Activities

Opening of the Depth of Field exhibition, with the artist Mónica de Miranda and the co-curators João Laia and Nuno Crespo.

Activity organised by Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica do Porto.

Opening of the Depth of Field exhibition, with the artist Mónica de Miranda and the co-curators João Laia and Nuno Crespo.

Activity organised by Galeria Municipal do Porto.

In "Migro, logo existo: Interstícios do Não-Ser" [I migrate, therefore I exist: interstices of non-being], Marinho Pina questions the struggle for private property - physical, cultural, ideological and/or identity - that makes us forget to look at the 'interstices of non-being', the non-place where universes of possibilities and opportunities reside to break down barriers, whether visible or invisible, and reinvent what it means to be human.

This activation is organised by Galeria Municipal do Porto. More information here.

Opening tour of the Lightseekers exhibition, with the curator Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo, the artists Hoda Afshar, Christo Geoghegan, Prin Rodríguez & Fernando Criollo e Smith, and the invited curator Thyago Nogueira.

Guided tour to the Ties that Bind exhibition, with the co-artistic directors of the Bienal'25 Jayne Dyer and Virgílio Ferreira.

Opening speech of the Bienal'25 Fotografia do Porto by the co-artistic directors, Jayne Dyer and Virgílio Ferreira, in Jardim da Cordoaria

Evento público de convívio e apresentação das obras e da exposição Extraterritorialidade da Toxicidade, com os curadores Romea Muryń e Francisco Lobo, e os artistas do colectivo ADS11 2024/2025.

Opening tour of the In Your Head: Works-Concepts-Processes exhibition, with the curators João Leal and Mark Durden, and the artists Alan Bulley, Helena Lea Manhartsberger, Christoph Zerr, Edward Jones, Emirhan Demeril, Josh Helliker, Leonbattista Scacchetti, Madiha Safdar, Mario Popham and Roo Lewis.

Opening tour of the Urbanarium exhibition, with the Carlos Trancoso.

Opening tour of the Rhizomes exhibition, with the artist Joana Dionísio.

Guided tour to the A New Rhapsody by Sofia Borges exhibition, with the artist Sofia Borges and the curator Susana Lourenço Marques.

Guided tour of the I Don't See Colour exhibition, with the artist Odair Rocha Monteiro and the curator Rui Mascarenhas.

Opening tour of the The Beautiful Images of What Has Vanished exhibition, with the artist Paula Preto.

Opening tour of the Mid-Air Collisions exhibition, with the artist Kathrin Stumreich.

Opening tour of the exhibition Open Structures, with the artist Sara Orsi and the commissioner Paulo Moreira.

Guided tour of the Practices of a Living Archive exhibition, with the artist Catarina Braga.

Guided tour to the A Lake Above the Desert exhibition, with the artist Gonçalo C. Silva.

Guided tour to the ViViFiCAR exhibition, with the artists Augusto Brázio, James Newitt and Lara Jacinto, and the curators Gabriela Vaz-Pinheiro, Jayne Dyer and Virgílio Ferreira.

On the eve of the International Day of Museums and the Fascination of Plants, artists Mónica de Miranda and Isabél Zuaa join together for a conversation based on the exhibition "Depth of Field", which, like a shift in a tree, proposes the soil and the body as vectors of decolonial and ecological expression. 

This artist talk is organised by Galeria Municipal do Porto. More information here.

Part of the activations programme of the piece "Timelapse".

This activation is organised by Galeria Municipal do Porto. More information here.

Guided tour of the A Lake Above the Desert exhibition, conducted by the artist Gonçalo C. Silva.

Guided tour of the Practices of a Living Archive exhibition, conducted by the artist Catarina Braga.

Talk between Karin Kaufmann (director of all Leica galleries) and Gonçalo Fonseca (Winner of the LOBA Newcomer 2020 award).

This activity is organized by Leica Gallery Porto.

Drawing on empirical and theoretical research in the Caribbean, Ferdinand develops the concept of 'decolonial ecology', linking environmentalism to political struggles against (post)colonial domination, structural racism and misogynistic practices. In the face of the ecological storm emerging from the basement of modernity, this book proposes a reflection on the construction of a common world, shaped by humans and non-humans who can live together in justice.

This lecture is organised by Galeria Municipal do Porto. More information here.

Guided tour of the ViViFiCAR exhibition, conducted by the artists Augusto Brázio, James Newitt and Lara Jacinto.

The round table brings together four experts - Sonia Jeunet (Global Education Director at Magnum Photos), Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo (artistic director and co-founder of artistic doubledummy studio), Jayne Dyer and Virgílio Ferreira (co-artistic directors of Bienal'25 Fotografia do Porto) - to talk about strategies for emerging artists to boost their career in photography.

This activity is part of the Futures Meet-up Porto.

Wura Moraes' performance proposes to work on the principle of the canvas-body or body-image, as alluded to in Leda Maria Martins' book "Spiral Time Performances, Canvas-Body Poetics". 

This performance is organised by Galeria Municipal do Porto. More information here.

Guided tour of the Ties that Bind exhibition, conducted by the Bienal'25 co-artistic directors, Jayne Dyer and Virgílio Ferreira.

Guided tour of the Lightseekers exhibition, conducted by the curator Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo.

Public talk presenting the emerging artists selected by Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design, Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade do Porto, Instituto Politécnico de Tomar and Escola de Arquitectura, Arte e Design da Universidade do Minho to be part of the Project Rooms in 2025.

Project Rooms is a project of the Bienal Fotografia do Porto that supports the creation of portfolios and promotes meetings and networking opportunities between emerging artists and arts professionals and the general public.

Guided tour of the Urbanarium, conducted by the artist Carlos Trancoso.

Talk with artists and curators that are part of the SUSTENTAR platform.

Guided tour of the Rizhomes, conducted by the artist Joana Dionísio.

Guided tour of the exhibition Open Structures, conducted by the artist Sara Orsi.

This tour is part of the Arquiteturas Film Festival festival, and it's organised by INSTITUTO.

Talk with the artists and curators of the ViViFiCAR exhibition.