Faca na Pedra Olho Solar (Knife in Stone Solar Eye) is centred on studying and paying homage to a heritage that, while belonging to Humanity, also belongs to rural inland Portugal. Based on our fascination with the ancestral outdoor and mobile rock art representations of the Côa Valley, we imagined a space of confluence between humans,...
Performance SAMUEL ORNELAS ANA TORRIE SARA BARROS LEITÃO ANGÉLICA SALVI Côa Museum Inauguration: August 10, 2024 – 5:00 PM Exhibition: August 10 to November 10, 2024 Opening Performance: August 10 at 6:30 PM Farmers of considerable importance capturing the pulse of our time — a suspension of reality in the form of living fog. An...
The Song of Songs of the plant kingdom – flowers and fruits – serves as the lure where color and form snare the senses. For many species, there are seduction algorithms tailored to sight or scent that evolution adeptly adjusts. Seduction is a finely tuned mechanism of the law of life, ensuring survival. Just like...
In 2018, the author visited the gold prospecting mine in Freixo de Numão, initially intending to be merely an act of promotion or awareness for the MINAPORT promoter. Armed only with her mobile phone, she began documenting the journey inside the earth, unexpectedly feeling time come to a halt. Each moment transformed into the discovery...
Paula Rego (1935-2022) is one of the best-known worldwide contemporary Portuguese artists. She lived and worked in London, where she studied painting, at the Slade School of Fine Art, between 1952-1956, developing a personal figurative language. It will be through the vast universe of stories — from traditional Portuguese tales to fairy tales; from Portuguese...
“All the Animals”, a work made by Luís Paulo Costa between 2020 and 2021, consists of a series of hundred and a half elements. It will be inaugurated on August 11, as part of the celebrations of the 13th anniversary of the Côa Museum and will be available until November 19. First, the artist’s hands...
The International Biennial Engraving Douro 2023, which will be inaugurated in room 1 of the Côa Museum has works by several artists, including works by the master Silvestre Pestana, curated by Nuno Canelas. It will be available to the public from August 11 to October 31.
The photo exhibition resulting from a partnership between the Côa Parque Foundation and the “Transumância e Natureza” Association, Faia Brava Reserve – Creating Spaces for Nature in the Côa Valley, with photographs taken by Daniel Cortesão Gil, Hugo Marques and João Cosme, was inaugurated last June 7th. It is a photographic collection of the fauna...
The exhibition Árvores Vigilantes do Tempo (Trees Watching over the Time) will be inaugurated on April 1, at 4 p.m., at the Côa Museum restaurant, with the participation of Her Excellency the Regional Development Secretary, Professor Isabel Ferreira. There will be an olive oil tasting, and a tertulia, under the theme: The Olive Tree and...
The exhibition Dark Safari – Contemporary Art Works from State Collection consists with works by: A.R. Penk, Ana Cardoso, Ana Manso, Ana Pérez-Quiroga, André Cepeda, Andy Warhol, Armanda Duarte, Bruno Pacheco, Catarina Botelho, Diogo Bolota, Eduardo Matos, Fernão Cruz, Francisca Carvalho, Gabriel Abrantes, Gonçalo Barreiros, Gustavo Sumpta, Helena Almeida, Hugo Canoilas, Jimmie Durham, João Fonte...
