Lisbon Ibero-American Capital of Culture

16/02/2017

Lisbon Ibero-American Capital of Culture: all roads lead to Lisbon

Past and present intertwine in this exciting cultural celebration that is Lisbon Ibero-American Capital of Culture. Hundreds of artists and creatives from the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas will take-over the capital for the next 12 months, through more than 150 programmed activities in over 40 different venues. Lisbon Ibero-American Capital of Culture has a far-reachng and varied program including exhibitions, concerts, talks, cinema, performance, dance, theatre and much more.

Past and Present: Lisbon Ibero-American Capital of Culture

Past and present are the two sides of the same process of discovery. These are the main themes of Lisbon Ibero-American Capital of Culture, which unfold in different ways of expression. Lisbon Ibero-American Capital of Culture is an invitation to look at the past, uncovering traces and stories. It’s also a chance to live and vibrate with an exhilarating creative present. In Lisbon, the narratives of the passages and the presence of Afro-descendants transported to the Americas will be shown. We will revisit the words and place names they left behind. As part of this  cultural event,  many artists chose to bring to light stories that seemed urgent. Like the invention of Paradise: the American Countries of the Future, their utopias and dystopias.

Lisbon Ibero-American Capital of Culture: exile portaits

The program of Lisbon Ibero-American Capital of Culture is varied and designed with many audiences in mind. One of the exhibitions worth visiting is co-curated by Portugal and Brazil. It focuses on Arpad Szenes and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, one of the most respected and beloved artistic couples in 20^th century Portugal. “Arpad Szenes and Vieira da Silva, the years of exile in Brazil (1940-1947)” portrays the couple’s stay in Rio de Janeiro in the 1940’s and the effect that this exile had on their work. The show opens in March at the Museum with their name.

Lisbon Ibero-American Capital of Culture: Paradise Lost

“Al final del Paraíso” is the name of the exhibition that Mexican artist Demián Flores (b. 1971) brings to the Padrão dos Descobrimentos. His work “typically creates clashes and contagion between different spheres of cultural production and maintains an active dialogue with the socio-political context of his native land in southern Mexico”. His work “typically creates clashes and contagion between different spheres of cultural production and maintains an active dialogue with the socio-political context of his native land in southern Mexico”. A graphic and pictorial testimony of our time, it deals with the appearance of the so-called “New World”. A depiction of the dazzling, and often violent encounter, between Europeans and the natives.

A Cultural Meeting-Point: Lisbon, Ibero-American Capital of Culture

Celebrating the present, Lisbon Ibero-American capital of culture will host a series of exhibitions, concerts, talks and cinema screenings from both sides of the Atlantic. In any cultural sphere, Lisbon Ibero-American capital of culture presents many chances for fantastic creative collisions.