Current
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When The Sky Split Open
SOLO SHOW by Ibrahim Bemba Kébé 17 May - 1 August 2025 “ When The Sky Split Open” is the first solo exhibition — and simultaneously the international debut — of the young Malian artist Ibrahim Bemba Kébé. In a time marked by crises of belonging, spiritual fracture, and a deep yearning for re-rooting, Ibrahim Bemba Kébé unveils a body of fourteen... Read more -
BEYOND BOUNDARIES. A COLLECTIVE ODYSSEY
INTERNATIONAL GROUP SHOW 23 May - 26 July 2025 As part of Lisbon Art Week, the international contemporary art exhibition BEYOND BOUNDARIES – A COLLECTIVE ODYSSEY opens on May 23, across two complementary venues: the Water Museum – Barbadinhos Steam Pumping Station and the Cabo Verde Cultural Centre. With artistic direction by the gallery THIS IS NOT A WHITE... Read more
Past
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VOX POPULI
SOLO SHOW BY NELO TEIXEIRA 8 February - 17 April 2025 The exhibition Vox Populi constitutes a monumental intervention that formalizes and problematizes the singular universe of Nelo Teixeira—one of the most distinctive figures in the landscape of contemporary Angolan art. Bringing together an unprecedented collection of around 20 works that, in terms of language, traverse the boundaries between self-taught naïve... Read more -
MEMORIES ‧ LEGACIES ‧ MUTATIONS
Group Show 25 October 2024 - 9 February 2025 Jointly organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) and Wynn Resorts (Macau) S.A., the exhibition “Memories‧Legacies‧Mutations–Annual Arts Exhibition between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries” is on display from 25 October 2024 to 9 February 2025 at the Macao Museum of Art and the Exhibitions Gallery of the... Read more -
FLORES DELICADAS QUE NÃO TÊM MEDO DA MORTE
SOLO SHOW BY ANTÓNIO FARIA 25 September - 19 December 2024 The exhibition features over 30 entirely new works, including drawings, sculptures, and video installations, showcasing the latest creative phase of an artistic practice deeply shaped by drawing. In this body of work, the compositions — stemming from melancholy, that 'black bile' of revelation, self-awareness, and universal connections — transcend the... Read more -
The Atlantic is Black
SOLO SHOW BY RENÉ TAVARES 11 September - 2 November 2024 In partnership with ARTCO Gallery, THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE is proud to present “ T HE ATLANTIC IS BLACK ” - the first solo exhibition by São Toméan artist R ENÉ TAVARES in Berlin. Tavares‘ practice is an homage to the Austral and Atlantic Africa, which was constantly... Read more
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MATRIZ
SOLO SHOW BY SUSANA CEREJA 18 July - 14 September 2024 The exhibition MATRIZ by Portuguese visual artist Susana Cereja, showcasing 17 mostly unpublished works, including the monumental and iconic pieces “Matriz,” “Boadicea,” “Hide & Seek,” and “Helia,” created by the artist over the past three years. The exhibition reflects the multidisciplinary nature of a creative process where research, diversity, and... Read more -
EMBODIED NARRATIVES
International group show 21 May - 13 July 2024 The show explores a wide variety of media, including painting, ceramics, photography and installation, and encapsulates a growing trend in contemporary African art, which emphasizes figuration and portraiture as vehicles of expression. Whether through individual or collective representations, the integrated artists delve into the dimensions of vulnerability and everyday life,... Read more -
KALEIDOSCOPE: PORTRAITS OF A TRAVELER
Solo Show by Benigno Mangovo 9 May - 8 June 2024 'Kaleidoscope: Portraits of a Traveler ' (Caleidoscópio: Retratos de um Viajante ) is curated by Jamil (Parasol) Osmar, featuring a series of eleven completely unpublished painting works and portraying the intricate web of human experience woven through the perspective of Benigno Mangovo as a traveler immersed in the unique reality... Read more -
Resonance of Form: A Tribute to Sarah Baartman
Solo Show by Ilídio Candja Candja 8 March - 4 May 2024 The show stems from the artist's increasing interest in the ways in which a new model of significance was generated and shaped by the historical and civilisational encounter between Africa and Europe. It includes around 12 new works divided into three distinct sections, including the body of work that gives... Read more
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NATUREZA VICIADA
Solo Show by Luís Damião 14 December 2023 - 16 February 2024 We are pleased to present: 'Natureza Viciada' , a solo exhibition by the photographer Luís Damião. With a curatorial text by Graça Rodrigues and Jamil 'Parasol' Osmar, the exhibition stems from a visual essay that the author has been undertaking since 2019 through a process of continuous expedition to spaces... Read more -
BEYOND BOUNDARIES
GROUP SHOW 25 October 2023 - 9 February 2024 With works by Cristiano Mangovo, Gonçalo Mabunda, Luís Damião, Nelo Teixeira, Rómulo Santa Rita, Uólofe Griot and Samuel Nnorom, the exhibition encourages the public to embark on a captivating and enlightening journey through the creative diversity of contemporary African Art and some of the questions it raises through its cycles... Read more -
PORTRAITS FOR ENGLISH TO SEE
Solo Show: René Tavares | The Africa Centre, London 9 - 29 October 2023 Entitled 'PORTRAITS FOR ENGLISH TO SEE', the exhibition will premiere on October 9th at THE AFRICA CENTRE, and is curated by the acclaimed Angolan architect and curator Paula Nascimento, winner of the 2013 Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the Venice Biennale. The exhibition features seven new works that... Read more -
Flying in a silver plane
SOLO SHOW: TOM SOLTY 13 July - 15 September 2023 THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE, in collaboration with ARTCO Gallery, is pleased to present on July 13th: 'Flying In a Silver Plane' , a solo exhibition by German artist Tom Solty . 'The noise of the cars on the highway intermingles with the sound of insects, birds, and airplanes... Read more
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INTERCULTURAL ENCOUNTERS AND DIALOGUES
GROUP SHOW 1 June - 7 July 2023 We are pleased to present in Lisbon 'Intercultural Encounters and Dialogues' - an Africa-focused photography group exhibition. The show presents about 21 works by artists Dagmar Van Weeghel, Maya-Inès Touam, Sidonie Hadoux, Remofiloe Mayisela, Nicole Rafiki, Kudzanai Chiurai, and René Tavares. The exhibition 'INTERCULTURAL ENCOUNTERS AND DIALOGUES' establishes a platform... Read more -
PARAGONE: What’s with mediums today?
INTERNATIONAL GROUP SHOW 26 May - 20 August 2023 The PARAGONE exhibition offers a guided tour program that promotes the rediscovery in three stages of a historical heritage—unknown to many—linked to the city of Lisbon’s water supply: Cape Verde Cultural Center; Water Museum - Barbadinhos Steam Pumping Station and Patriarchal Reservoir. 'PARAGONE: What's with mediums today?' presents a very... Read more -
UNTITLED 3
Group Show: Banco Económico Gallery 4 May - 23 June 2023 The third edition of the group show 'UNTITLED 3 - O Vendedor de Passados', brings together more than 50 names of national contemporary artistic production. This large-scale cultural production, held in the format of an art salon, has marked the Angolan art scene with its periodicity and unique morphology. In... Read more -
A Vida Longa das Linhas Retas
Solo Show: Pedro Pires 20 April - 26 May 2023 The Angolan born Portuguese artist, Pedro Pires, is one of the most singular emerging figures on the international contemporary art scene. With a distinctive inventiveness and a remarkable experimental drive, his process of creation is suggestive of the ancient practice of alchemy. Whether building through the collection, use, and assemblage... Read more
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Pulsations: From Rhythms to Gestures
Solo Show: Francisco Vidal 4 March - 22 April 2023 Curated by Katherine Sirois, the exhibition presents about 30 unpublished works that reflect one of the lesser-known aspects of the artist's visual universe: his strong connection to music. Through a dense and cohesive body of work, linked by means of a creative and performative pictorial act that addresses emblematic elements... Read more -
Pocket Universes: The Policy of (Im)Possibilities
Group Show 27 January - 31 May 2023 Curated by Jamil “Parasol” Osmar, the exhibition features around 23 mostly unpublished works, through which a reflection on the notion of human interaction is proposed, particularly focusing on the moments of connection and collision that arise from these encounters, intrinsic to the human experience. With works by Pedro Pires, Rómulo... Read more -
There Was A Time When I Could Be Anything
SOLO SHOW: CÁSSIO MARKOWSKI 26 November 2022 - 25 January 2023 THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE gallery presents on November 26th, in Lisbon, 'There Was A Time When I Could Be Anything” - a solo exhibition by Cássio Markowski. The Lisbon-based Brazilian artist Cássio Markowski (b. 1972) mainly works across drawing and painting, besides exploring video and installation as means... Read more -
(IM)MATERIALITY
Group Show 1 October 2022 - 15 January 2023 “(IM)MATERIALITY” promotes a reflection on the concepts of materiality and immateriality, highlighting works by artists from a wide variety of cultural and geographical origins, whose practices cross spatial and technical boundaries. It focuses on the fascination produced by the transitory effects of matter and technique, stemming from the artistic community's... Read more
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À Flor da Pele
Solo Show: Manuela Pimentel 24 September - 12 November 2022 The show includes about 25 unpublished works translated into compositions of installed sculptural-like paintings, through which Manuela Pimentel reconfigures the place of the Portuguese tile as a sacralized object of local collective memory. In doing this, she intends to scrutinize our relationship with the sense of perenniality and ephemerality of... Read more -
(IM)MATERIALITY
GROUP SHOW 20 May - 12 August 2022 The exhibition promotes a reflection on the concepts of materiality and immateriality, highlighting around 90 works by 48 artists from a wide variety of cultural and geographical origins - including Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, DRC, São Tomé and Príncipe, Burkina Faso, Namibia, Netherlands, Germany and Brazil - whose practices... Read more -
The Green Line
SOLO SHOW: PEDRO PIRES 5 May - 25 June 2022 'THE GREEN LINE', a solo exhibition by the Luso-Angolan artist Pedro Pires, marks his return to the Portuguese capital after more than a decade of a growing presence in the international art scene. The exhibition is curated by Lourenço Egreja. Archaeology, the study of ancient civilizations through material means, has... Read more -
LOOT
Solo Show: Barbara Wildenboer 5 February - 9 April 2022 'LOOT' is the first solo exhibition by the South African artist Barbara Wildenboer in Portugal. The show presents about 30 unpublished works, divided into three distinct nuclei. Among these is the artist's most recent body of work, which gives the exhibition its name. 'LOOT - Spoils of war' stems from... Read more
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Weaving The Entropy
Solo Show: Patrick Bongoy 8 October - 31 December 2021 THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE is pleased to present in Lisbon 'WEAVING THE ENTROPY ' a SOLO SHOW BY PATRICK BONGOY with a new series of sculptural works and paintings from the artist's personal archive. Curated by Graça Rodrigues and Sónia Ribeiro, the exhibition celebrates and recognizes Bongoy's significant... Read more -
EXTRAVAGANT DISSIDENCE - BUILDING A LOCAL PRAXIS
Solo Show: Osvaldo Ferreira 10 September - 31 December 2021 THIS NOT A WHITE CUBE is pleased to present: 'Extravagant Dissidence: Building a Local Praxis', a solo show by the Angolan artist Osvaldo Ferreira. The show will be held at Galeria Banco Económico, in Luanda, from September 10th, 2021. The project follows his recent award by of one of the... Read more -
IN MEMORY WE TRUST
Solo Show: René Tavares 27 May - 17 July 2021 In its 5t h year of existence, THIS NOT A WHITE CUBE expands its international presence with the opening of a new space in Lisbon (Chiado), on may 27th. To mark the occasion, the gallery will simultaneously present in its two branches - in Lisbon and Luanda - a solo... Read more -
BORDERS
Solo Show: Mariana Dias Coutinho 24 June - 31 July 2020 THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE art gallery and MEXTO are pleased to present 'Borders' - a solo show by Mariana Dias Coutinho. The exhibition gathers around 50 works by the Portuguese artist, produced between 2013 and 2019, tracing a retrospective view on her work. 'Borders' is curated by Graça... Read more
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DISCOURSES OF DECOLONIALITY
Group Show: Not a Museum 24 June - 30 September 2020 THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE art gallery, in partnership with Not A Museum - Art Mexto, presents the exhibition “Discourses of Decoloniality'. It will be on display between June 24th and July 31st at the Not A Museum space, in Lisbon (R. Castilho, 3) and can be visited from... Read more -
Migrações e Coisas: Retalhos de uma História Só
Solo Show: René Tavares 21 March - 27 May 2020 In collaboration with Banco Económico, THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE presents from March 21 to May 27, 2020, the first solo show by the Santomean artist René Tavares, in Luanda. “Migraçōes e Coisas: Retalhos de uma Historia Só” integrates around 40 works produced between 2012 and 2020 - many... Read more -
Luís Damião - Photography
Solo Show: Luís Damião 18 December 2019 - 31 January 2020 THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE Art Gallery presents from December 18 to January 31, 2020, a solo exhibition by the Angolan artist Luís Damião. The exhibition includes a set of 20 unpublished works, made over the last year, which reflect Luís Damião's latest production process in the field of... Read more -
Intersections - Within the Global South
Group Show: Galeria Banco Económico 26 November 2019 - 16 January 2020 THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE art gallery, the Banco Económico, and the South African Gallery MOMO, present, in Luanda: “Intersections - Within the Global South”. The exhibition puts in dialogue 16 international contemporary artists and seeks to promote through their work a comprehensive reflection on some of the most... Read more
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PEDRO PIRES: PH7 – INTERFACES / BODY AND ARCHITECTURE
Solo Show: Pedro Pires, Luanda's Natural History Museum 6 June - 6 July 2019 PEDRO PIRES is back in Luanda with pH7 - INTERFACES \ BODY AND ARCHITECTURE, individual exhibition with about 25 unpublished works, among sculptures, installation and drawings with paper intervention. In this exhibition, the artist proposes not one, but multiple dialogues with the city through the body and architecture, in this... Read more -
SPACES IN BETWEEN
Group Show: Old Palace 17 - 28 May 2019 Installed in a palace in 'ruins' in downtown Lisbon, the exhibition aims to reinforce the participation of THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE at ARCO Lisboa 2019, whose focus will be on African research, creation and collecting. With African artists from different geographical and professional backgrounds, the exhibition, divided into... Read more -
PANORAMA
Solo Show by Mónica de Miranda, Banco Económico Gallery, Luanda 22 November 2018 - 25 January 2019 Panorama is the first solo exhibition of Mónica de Miranda in Angola, an artist whose multimedia work deals with themes related to geographies of affection, poetics of belonging and the processes of construction of identities. Angola is one of the artist’s geographies of affection and Panorama marks her return to... Read more -
Ambundulando
Solo Show by Januário Jano, Instituto Camões, Luanda 26 July - 19 August 2017 Ambundulando is a research-based project by artist Januário Jano. The exhibition is the result of a method of work developed over the last year and a half, where the artist explores the complexities and idiosyncrasies of the processes of the construction of Identity. In recovering practices and rituals typical of... Read more
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Representation of the Human Figure in Angola
Group Show, Banco Económico Gallery 10 March - 14 April 2017 A Exposição, que representa cerca de 60 artistas angolanos em 89 obras de arte (pintura, escultura, fotografia, instalação e vídeo), comporta ainda uma secção dedicada a outros meios de expressão como a Banda Desenhada e a Street Arte, bem como reproduções de pinturas e postais cedidos, a partir de 1850... Read more -
Nelo Teixeira: Not Bok - Conglomeration in space and memories
Solo Show by Nelo Teixeira, Banco Económico Gallery 18 November 2016 - 12 January 2017 The solo exhibition of the artist Nelo Teixeira, “Not Bok: Conglomeration in space and memories” will be open to the public from November 18th until 12th January 2017, at the Gallery of Banco Economico, in Luanda. Organized by the gallery THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE, in partnership with Banco... Read more
