ColaborArte, Silves’s new collaborative art shop featuring handcrafted and one-of-a-kind creations
“Not just another shop”: A collaborative art shop focusing on artistic outreach as well as workshops – April 5, 2024 | Text & Photos by Eric Roth Members of ColaborArte – Patrícia Marques, Margarida Palma Gomes, Marion Buz, Manoli Ortiz de la Torre, Elke Grath, Susanne Drohla What do you get when you put six artists together to collaborate? Simple … it’s ColaborArte. Welcome to this exciting cooperative shop, in...
“LocalARTE”: New Lagos exhibition celebrates 50 years of the “Carnation Revolution” featuring contemporary local artists
This year’s edition of the collective exhibition LocalARTE focuses on the theme of freedom – April 4, 2024 Centro Cultural de Lagos will host a contemporary art exhibition entitled “LocalARTE – Projeto de Arte Contemporânea de Artistas de Lagos”, an initiative to promote and support the local artistic community, between April 6 and May 25. The borough’s artists were challenged to draw inspiration from the theme of...
“Stories Brought by the River”: Results and findings of scientific research of the Arade River showcased in temporary exhibition at Portimão Museum
Portimão Museum is hosting an exhibition with findings from research carried out over the last few decades, showing finding proofs that the region has been occupied since prehistoric times – March 25, 2024 | Photos Portimão Museum The inauguration of the exhibition “Stories That the River Brings Us” aims to show the general public the result of scientific research carried out over the last few decades. The research has brought...
Lagoa’s Convento de S. José hosts contemporary art exhibition until April 27 featuring national and international artists
Centro Cultural Convento de S. José hosts Art Exhibition Lagoa 2024 featuring works by Portuguese and Spanish artists – March 22, 2024 Photo Lagoa Municipality A celebration of artistic diversity, the Art Exhibition Lagoa features all forms of artistic expression, celebrating “the richness of human creativity” and offering “a showcase for emerging and established artists”. The exhibition aims to showcase “emerging artists,...
Local Artist Meinke Flesseman discusses plans for the future of her art gallery in Portimão
The two-storey building in Portimão showcases not only a “combination of abstract and figurative” works by Meinke, but also aims to feature “workshops, yoga, live model painting, or serving as a creative retreat space”, with temporary collective exhibitions also expected – January 22, 2024 | Text Beatriz Maio A year ago, the Dutch artist opened her new art gallery. Since then, the space has grown into so much more. Dutch artist Meinke...
This Saturday, internationally acclaimed textile artist Vanessa Barragão opens her solo exhibition in Lagos
Lagos Cultural Centre will present the solo exhibition “Submerged/Immersed” by the Algarvian Vanessa Barragão – January 19, 2024 The Algarve-born textile artist Vanessa Barragão has shown her work in Portugal, England, Germany, the United States, Taiwan, Shanghai, and South Korea, garnering international recognition online with 577K followers on Instagram alone. Her large audience has become familiar with beautifully...
Local Artist Tara Bongard is exhibiting her works in Portimão
The ‘Life Lines’ exhibition will be presented until January 2 – December 12, 2023 Artist Tara Bongard A new exhibition titled ”Life Lines” by local artist Tara Bongard is on display at Casa Manuel Teixeira Gomes in Portimão. The exhibition showcases Tara’s most recent graphite drawings of nature in the Algarve and runs until January 2. About the artist Tara Bongard was born in London, England, but her roots are Anglo-Portuguese,...
Local artists Anke Punt Bach and Rui Botto unveil a collaborative exhibition this December in Lagoa
Lagoa’s library will host a joint exhibition of paintings starting December 11 – December 7, 2023 | Text Michael Bruxo On Monday, December 11 at 5.30pm, Lagoa’s municipal library will inaugurate an exhibition of paintings by local artists Anke Punt Bach and Rui Botto. The two Lagoa-based artists will be showcasing their creations at the library until January 31, 2024. About the artists Anke and Rui met at the Arco Íris...
A new home: Lady in Red art gallery moves to Portimão
Lady in Red, the art gallery formerly located in the Adega Cooperativa building in Lagoa, moved to its new premises in Portimão in October – December 3, 2023 | Text & Photos Michael Bruxo Lady in Red, the art gallery formerly located in the Adega Cooperativa building in Lagoa, moved to its new premises in Portimão in October. The art gallery is now located in a two-storey space on the town’s busy Rua Infante Dom Henrique (no.140),...
Soothing art: Sandra Correia explores art and mental health, creating art works with neutral tones and abstract shapes
The artist wants her work to convey a sense of calm and tranquillity – December 2, 2023 | Text Beatriz Maio ©Beatriz Maio, Open Media Group A nurse for over 20 years, Sandra Correia has been splitting her time between health and art, two passions that in recent years have gone hand in hand in her life. She was born in Portimão, is a mother of three, an entrepreneur, and, recently, an artist. She has been interested in this area since...
