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22 May 2024

ARCOlisboa 2024 Agenda

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ARCOlisboa celebrates its 7th edition from 23rd to 26th May in the Portuguese capital.

ARCOlisboa 2024 | Press agenda

THURSDAY 23TH MAY

3.00 pm | PREVIEW ARCOlisboa 2024 | Professionals only

*Place: Cordoaria Nacional

3.30 pm | PRESS WELCOME

            With the participation of Maribel López, director of ARCOlisboa

*Place: Patio Nascente. Cordoaria Nacional

5.00 pm | ARCOlisboa 2024 OFFICIAL INAUGURATION

*Place: Cordoaria Nacional

6.45 pm | DELIVERY OF THE OPENING LISBOA AWARD

Jury: Hiuwai Chu, Yina Jiménez Suriel, João Laia, Filipa Oliveira, João Paulo Quintella and Amanda Reis Tavares

7.00 pm | INAUGURATION COCKTAIL

7.30 pm | DELIVERY OF THE MILLENNIUM BCP FOUNDATION AWARD FOR BEST STAND

*Place: Cordoaria Nacional

Jury: David Barro and Mariana Pestana

Participants António Monteiro, ambassador of the Millennium Foundation and Dra.Fátimas Días

FRIDAY 24TH MAY

12 pm – 8 pm | ARCOlisboa 2024 | Opening to the general public

12.15 pm - 2:45 pm | ArtsLibris Speakers’ Corner

12:15 pm – 1 pm Concreta

A conversation about Concreta, a biannual magazine of contemporary reflection on the image, with Ángel Calvo Ulloa, critic and exhibition curator, and Pep Benlloch, editor of Concreta.

1.15 pm – 2 pm João Onofre

Presentation of João Onofre’s new book, “Untitled (in awe of)”, with the artist João Onofre; the curator, writer and professor of curating at Goldsmiths University of London Andrew Renton; and curator, and MAC administrator Delfim Sardo.

2.15 pm – 2.45 pm Mahi Binebine

Presentation of the book “O Sono da Escrava” with the artist Mahi Binebine and WAAU World African Artists United.

3.30 pm 4.15 pm | Who speaks for the Global South?

Millennium Art Talks, organized by EGEAC

Moderated by Marta Mestre and Ángel Calvo Ulloa

Participants: Adelaide Duarte, Marta Pérez Ibáñez, Igor Simões and Paula Nascimento

4.30 pm 5.15 pm | Alone and Together

Millennium Art Talks, organized by EGEAC

Moderated by Marta Mestre and Ángel Calvo Ulloa

Participants: Felipe Feijão, Mercedes Vidal-Abarca, Óscar Faria and Sara Bichão

5.30 pm 6.30 pm. | Contemporary Art Network: Challenges and Opportunities

Millennium Art Talks, organized by DGArtes - Rede Portuguesa de Arte Contemporânea

Moderated by Marta Maestre

Participants Américo Rodrigues, Igor Simões, Paula Nascimento, Andreia Magalhães and Ana Botella

6:45 pm – 7:30 pm | African Contemporary Art: Inclusion and Representation in the Museum Space

Millennium Art Talks, organized by WAAU World African Artists United

Moderated by Ana Balona de Oliveira

Participants Ekua Yankah, Mahi Binebine, Kathryn Weir and James Oscar

SATURDAY 25TH MAY

12.00 pm – 8.00 pm | ARCOlisboa 2024

*Free entry for youth up to 25 years old: from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm

12.15 pm - 2.45h pm | ArtsLibris Speakers’ Corner

12h15 pm – 2 pm Fundação PLMJ & private collections

Debate: the importance of private collections and the significance of exhibiting them, with Eduardo Nogueira Pinto, CEO of the Foundation, and João Silvério, curator.    

1h15 pm – 2 pm Walk and Talk

Miguel Mesquita in conversation with curator Liliana Coutinho, moderated by Ricardo Gonçalves, about festival catalogs, models and formats.

3.00 pm 3.25 pm | Presentation of the Fórum de Artes Visuais

Millennium Art Talks, organized AAVP - Associação de Artistas Visuais em Portugal, la revista Umbigo y Appleton - Associação Cultural.

Participants: Paulo Mendes, Elsa Garcia and Vera Appleton

3.30 pm 4.15 pm | The Phantom of Liberty

Millennium Art Talks

Moderated by: Marta Mestre and Ángel Calvo Ulloa

Participants: Dário Cannatà, Maria João Macedo, Carlos Antunes, Désirée Pedro and Raquel Lima

4.30 pm 5.15 pm | New times. New Horizons

Millennium Art Talks, organized by EGEAC

Curators: Marta Mestre e Ángel Calvo Ulloa

Moderated by Marta Mestre y Ángel Calvo Ulloa

Participants: Filipa Oliveira, Nuria Enguita, Raphael Fonseca and Beatriz Lemos

5.30 pm – 6.30 pm | Book launch Breadcrumbs of History – Selected works from the FAS Collection

Millennium Art Talks

Moderated by Filipa Oliveira

Participants: Paula Nascimento and Carolina Fontes

6:45 pm – 7:30 pm | As Formas do Oceano (The shapes of the Ocean)

Millennium Art Talks, organized by WAAU World African Artists United

Moderated by Ana Balona de Oliveira

Participants: Igor Simões, Paula Nascimento and Matheus M. Abu

SUNDAY 26TH MAY

12.00 – 7 pm | ARCOlisboa 2024

12.15 pm 6.45h pm | ArtsLibris Speakers’ Corner

           12:15 pm – 1 pm Fontanar ediciones

35th anniversary of Fontanar Editions. With the editor and gallery owner Antonio Sánchez, the artist Luis Moro, and the art critic Luis Rubio Nomblot.    

           3 pm – 3h45 XYZ Books

Residências XYZ Books

With Tiago Casanova, David Infante y César Martins.

      4 pm – 4:45 pm STET - livros & fotografias

Presentation of Photo Books in Portugal: from the Revolution to the Present. Co-edition GHOST / Pierrot le Fou / STET. With David-Alexandre Gueniot, Filipa Valladares and Tania Martuscelli.

5 pm – 5:45 pm Imprensa Nacional
The Imprensa Nacional and public service editions of art and photography. With Cláudio Garrudo, António Júlio Duarte and Emília Tavares.

6 pm – 6:45 pm Levoir: 1974 - 25 abril

Unpublished photographs of the Carnation Revolution six months after the revolution taken by the photographer Jean Marie del Moral.