Lisbon Blog

From 23 to 27 November, Lisbon will host the 2011 Lisbon Art Fair, held in Parque das Nações, along the Tagus River. The inauguration will take place on Wednesday 23 at 6pm and is open until 11pm. You need an invitation to attend. The public opening will take place on Thursday 24 at 4pm. Arte Lisboa [...]

Britney Spears probably wishes that someday, when reviewing the commercial side of the mass culture of the first decade of the XXI century, encyclopedias considered her enigmatic figure, as the missing link between Madonna and Lady Gaga. As the first half of the nineties, the twentieth century witnessed the strange phenomenon, initially led by Nirvana, [...]

“I’m nothing / I’ll never be anything / I am not able to wish being anything / Apart from this, I have in me all the dreams of the world.” In this way the unforgettable Tabacaria begins (in English Tobacco Shop) the famous eight-page poem by Alvaro de Campos. De Campos was a naval architect [...]

In an old television documentary, Mr. Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz, better known as Compay Segundo, one of the most respected Cuban musicians and composers of the last century, recalls, already a nonagenarian, smoking a cigarette on the porch of his home in Havana and how he started smoking. He must have had been about six [...]

The Chiado Museum presents the retrospective exhibition 30 years of the AICA/MC Visual Arts Award until the 22nd of January 2012. A quick glance of Portuguese art, which shows the work of prominent artists who have participated over the years in the exhibitions organized to grant the award, one of the most prominent and ancient [...]

The Centre of Modern Art of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation presents, until the 9th of October, an interesting monographic retrospective of the Portuguese contemporary artist João Penalva. The exhibition is the biggest one carried out on his work and it shows interesting aspects of his work which is made in different fields, such as painting, film [...]

We’re not here to do a treaty on bibliophile (the branch of knowledge dealing with beautiful, unique, rare or impossible books), but we dare to recommend travelers passing through Lisbon to come close to the  temple that is the Museo Nacional de Arte Antiga in Lisbon. If you can, stop and admire the copy of [...]

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 [...]