe aka Marikiscrycrycry, and Eve Stainton (nominated by Tabitha Thorlu-Bandura).

Duet
Maria Paz and Joan Jonas
16.09 – 19.11.2023

Duet is an invitation for two artists to share an exhibition space. It started as a proposal for a young artist from Porto to think of an artist they would like to share an exhibition with. Recalling the impact of her survey show at the Serralves Museum, Maria Paz invited Joan Jonas to share the exhibition space of the Galeria Municipal do Porto. In this transatlantic exchange of generations, the two artists will reveal their common investigations of forms, colours and materials.

Curadoria de Filipa Ramos

The Sylvan and Harsh North
09.12.2023 – 10.03.2024

What are the meteorological patterns, the myths and stories, the rhythms, colours and shapes, the human and nonhuman inhabitants that make up the Iberian Northwest, in its reality and fiction?
Wondering about the rituals and expressive modes of people, animals, plants, elements and minerals, we went looking for the roots, terminations and tentacles of the Iberian Northwest, trying to locate the places where they might reside. In doing so, we considered the past but above all faced the present-future of these concrete and imagined spaces between seas, woods and settlements. The Sylvan and Harsh North is an exhibition that follows roads and lines of intensity, centrifugal forces that take us beyond Porto, towards those supposed margins where permutations erupt, to discover and share the references, stories, words and connections to these places with a long past and an even longer future.

Curated by Filipa Ramos and Juan Luis Toboso

Programmes
Lucid Reverie

Leaflet

Lucid Reverie – Panorama of Portuguese Contemporary Art is the result of a year-and-a-half-long research by international curators Hiuwai Chu and Raphael Fonseca. The exhibition presents a map of some of the most relevant artistic practices in Portugal today while also providing a tool for their internationalisation, encompassing sculpture and painting, as well as photography, moving image and text, through a selection of 20 artists/duos from different generations.

12.07.2025 - 12.10.2025

Saturday, July 12, 18:00

Opening: Lucid Reverie – Panorama of Portuguese Contemporary Art

Curated by Hiuwai Chu and Raphael Fonseca, Lucid Reverie features the works of Ana Vidigal, André Sousa, Andreia Santana, Belén Uriel, Dayana Lucas, Francisco Trêpa, Gonçalo Sena, Ilídio Candja, Joana Escoval, João Gabriel, João Pedro Vale + Nuno Alexandre Ferreira, Mané Pacheco, Mariana Caló & Francisco Queimadela, Sara Bichão, Sara Chang Yan, Silvestre Pestana, Sofia Borges, Teresa Murta, Tiago Madaleno e Tiago Mestre.

Free admission.

Saturday, July 12, 23:59

Climacz @ Maus Hábitos

On 28 June 1995, a group of LGBTQIA+ activists organised the first public LGBTQIA+ Pride Day celebration in Portugal with the support of the Homosexual Working Group of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (PSR). The event took place at the Climacz nightclub in Lisbon. Drawing on this historical event, João Pedro Vale and Nuno Alexandre Ferreira created an art installation exploring the concept of queer memory and the influence of electronic music and dance venues on the visibility and development of the queer community in Portugal during the 1990s. As there are practically no records of that night, the artists conducted research with people who attended the 1995 party, collecting testimonies and consulting contemporary press reports, in order to create an installation offering an interpretation of the event.

In 2024, this work, titled Climacz, opened at Appleton Square in Lisbon and the space was transformed into a performance that completes the work itself, with the collaboration of DJ and party promoter João Viegas and dancer and choreographer Guilherme Leal.

As part of the collective exhibition Lucid Reverie – Panorama of Portuguese Contemporary Art, Climacz will once again be presented in party format on the opening night. This time, it will take place at Maus Hábitos and will feature DJ sets by As Docinhas, Mvria and Viegas, performance by Guilherme Leal, and the hostess Jnoir.

Venues: Maus Hábitos (R. de Passos Manuel 178 4º Piso, 4000-382 Porto).

Tickets sold at the door.

Photo by Bruno Simão

Thursday, July 24, 18:30

Panorama in Focus - insight tours

Panorama in Focus is a 30-minute guided tour of the exhibition 'Lucid Reverie – Panorama of Contemporary Portuguese Art' led by our team. Taking place on various dates, each tour will focus on a specific theme, which will be announced in advance.

This first visit has Adaptability as its starting point and will look at how works of art are displayed in the exhibition space of the Galeria Municipal do Porto.

Free admission.

Saturday, August, 16:00

Guided Exhibition Tour

During the exhibition periods, the Galeria Municipal do Porto organises a guided tour of the projects currently on display: Lucid Reverie: Panorama of Portuguese Contemporary Art, curated by Hiuwai Chu and Raphael Fonseca, featuring works by twenty artists and artist duos from different generations and disciplines, and Beach Ruins, a site-specific installation by the artist Andreas Angelidakis, which invites visitors to relax in the GMP’s outdoor space.

- August 2

- August 23

- August 30

- September 6

- October 4

Free admission.

Visits in Portuguese: 3pm

Visits in English: 4pm

Thursday, August 7, 18:30

Panorama in Focus - Insight tours

Free admission.

Thursday, August 21, 18:30

Panorama in Focus - Insight tours

Free admission.

Saturday, August 23, 16:00

Guided Exhibition Tour

This Saturday, the Galeria Municipal do Porto is organising a guided tour of the projects currently on display: Lucid Reverie: Panorama of Portuguese Contemporary Art, curated by Hiuwai Chu and Raphael Fonseca, featuring works by twenty artists and artist duos from different generations and disciplines, and Beach Ruins, a site-specific installation by the artist Andreas Angelidakis, which invites visitors to relax in the GMP’s outdoor space.

Free participation.

Saturday, August 30, 16:00