The reopening program includes a "Pala Concert" with Milhanas and the exhibition "My matalote and friend Luís de Camões".
The Pavilhão de Portugal reopens to the public is marked by the first of "Pala Concerts"with a performance by the artist Milhanas, on April 30th, at 21h00which marks the beginning of a regular program of free concerts which aim to support and give visibility to new talents in national musicand will take place under the emblematic concrete covering the building's Ceremonial Square.
The next day May 1stthe doors of the new Pavilhão de Portugal Exhibition Center opens to the public with the exhibition "My matalote and friend Luís de Camões", from 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.in a contemporary evocation of the poet Luís de Camões, through a visual and literary journey that combines art, literature and heritage. The exhibition follows the major narrative axes of Os Lusíadas, crossing them with Camões' lyric, and proposes an innovative dialog between the poet's text and the visual arts.
The exhibition includes sculptures by Simões de Almeida and Canto da Maya, paintings by José Malhoa, Columbano, Veloso Salgado, Cristóvão de Morais, Lourdes Castro, Géricault and James Ward based on Titian, and works by artists such as Domingos António de Sequeira, Luca Cambiaso and Abraham Bloemaert. Contemporary photography is represented by names such as Candida Höfer, Thomas Ruff, Jorge Molder, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Luís Pavão.
The works were donated by prestigious institutions such as the National Museum of Ancient Art, the National Museum of Archaeology, the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, the Ajuda National Palace, the Soares dos Reis National Museum, the Grão Vasco National Museum, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Modern Art Center, the novobanco Photography Collection and some private collectors.
Designed by Álvaro Siza VieiraPritzker Architecture Prize and Honoris Causa by ULisboa, the Portugal Pavilion was originally designed for Expo'98 and is today a symbol of Portuguese modernism. The refurbishment now completed was carefully monitored by the architect's studio, fully respecting the vision and integrity of the original project. From now on this will be a new multidisciplinary space with an Exhibition Center and a Congress Center, which will be able to host a variety of cultural, scientific and corporate events, among others, taking advantage of its unique characteristics, its privileged location in the city and its close connection to the University of Lisbon.
Also during the month of May, Pavilhão de Portugal's program includes two other significant moments: its integration in the next edition of Open House Lisbonprogram Lisbon Architecture Triennalewhich on May 10th and 11th will allow the public to visit the interior of the Portugal Pavilion free of charge. And on the same day as the anniversary of the opening of Expo'98, Wednesday, the 22nd Maywill be New study room inaugurated open 24 hours a day to all students in the city, the Mega Ferreira Library , as well as the Parque das Nações Interpretive CenterThis is a partnership between the University of Lisbon, Lisbon City Council and the Parque das Nações Parish Council.
