New gallery dedicated to Naïf and Figurative Art opened in Lisbon

Located in Chiado, the new Allarts Gallery is the first and only gallery in Portugal exclusively dedicated to Naïf and Figurative Art. Its main goals are: to encourage, enhance and promote the knowledge of Naïf and Figurative Art in Portugal and to show that genuine spontaneous artistic creation is a unique and commanding vision of the world and can generate cultural value to the countries and to their regional micro cultures. The inaugural exhibition occured on May 22, 2009 and comprised 30 works by well-known artists, both nationally and internationally, eight of whom Portuguese. This gallery in located at Rua da Misericórdia 30, in Lisbon. For more information visit http://allartsgallery.com/

Lisbon's City Museum's garden is inhabited by giant creatures until September 2009

More than 200 giant ceramic replicas of flora and fauna, including wasps, snails, crabs, snakes, mackerels, lobsters and swallows, born from the imagination of Portuguese fine artist Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, and conceived by top young fine artist Joana Vasconcelos can be visited until September 2009 at Lisbons's Town Museum (Museu da Cidade). The main objective was to bring new life to its gardens by transforming it into a true fairytale scene. The work of Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro can also be visited at the Bordalo Pinheiro Museum, located right next to Museu da Cidade, in Campo Grande. Previously Joana Vasconcelos used a tapeworm made of raffia to cover and climb a building located at Rua do Alecrim, 12 that was named Vitrine. This is part of “Art Building”, a Lisbon project that covers older building slated to be rehabbed with the objective to bring some color to those sties. Until the end of July don't miss “the Bordaliana” exhibition, also featuring Joana Vasconcelos works at Espaço Fundação PLMJ.