Umbigo

The prize is aimed at artists with a short individual career, with no age restrictions. Artists of Portuguese nationality, resident or not in Portugal, and foreign artists living in the country are eligible. The prize for the winning artist is €20,000, and an honorable mention worth €5,000 will also be awarded to another finalist.

The EDP Foundation's initiative has been systematically contributing to the encouragement of new trajectories in the Portuguese artistic scene, proving fundamental for the beginning or consolidation of remarkable national and international careers. Among the winners are Joana Vasconcelos, Leonor Antunes, Vasco Araújo, Carlos Bunga, André Romão, Gabriel Abrantes, Priscila Fernandes, Mariana Silva, Claire de Santa Coloma, Diana Policarpo, Adriana Proganó and, from the most recent edition, Alice dos Reis.

Applications, which may be from individual artists or collectives, will be evaluated by a selection jury composed of João Pinharanda, director of MAAT, Catarina Rosendo, art historian, and Eva Mendes, illustrator. This jury will be responsible for identifying and mentoring between 6 and 9 finalist artists, who will be part of a collective exhibition at MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology - in 2027. The award will be decided by an awards jury composed of Graça Morais, Pedro Cabrita Reis, and Pedro Calapez.

Applications are open from June 16th to July 15th and must be submitted by completing an Application Form available at 

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Applications open for the EDP Foundation New Artists Award 2026/27 until July 15

O prémio destina-se a artistas com uma carreira individual curta e ainda não consagrada, sem restrições de idade. São elegíveis artistas de nacionalidade portuguesa, residentes ou não em Portugal, e artistas estrangeiros a residir no país. O valor do prémio destinado ao artista vencedor ascende a 20 mil euros, estando ainda prevista a atribuição de uma menção honrosa no valor de 5 mil euros a outro dos finalistas.

A iniciativa da Fundação EDP tem vindo a contribuir, de forma sistemática, para o estímulo a novas trajetórias no cenário artístico português, revelando-se fundamental para o início ou consolidações de notáveis percursos nacionais e internacionais. Dos vencedores, destacam-se Joana Vasconcelos, Leonor Antunes, Vasco Araújo, Carlos Bunga, André Romão, Gabriel Abrantes, Priscila Fernandes, Mariana Silva, Claire de Santa Coloma, Diana Policarpo, Adriana Proganó e, do concurso mais recente, Alice dos Reis.

As candidaturas, que poderão ser de artistas individuais ou coletivos, serão avaliadas por um júri de seleção composto por João Pinharanda, diretor do MAAT, Catarina Rosendo, historiadora de arte, e Eva Mendes, ilustradora. Caberá a este júri identificar e acompanhar entre 6 a 9 artistas finalistas, que integrarão uma exposição coletiva no MAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia - em 2027. A atribuição do prémio ficará a cargo de um júri de premiação, constituído por Graça Morais, Pedro Cabrita Reis e Pedro Calapez. 

As candidaturas decorrem de 16 de junho a 15 de julho e deverão ser submetidas através do preenchimento de uma Ficha de Candidatura disponível em 

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<div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-editor group/editor relative w-full cursor-text select-text overflow-x-hidden whitespace-pre-wrap break-words rounded-5px ring-offset-background focus-visible:outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:top-[auto_!important] [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:!opacity-100 [&_strong]:font-bold" data-slate-editor="true" data-slate-node="value"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" data-slate-id="_UMeiKjk6H" data-block-id="_UMeiKjk6H" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent" data-slate-background-color="transparent" data-slate-color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span data-slate-string="true">Estão abertas, de 16 de junho a 15 de julho de 2026, as candidaturas para a 16.ª edição do Prémio Novos Artistas Fundação EDP, um evento bienal, criado em 2000, que visa promover e distinguir novos talentos nas artes plásticas e visuais de e em Portugal. </span></span></span></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div>

Candidaturas abertas para o Prémio Novos Artistas Fundação EDP 2026/27 até 15 de julho

Laurinda Branquinho

<div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-editor group/editor relative w-full cursor-text select-text overflow-x-hidden whitespace-pre-wrap break-words rounded-5px ring-offset-background focus-visible:outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:top-[auto_!important] [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:!opacity-100 [&_strong]:font-bold" data-slate-editor="true" data-slate-node="value"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" data-slate-id="Vf5Ovsdx53" data-block-id="Vf5Ovsdx53" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">At first glance, the gallery seems empty. After the first few steps, perception adjusts, and it becomes clear that the work´s location does not coincide with the immediate expectation of an exhibition space. The first pieces are not presented in our field of vision: they are behind the walls, integrated into an architecture built for this exhibition, where the very body of the gallery infiltrates the body of the artwork and, in this gesture, also displaces our body, summoning it to the search.</span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div>

Retirar a gravidade à queda, by Carolina Serrano

<div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-editor group/editor relative w-full cursor-text select-text overflow-x-hidden whitespace-pre-wrap break-words rounded-5px ring-offset-background focus-visible:outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:top-[auto_!important] [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:!opacity-100 [&_strong]:font-bold" data-slate-editor="true" data-slate-node="value"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" data-slate-id="KvB2HresTn" data-block-id="KvB2HresTn" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">Ao primeiro olhar, a galeria parece vazia. Após os primeiros passos, a perceção ajusta-se e torna-se claro que a localização das obras não coincide com a expetativa imediata de um espaço expositivo. As primeiras peças não se apresentam no nosso campo de visão: estão atrás das paredes, integradas numa arquitetura construída para esta exposição, onde o próprio corpo da galeria se infiltra no corpo da obra e, nesse gesto, desloca também o nosso corpo convocando-o para a procura. </span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div>

Retirar a gravidade à queda, de Carolina Serrano

Mariana Varela

<div class="slate-editor group/editor relative w-full cursor-text select-text overflow-x-hidden whitespace-pre-wrap break-words rounded-5px ring-offset-background focus-visible:outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:top-[auto_!important] [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:!opacity-100 [&_strong]:font-bold" data-slate-editor="true" data-slate-node="value"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">"In the </span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class="" data-slate-italic="true"><em data-slate-leaf="true" class="slate-italic" data-slate-italic="true"><span data-slate-string="true">Terracronia</span></em></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true"> context – an event whose very name evokes a movement that is, in fact, deeply aligned with what we are experiencing today – namely, the geological and cosmic shifts, collective and individual, physical and virtual – the Italian philosopher’s presentations form a sort of score for this - </span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class="" data-slate-italic="true"><em data-slate-leaf="true" class="slate-italic" data-slate-italic="true"><span data-slate-string="true">Vagar</span></em></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true"> - that Évora, as the Capital of Culture, offers the country and the continent: a slower pace, listening to the rhythms of the earth, in contact with the community, weaving this sophisticated tapestry between the past and the future, between the contemporary and the traditional, between philosophy and the material construction of the world."</span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

TERRACRONIA - Masterclass with Federico Campagna in Montemor-o-Novo

<div class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text" data-slate-leaf="true"><div class="slate-editor group/editor relative w-full cursor-text select-text overflow-x-hidden whitespace-pre-wrap break-words rounded-5px ring-offset-background focus-visible:outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:top-[auto_!important] [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:text-muted-foreground/80 [&_[data-slate-placeholder]]:!opacity-100 [&_strong]:font-bold" data-slate-editor="true" data-slate-node="value"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" style="position:relative"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p m-0 px-0 py-1" data-slate-type="p" data-slate-id="I9wUE-z8u9" data-block-id="I9wUE-z8u9" style="position:relative"><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">"No contexto da </span></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class="" data-slate-italic="true"><em data-slate-leaf="true" class="slate-italic" data-slate-italic="true"><span data-slate-string="true">Terracronia</span></em></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">, um evento que tem no seu nome um movimento que é, de facto, muito coerente com o que vivemos na contemporaneidade - as mudanças geológicas e cósmicas, colectivas e individuais, físicas e virtuais - as apresentações do filósofo italiano compõem uma espécie de partitura desse Vagar que Évora, enquanto capital da Cultura, propõe ao país e ao continente: uma movimentação mais lenta, ouvindo os ritmos da terra, em contacto com a comunidade, realizando essa tecelagem sofisticada entre o passado e o futuro, entre o contemporâneo e o tradicional, entre a filosofia e a construção material do mundo."</span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div>