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In its 2025 edition, the LAW remains true to its mission, guaranteeing free entry to all spaces and activities in order to promote democratic access to art and direct engagement between artists and the general public.

This edition includes more than 250 national and international artists, 50 spaces, and 80 free events, including exhibitions, guided tours, talks, performances, concerts, open studios, and an auction. For the first time, spaces such as the Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva Foundation, MACAM – Armando Martins Museum of Contemporary Art, and the PLMJ Foundation are participating in LAW, fostering dialogue between the institutional fabric and the most emerging contemporary artistic practices.

This year's program highlights emerging spaces alongside established institutions and proposes curatorial itineraries defined by artists, curators, and collectors, offering new perspectives on Lisbon's art scene and encouraging the public to explore the city through art. Inclusion is also a priority this year: public guided tours will include interpretation in Portuguese Sign Language (LGP).

Among the extensive program of LAW, highlights include exhibitions by Zineb Sedira at CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, Cerith Wyn Evans at MAAT, Heidi Bucher at Jahn und Jahn, Saodat Ismailova at Kunsthalle Lissabon, Rui Chafes at Galeria Filomena Soares, and Nuno Nunes-Ferreira at Balcony Contemporary Art Gallery.

The complete program can be found on the initiative's 

<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 slate-align-justify m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative;text-align:justify" data-slate-type="p" data-slate-align="justify" data-slate-id="4wd-uqwaPD" data-block-id="4wd-uqwaPD"><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">From November 6th to 9th, Lisbon will once again host the Lisbon Art Weekend (LAW), celebrating its 7th edition this year. Since its creation in 2019, the Lisbon Art Weekend has aimed to strengthen and revitalize the city's artistic fabric by connecting various spaces, such as galleries, artists' spaces, private collections, museums, and public projects dedicated to contemporary art.</span></span></span></div></div></div>

7th edition of Lisbon Art Weekend, from November 6th to 9th

Na edição de 2025 o LAW mantém-se fiel à sua missão, garantindo entrada livre em todos os espaços e atividades de modo a promover o acesso democrático à arte e o envolvimento direto entre artistas e o público geral. 

Integram esta edição mais de 250 artistas nacionais e internacionais, 50 espaços e 80 eventos gratuitos, entre eles exposições, visitas guiadas, conversas, performances, concertos, 

 e um leilão. Pela primeira vez, participam na LAW espaços como a Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva, o MACAM – Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins e a Fundação PLMJ, impulsionando o diálogo entre o tecido institucional e as práticas artísticas contemporâneas mais emergentes. 

A programação deste ano destaca espaços emergentes ao lado de instituições consagradas e propõe percursos curatoriais definidos por artistas, curadores e colecionadores, que oferecem novas perspectivas sobre a cena artística lisboeta, incentivando o público a explorar a cidade através da arte. A inclusão é também uma prioridade desta edição: pela primeira vez, as visitas guiadas públicas contarão com interpretação em Língua Gestual Portuguesa (LGP). 

Entre a extensa programação do LAW, destacam-se as exposições de Zineb Sedira no CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, Cerith Wyn Evans no MAAT, Heidi Bucher na Jahn und Jahn, Saodat Ismailova na Kunsthalle Lissabon, Rui Chafes na Galeria Filomena Soares e Nuno Nunes-Ferreira na Balcony Contemporary Art Gallery.

A programação completa poderá ser consultada no 

<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 slate-align-justify m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative;text-align:justify" data-slate-type="p" data-slate-align="justify" data-slate-id="5vbgSwJJfI" data-block-id="5vbgSwJJfI"><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">De 6 a 9 de novembro, Lisboa volta a receber o Lisbon Art Weekend (LAW), que celebra este ano a sua 7.ª edição. Desde a sua criação em 2019, o LAW pretende reforçar e dinamizar o tecido artístico da cidade através da articulação de diversos espaços, tais como galerias, espaços de artistas, coleções privadas, museus e projetos públicos dedicados à arte contemporânea.</span></span></span></div></div></div></div>

7ª edição do Lisbon Art Weekend, de 6 a 9 de novembro

Benedita Salema Roby

<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"><div data-slate-node="element" class="slate-p slate-align-justify m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative;text-align:justify" data-slate-type="p" data-slate-align="justify" data-slate-id="vqfQPV2LMm" data-block-id="vqfQPV2LMm"><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">End of September, end of summer, prelude to autumn and its regeneration process. This is true for the natural world, as well as for Walk&Talk, which returned this same season in its first edition as a biennial. Although the Biennial is no longer an annual gesture, it ends up being as organic, destructural, and radical (from the Latin </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">radix</span></em></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">, root) as the autumnal one. That is, periodically, a set of actions exposes skeletons and strips away structures, returning to foundations and choreographing a cycle that disrupts identities, borders, and systems of meaning. </span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Weaves of Worlds Under Construction – Walk&Talk returns as a Biennial

<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-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 slate-align-justify m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative;text-align:justify" data-slate-type="p" data-slate-align="justify" data-slate-id="p28PQmj5US" data-block-id="p28PQmj5US"><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">Fim de Setembro, término de Verão, prelúdio de Outono e do seu processo de regeneração. Isto é verdade para o mundo natural, tal como para o Walk&Talk, que regressou, nessa mesma estação, na sua primeira edição enquanto bienal. Apesar de já não ser um gesto anual –o da Bienal–, acaba por ser tão orgânico, de-estrutural e radical (do latim </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">radix</span></em></span></span><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">, raíz) quanto o outonal. Isto é, periodicamente, um conjunto de ações expõe esqueletos e despe estruturas, num retorno às bases e numa coreografia que perturba ciclicamente identidades, fronteiras e sistemas de significado. </span></span></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div>

Tramas de Mundos em Construção – Walk&Talk retorna como Bienal 

Orsola Vannocci Bonsi

<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 slate-align-justify m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative;text-align:justify" data-slate-type="p" data-slate-align="justify" data-slate-id="ODlRnuC1UX" data-block-id="ODlRnuC1UX"><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">I have been a fan of amusement parks for as long as I can remember. As a kid, I often traveled to Paris for family reasons, and I was lucky enough to visit Disneyland Paris many times. Amongst all the attractions, my top choice was always the Phantom Manor, a haunted house with (fake) ghosts and optical illusions that distorted reality, or at least the one of an imaginative kid. </span></span></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div>

Maurizio Cattelan’s 'Sussurro': Smirking in the Haunted House

<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 slate-align-justify m-0 px-0 py-1" style="position:relative;text-align:justify" data-slate-type="p" data-slate-align="justify" data-slate-id="2c4ND0NovF" data-block-id="2c4ND0NovF"><span data-slate-node="text"><span data-slate-leaf="true" class=""><span data-slate-string="true">Sou fã de parques de diversões desde que me lembro. Quando era criança, viajava frequentemente para Paris por motivos familiares e tive a sorte de visitar a Disneyland Paris muitas vezes. Entre todas as atrações, a minha primeira escolha foi sempre a “Mansão Fantasma”, uma casa assombrada com fantasmas (falsos) e ilusões de ótica que distorciam a realidade, ou pelo menos a de uma criança imaginativa.</span></span></span></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div>