Chiado Museum - National Museum of Modern Art
Chiado Museum - National Museum of Modern Art
A recent museum. Most significant Romantic, naturalistic, modernist, surrealist and abstractionist Portuguese artists from 1850 to 1960. Located right in the heart of Lisboa, in the Chiado zone, the Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea was founded in1911, installed in the old Convento de So Francisco. At the start of the 1990s, the building was completely remodeled, reopening in 1994 with the new name Museu do Chiado.
The exposition starts by showing us references from the surrealism of the end of the 1950s, with drawings from sculptor Jorge Vieira and photographs from Fernando Lemos. It then takes us to the 1960s, tracing the design and painting of the post-surrealists like Marcelino Vespeira, the abstract geometric canvases of Joaquim Rodrigo, the nouveaux realism of the work of Lourdes Castro, the machines in movement of Ren Bertholo, the silhouettes and symmetries of José Escada, the torn canvases of João Pinheiro, until we reach the unexpected surfaces created by Pires Vieira.
The next room, dedicated to the 1970s, shows two essential Portuguese artists: Helena Almeida, with her skillful photographs/paintings, and Alberto Carneiro, with two installations that explore the themes of perception and representation of the exterior world.
From the 1970s we jump right to the 1990s, a core constituted of contemporary art that the museum has commissioned. Here we find the work of Miguel Palma, Ângela Ferreira, João Tabarra, João Onofre and João Penalva - one of the Portuguese artists of the moment with great international interest.
ADDRESS: Rua Serpa Pinto, 4 - 1200-444 Lisboa (Driving Directions)
OPENING HOURS: Thursdays to Sundays - from 10H00 to 18H00
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +351 213 432 148
FAX NUMBER: +351 213 432 151
E-MAIL: mchiado@ipmuseus.pt
URL: http://www.museudochiado-ipmuseus.pt/
