"Por ser a terra muito calmosa" (Because the land is very calm) is a solo exhibition by Rouzbeh Akhbari. It starts from a multifaceted research project entitled "Tales from the Garden of Zãr" and then unfolds in several formal and conceptual layers. 

The exhibition reflects an elaborate framing of the influence of globalisation - and its logical and cultural dimensions - on the re-evaluation of the past, present and future of peoples, nations and cultures; it potentiates the restructuring of theories, narratives and histories. 

The exhibition is curated by Luísa Santos and Fabíola Mauricio and can be visited every day, between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., at the Amélia de Mello Foundation Gallery. 

This exhibition has free entrance. 
 

Católica Doctoral School organises the exhibition "Equity" that invites to reflect on Human Rights, at the John Paul II Library, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, from 24 June to 20 September 2022.

Using a hybrid format, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect through different media. The CADOS' DHI programme researcher, Carlos Barros, adds that "visitors may interact with the works exhibited in the physical and digital spaces, so that equity is not only in the visit - rather, in the exchange they can bring to the pieces and spread the discussion to more people".

The visit includes photographic works of the Duarte Tarré Association and testimonies from CADOS' Integral Human Development team, as a reflection on the need for engagement in Human Rights for an Integral Human Development. For the researcher, this path translates a World with a connection and peace.

"¿De qué casa eres? Los niños de Rusia. Episodios de un cotidiano #4" is the most recent exhibition at the Fundação Amélia de Mello Gallery, at the headquarters of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in Lisbon.

The exhibition, which is open to the public until 26 May, brings together works by the artist Ana Pérez-Quiroga.

"The autobiographical project, which the artist began in 2016, and to which she is systematically adding new readings and presented here in its fourth part - or, in Ana Pérez-Quiroga’s words, its fourth episode - pays homage to the story of her mother, Ângela Petra," explains the curator, Luísa Santos.

Ângela Petra is one of the children who, during the Spanish Civil War, were sent to the Soviet Union without their families.

Integrated in the program of Cultura@Católica, "¿De qué casa eres?" is sponsored by the Fundação Amélia de Mello, Innovarisk, Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Jopinto, Research Centre for Communication and Culture and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.

Visit the exhibition from Monday to Friday, from 2pm to 5pm, at the Fundação Amélia de Mello Gallery.

Universidade Católica and the Ilídio Pinho Foundation are inaugurating the exhibition "Zinc: A transcendência do imanente. Obras da Coleção Fundação Ilídio Pinho" on 13 October at 6pm at the headquarters of UCP in Lisbon.

Taking place in the Amélia de Mello Foundation Gallery, the opening will be attended by the President of Católica, Isabel Capeloa Gil, and the President of the Foundation, Ilídio da Costa Leite de Pinho.

The exhibition is curated by Miguel Von Hafe Pérez, who selected works by artists such as Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, Almada Negreiros, Vieira da Silva, Sarah Affonso and Mário Eloy from the Ilídio Pinho Foundation collection.

“Zinc. A transcendência do imanente. Obras da Coleção Fundação Ilídio Pinho" gathers several contemporary and modern works of art by artists such as Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, Almada Negreiros, Vieira da Silva, Sarah Affonso and Mário Eloy, with curatorship by Miguel Von Hafe Pérez.

On 15 May, the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) inaugurated the exhibition "Vidro Animístico. visões multidimensionais" (Animistic Glass: multidimensional visions) at the Amélia de Mello Foundation Gallery.

The exhibition by artist Igor Jesus, curated by Luísa Santos, features seven works, including photographs and videos, produced using handmade lenses. The series of images shows objects with undulating shapes, in black and white, created through effects of light and optical illusion.

"I make the lenses to produce these images, these deformations. It's as if I were sculpting with light, controlling the light to be able to model the images," explains the artist, guaranteeing that the effect created in the photographs does not come from digital manipulation.

"Vidro Animístico. visões multidimensionais" (Animistic Glass: multidimensional visions) is on show at the Amélia de Mello Foundation Gallery, at the UCP headquarters in Lisbon, and can be visited every working day between 2pm and 5pm.

‘REGISTO DAS HORAS PERDIDAS | Uma Proto-Coleção’ is the new exhibition at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, to be inaugurated on 5 February at 6pm at the Amélia de Mello Foundation Gallery in Lisbon.

Curated by Sandro Resende and Clara Forte, this is the first public showing of an ongoing investigation at P28 - Associação de Desenvolvimento Criativo e Artístico.

In the exhibition, Manuel dos Anjos Mendes explores the theme of the loss of time and the recording of lost hours.

"Democracy Collection - Advocacy Through Art" is the name of the exhibition inaugurated by the First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, the President of Católica, Isabel Capeloa Gil, and the US Ambassador in Portugal, Randi Levine, on the occasion of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the "Art in Embassies" (AIE) initiative, at the headquarters of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in Lisbon, on 5 June.

Resulting from the joint partnership between Católica and the United States Embassy in Portugal, the exhibition brings together works by American and Portuguese artists, and is curated by Nora Halpern, Welmoed Laanstra and Imtiaz Hafiz.

The exhibition on art and diplomacy presents works by Hank Willis Thomas; America Irby; Sanford Bigger; Lawrence Weiner; Xaviera Simmons; and also the Portuguese artist, Vasco Araújo.

" Democracy Collection - Advocacy Through Art" marks the 60th anniversary of the programme created by President John F. Kennedy under the auspices of the United States State Department to create intercultural dialogues and promote mutual understanding through the visual arts.

The exhibition is part of the Cultura@Católica programme, and is open to the public until July 11, from Monday to Friday, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., with free admission, at the Galeria Fundação Amélia de Mello, at the headquarters of Católica in Lisbon.

Group visits at other times should be requested by e-mail catolicacultura@gmail.com

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The exhibition "Life and Memory of Charles of Habsburg" is a joint initiative of the John Paul II University Library and the Higher Institute of Canon Law of the Católica with the Hungarian Embassy.

The theme is the determination for peace of the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary.

Visit the exhibition, open to the public until the end of April.

“Trono de Maria, Lugar de Sabedoria” is the exhibition which will be open to the public from 8 November at the Amélia de Mello Foundation Gallery at the headquarters of Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

As part of the Culture@Católica programme, coordinated by Paulo Campos Pinto, the exhibition presents the iconographic theme of the Virgin Mary, Sedes Sapientiae, invocation of the chapel on the Católica campus and inspiring motto of Catholic universities.

The throne of Solomon, to whom God granted the exceptional gift of wisdom, inspires the representation of the Virgin with the Child, in majesty. The Virgin is the throne on which the Child, Son of God and source of wisdom, sits. Mary's role is prolonged in her maternal role as interpreter and in her presence with the apostles who receive the gift of tongues at Pentecost.

In contemporary times, with the library and the university as references, the acquisition of knowledge, the basis of wisdom, is an instrument for overcoming, in particular, the condition of women.

“Trono de Maria, Lugar de Sabedoria” is curated by Maria Isabel Roque, who is also responsible for the museological project of the exhibition.

The exhibition is open to the public on weekdays between 2pm and 5pm between November and 21st March 2023.

Guided visits - by appointment through: catolicacultura@gmail.com

Lending institutions

- Biblioteca Universitária João Paulo II UCP
- Emília Nadal
- Igreja Paroquial de São Miguel
- João Reis
- Mário Rita
- Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga / DGPC
- Museu Nacional Grão Vasco
- Museu do Santuário de Fátima
- Museu Frei Manuel do Cenáculo / DRCA
- João Alfaro
- Província Portuguesa da Companhia de Jesus, Noviciado de Coimbra
- Patriarcado de Lisboa - AHPL
- Steve Edwards