Walk through ART-MAP

The inaugural circuit of the event took place this Saturday, July 22, at 3:00 p.m., starting at the Biblioteca Lúcio Craveiro da Silva. The circuit toured the following places: 3:30 pm in the Roman Baths of Alto da Cividade; 16h00 in the Palace of Raio; 4:30 p.m. in the Livraria 100 Page; 17:00 in the Gallery Mestre Alberto Vieira; 17:30 in the House of the Riddles; 18h00 in the Castle Building; 18h30 in the Museum of the Image and 19h00 in the Gallery of the Old Station CP.

ART-MAP inauguration ceremony at the Lúcio Craveiro Library

Braga ART-MAP inauguration ceremony at the Lúcio Craveiro Library

Art-Map "Thinking Baroque" is an artistic project that aims to map Portugal with art. The project organizes annual exhibitions of large-scale contemporary art in different cities, inviting Portuguese and foreign artists, known and emerging, to fascinate with the authenticity of the localities, to live the history and to exhibit in the best galleries.

This year, from July 22 to September 9, Art-Map presents itself in Braga with 270 works in nine historical buildings of the city: paintings, sculptures, installations, photography and video art, sound art and artists' books. The event also includes several artistic residencies, conferences with artists, workshops, a performance by the Spanish theatrical duo Balázs Várnai and Mercé de Rande and a concert of the legendary Wheat Man.

The 80 participating artists were selected from 311 proposals received to exhibit in Braga and are representatives of 21 countries, including, in addition to the EU, Israel, India, Dubai, USA, Cuba, Canada, Brazil and Costa Rica. Among them are Portuguese artists such as Alberto Vieira, Carlos Araújo, Carlos Teixeira, Costa Araújo, Patrícia Ferreira and Manuel Pereira da Silva.

"Thinking Baroque" was the challenge proposed to the artists to revitalize in their creations the motives of the baroque, studying the style and its concepts and how it can be manifested in contemporaneity.

This Festival-Route of the Arts invites visitors to be guided by the map and, one day, to visit the nine spaces in the city center, taking advantage of the contemporary art exhibition curated by Madina Ziganshina.

ART-MAP in Braga

Sculptures by Manuel Pereira da Silva exhibited in the entrance hall at the Palácio do Raio in Braga.

Invitation for the inauguration of ART-MAP in Braga

We have a pleasure to invite all the admirers of the artwork of Manuel Pereira da Silva for the Inauguration Party, which will take place on July 22, at 15h, starting at the exposition hall of the Library Lúcio Craveiro, the ceremony will visit all the exhibition venues.

'International Art Exhibition', thinking the Baroque "Braga summer of 2017"

Four sculptures of Manuel Pereira da Silva were selected to participate in the 'International Art Exhibition', thinking the Baroque "Braga summer of 2017", which will run from July 21 to September 9, organized by ART-MAP and Braga Municipal Council.

The event will include such landmark places as the famous Palácio do Raio (Gallery of Misericórdia), Museum of the Image, Gallery of the Station, INATEL Building, Centésima Pàgina (creative bookstore), Library Lúcio Craveiro and a private gallery of Mestre Alberto Vieira. These authentic historic buildings, testimonies of original Portuguese baroque now welcome contemporary art.

This year the project received 311 proposals with about 820 artworks, about 65 artists were selected to for the exhibition or for interventions/conferences

Partner institutions:

INATEL of Braga

FLUP (Faculty of Letters of University of Porto)

23 Miles – a cultural transformation project of the municipality of Ílhavo

Braga Jazz School

Gallery of Mestre Alberto Vieira