Lisbon Blog

Chiado Contemporary Art Museum exhibits until the 5th of October Twentieth century Portuguese art (1910-1960). In this exhibition, curated by Adelaide Ginga, the works of artists who were enrolled in the forefront of Portuguese art are highlighted, as part of a trilogy of signs that the museum has organized to commemorate the centenary of its [...]

The construction of the church started in 1779 under the orders of King Pedro III to keep the promise made by him to his wife Dona Maria I after having their children. The construction work of this famous monument was started under the supervision of some prominent architects of the decade such as Manuel Reynaldo [...]

If there is a favorite spot for tourists visiting Lisbon, without a doubt, is Cafe a Brasileira located near Chiado, in Baja. The spectacular Art Nouveau decor, coupled with the myth of Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet most internationally renowned, outweighs the local bustle of high season. Cafe a Brasileira Coffee is probably one of the oldest [...]

In one of his articles for the Uruguayan magazine Ramas Frias (Cold Branches)  writer Albert Hanover Samoa explains the bad feeling that lingered around him on an occasion that the crowds that packed the room where Alejandro Jodorowsky had just given a brilliant lecture keep listening to each of his words as if they were [...]

Queer Lisboa Film Festival in its 15th edition. The motto of the festival this time will be the “transgression”, which is the central topic that the entire program will presented during seven days. Queer Lisboa will show the best of the gay and lesbian films produced during the last two years in competitive categories for: [...]

The National Museum of Ancient Art of Lisbon presents until the 11th of September the exhibition ‘Dutch Splendor: The ‘Family Portraits’ by Pieter de Grebber’, in the Sala do Tecto Pintado. The exhibition is framed in the fourth version of the programme of small exhibition that the museum carries out to show works of its collection [...]