Arte Lisboa 2008

Contemporary Art Fair

19 Nov 2008
24 Nov 2008

ARTE LISBOA confirms year after year as being an exclusive platform for promoting the most recent art, offering an ample exhibition of galleries and artists, consolidated and emerging, well known in the international context. On the other hand, being the only Portuguese contemporary art fair, ARTE LISBOA bids for an exhaustive cultural programme which annually includes a CYCLE OF DEBATES with personalities of the European scene, and a section of Project Rooms of excellent quality.

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ARTE LISBOA 2008! -

In its next edition the PROJECT ROOMS section curatorship guided by the international curator PACO BARRAGÁN of recognized merits in the prestigious worldwide circuit of contemporary art fairs, there will be ten projects of the following artists:

Rui Macedo (PT) - ART FORM (PT)
Rodrigo Oliveira (PT) - Galeria Filomena Soares (PT)
Toño Barreiro (SP) - Casaborne (SP)
Lidia Benavides (SP) - Estiarte (SP)
Chus García-Fraile (SP) - METTA (SP)
Sara & André (PT) - 3 + 1 Arte Contemporânea (PT)
Fabrizio Matos (PT) - MCO Arte Contemporânea (PT)
Inês Botelho (PT) - Galeria Filomena Soares (PT)
Ruth Root (USA) - Marta Cervera (SP)
Steve Schepens (B) - Brot und Spiele Galerie (GERMANY)

Simultaneously to the many artworks exhibited representing the most varied artistic trends and techniques, during ARTE LISBOA other presentations of a very stimulating program of exhibitions and cultural initiatives of the agenda of the Portuguese scene are foreseen.

Painting and other stories

Paco Barragán

Like no other artistic platforms, the art fairs provide us with the latest and most audacious art novelties. Painting is back in fashion assuming a leading role. If during the 90's the motto was "everything counts except painting", today motto is "everything counts if it is painting". Nevertheless, we do need to question, what type of painting?

Visit ARTE LISBOA from 20th to 24th November, from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Vernissage on 19th November, from from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Check out the ARTE LISBOA website for more information on artists and the exhibition.