Curated Saturday by Gabriel Abrantes
Galeria Filomena Soares
Gabriel is an artist and filmmaker living in Lisbon, known for directing Diamantino (2018). Shows work at Galeria Francisco Fino and currently has an exhibition at Rialto6 in Lisbon — go see it, you can talk to a digital rat.
15.00–19.00 | Kunsthalle Lissabon – Cocktail
14.00–18.00 | Galeria Filomena Soares – Guided Tour
17.00–20.00 | SALTO – Cocktail
16.00–18.00 | KUBIKGALLERY – Cocktail
18.00–21.00 | Galeria Francisco Fino – Finissage
I suggest a walking or biking tour using Lisbon's GIRA or Uber bikes around Marvila and Beato.
Start at Kunsthalle Lissabon, an incredible space led for over 15 years by super-curators João Mourão and Luís Silva. The space has an exciting new curator Ana Laguna. Saodat Ismailova's As We Fade is on view.
Bike 5 minutes (or walk 15) to Galeria Filomena Soares, one of Lisbon's oldest galleries. Rui Chafes — one of Portugal's greatest — known for his sub-dom coded black steel abstracted restraints - shows a forest of tattered steel flags.
One block over: Salto, a great independent space where I discovered one of my favorite artists, Carla Dias @cdiasnaescuridao. Paulo Serra is the incredible artist showing.
Cross the street to Kubik Gallery for Anne Lefebvere's @annehollingshausen beautiful The Clay Hour, curated by dynamic duo Ana Baliza and Alexandre Estrela (FaRO).
End at Galeria Francisco Fino — one of Lisbon's youngest, best galleries — with João Penalva's excellent show.
Old and new galleries, established and emerging artists, all in Lisbon's Beato/Marvila district.
