Heads up·Road closure · Estrada do Calhariz de Benfica 171 (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Bairro Alto (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Largo Dr. José Figueiredo 1-3 (Mon 24 Aug)
Heads up·Road closure · Estrada do Calhariz de Benfica 171 (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Bairro Alto (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Largo Dr. José Figueiredo 1-3 (Mon 24 Aug)
Heads up·Road closure · Estrada do Calhariz de Benfica 171 (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Bairro Alto (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Largo Dr. José Figueiredo 1-3 (Mon 24 Aug)
Heads up·Road closure · Estrada do Calhariz de Benfica 171 (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Bairro Alto (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Largo Dr. José Figueiredo 1-3 (Mon 24 Aug)
Heads up·Road closure · Estrada do Calhariz de Benfica 171 (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Bairro Alto (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Largo Dr. José Figueiredo 1-3 (Mon 24 Aug)
Heads up·Road closure · Estrada do Calhariz de Benfica 171 (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Bairro Alto (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Largo Dr. José Figueiredo 1-3 (Mon 24 Aug)
Heads up·Road closure · Estrada do Calhariz de Benfica 171 (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Bairro Alto (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Largo Dr. José Figueiredo 1-3 (Mon 24 Aug)
Heads up·Road closure · Estrada do Calhariz de Benfica 171 (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Bairro Alto (Mon 24 Aug)·Road closure · Largo Dr. José Figueiredo 1-3 (Mon 24 Aug)
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Exhibitions & long runs

Ongoing exhibitions and programmes across Lisbon, Cascais, Sintra, Almada and Oeiras. Catch them before they close — or be first through the door.

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  • 11 Aug – 25 AugCascaisEnds soonOtherMaria's Short Films - Summer EditionThe special summer edition will be dedicated to silent cinema. Let yourself be amazed by a sequence of unexpected situations, where the simple becomes complicated and the normal becomes extraordinary. In the spotlight will be Mr. Bean and C
  • 20 Aug – 26 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionEntre Pontos e DesviosFaculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de LisboaEntre Pontos e Desvios connects a group of artists around a reflection on space as a collective construction, questioning what it means to inhabit, belong and be a place in...
  • 14 Aug – 27 AugLisbonEnds soonCinemaWarm-Up MOTELX2026 — The MOTELX Warm-Up – Lisbon International Horror Film Festival anticipates the 20th edition of the festival, which takes place between September 3rd and 13th, with several cinema sessions, in...
  • 20 Aug – 28 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionProximity TraitsGaleria de Santa Maria MaiorIn this collective exhibition, Saber Maior – Universidade Sénior de Santa Maria Maior and children and young people from CAF/AAAF Maria Barroso, CAF/AAAF Castelo and Ambijoven Santa Maria Maior present...
  • 19 Aug – 28 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionZilda DuarteCentro de Documentação do Edifício Central do MunicípioGeometric language — Painting exhibition.
  • 19 Aug – 28 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionAnthony MazzaKolibri GalleryParade — The exhibition brings together ten small-format paintings, made in oil on linen and in oil and beeswax on canvas. In Cortejo, Mazza treats painting as a temporal field in...
  • 7 Aug – 28 AugLisbonEnds soonOtherGuided tours of the Church and Museum of São RoqueMuseu de São RoqueGuided tours of the São Roque Church and Museum offer an in-depth look at one of Lisbon's most extraordinary heritage sites. The Church, notable for its traditional architecture,...
  • 7 Aug – 28 AugLisbonEnds soonMusicAvenidas Hot JazzJardim do Arco do CegoJardim do Arco do Cego once again hosts Avenidas Hot Jazz, a set of jazz concerts signed by Hot Club de Portugal (in collaboration...
  • 7 Aug – 28 AugLisbonEnds soonCinemaUpon Angels - cinema ao ar livreUpon AngelsUpon Angels resumes its outdoor cinema experience on Friday nights at 9pm. In a hidden courtyard, in the center of Lisbon, there are iconic films...
  • 7 Aug – 29 AugLisbonEnds soonCinemaCinema in SummerJardim das Amoreiras (Jardim Marcelino Mesquita)at Jardim das Amoreiras — In August, Jardim das Amoreiras (Jardim Marcelino Mesquita) hosts a new edition of the Cinema no Verão cycle showing, every Friday and Saturday, films at 9pm, with free entry...
  • 6 Aug – 29 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionGraça Antunes and Sara AntunesSociedade Nacional de Belas-ArtesInfinite Garden 2 — Result of the artistic dialogue between mother and daughter, the exhibition brings together paintings, drawings and monotypes that have their main meeting place in nature. Inspired by close observation of...
  • 6 Aug – 29 AugLisbonEnds soonTheatreHauntingsConvento da EncarnaçãoProjecto Casa Assombrada — Projecto Casa Assombrada has prepared for 2026 an immersive horror experience never tested before: an Audio Escape Game. This new production will take place in more than 20 different houses...
  • 6 Aug – 29 AugLisbonEnds soonOther33/76 Two Leaves One CountryBOTA Anjos33/76 - Two pages A Country celebrates 50 years of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic. More than an exercise in institutional memory, we seek to rescue democratic momentum...
  • 8 Aug – 29 AugLisbonEnds soonOtherFree(H)night at the MonasteryIgreja e Mosteiro de São Vicente de ForaDuring the month of July and August, always on Saturdays, there is a night visit to the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora. The monastery was ordered to be built by D. Afonso Henriques who, during the siege of...
  • 6 Aug – 29 AugLisbonEnds soonOtherAugust at Casa do Jardim da EstrelaCasa do Jardim da Estrela - Um Teatro em Cada BairroCasa do Jardim da Estrela – A Theater in Each Neighborhood is a cultural facility of the Lisbon City Council, open to the city, artists and Lisbon residents, for the construction of a m...
  • 6 Aug – 29 AugLisbonEnds soonTheatreAnatomical TheaterColiseu dos RecreiosThe exhibition invites visitors to discover the behind-the-scenes, history and heritage of the Coliseu dos Recreios through a unique exhibition route. Anatomical Theater is a project...
  • 6 Aug – 29 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionPaulo CanilhasAcervo Santa Maria MaiorFrom the stones we grew from — For the first time, the Santa Maria Maior Collection invites an artist to work from its collection. Not to comment on it or reorganize it, but to put it in contact with another subject,...
  • 6 Aug – 29 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionRodrigo CassBrotériaSensitive geometry — Images of performance movements are meticulously projected onto sculpture objects. Composing pieces expand and deepen the logics of video and painting, as it is designed with all...
  • 8 Aug – 29 AugLisbonEnds soonOtherPeddy +Pedestrian routes — A <a href="https://peddymais.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawR7sgxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4Mj AwODkyAAEeifYKr_fguVXRQ22db4RV7erFW2r8NXmoxjaIGCv0ZsKQcjTHYfXFX7ecZcA_aem_7UWCNxRNSDsMm8j1-wwJqA" t...
  • 5 Aug – 29 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionAleksi PakkanenPasseviteTales from the blind spot — Born in 1987, Aleksi is an artist based in Tampere, Finland. In recent decades, he has carried out numerous interventions in public spaces, especially in northern European countries. The s...
  • 5 Aug – 30 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionThe Baby Jesus of the TroubledMuseu de São RoqueA feminine devotion... — In 1817, in a Lisbon still recovering from the French invasions, an orphan from the Recolhimento da Rua da Rosa was cured of her paralysis, attributing the fact to a painting in the convent of T...
  • 19 Mar – 30 AugSintraEnds soonExhibitionSintra presents an exhibition dedicated to the J. Eduardo Lima Cascada CollectionMU.SA – Museu das Artes de SintraSintra City Council presents, at MU.SA – Museu das Artes de Sintra, the exhibition Ponto de ...
  • 5 Aug – 30 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionJosé Matos AlvesChapitôCirculating action — At the invitation of Chapitô, this exhibition is the result of a 13-year dive into the Cape Verde archipelago, to whom I owe a lot for the lessons I learned. It couldn't have happened better...
  • 5 Aug – 30 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionAutocolanteMUDE - Museu do DesignIconography of freedom — Small in format, but huge in impact, the sticker is the protagonist of the Sticker exhibition. Iconography of Freedom, shows that revisits five decades of democracy through a...
  • 9 Aug – 30 AugLisbonEnds soonMusicThere's Jazz at Parque Mayer!CapitólioThe Capitol hosts a new programming cycle dedicated to jazz: There is Jazz at Parque Mayer! , curated by Hot Clube de Portugal. Until August 30th, on Sundays, at 7:30 pm, the land?...
  • 5 Aug – 30 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionFour HandsDepozito - A Vida PortuguesaPainted pottery in Viana do Alentejo — The Residência Criativa de Olaria Pintada, organized in Viana do Alentejo by Passa Ao Futuro, is in its 4th edition, bringing together designers and illustrators with the last family of local potters s
  • 9 Aug – 30 AugLisbonEnds soonCinemaMestres japoneses desconhecidosMuseu do OrienteThe Museu do Oriente, in collaboration with the production company The Stone and The Plot, presents a cycle dedicated to Japanese cinema, programmed by Miguel Patrício. Six works, carried out between 1956 and 1966,...
  • 1 Aug – 30 AugSintraEnds soonTheatreTheatrical play "The Golden Donkey"Museu Arqueológico de São Miguel de Odrinhas“The Golden Donkey”, by Apuleio, will be on stage at the São Miguel de Odrinhas Archaeological Museum, by the Teatro TapaFuros company, during the weekends in August, always at 6pm. Find out more...
  • 8 Aug – 30 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionTrail of AngelsRnA StudioTrail of Angels is an immersive symphonic experience inspired by the work of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis — the world's first multidisciplinary artist. Visitors are invited...
  • 5 Aug – 30 AugLisbonEnds soonOtherVisit to the Royal Treasury MuseumMuseu do Tesouro RealThe Ajuda National Palace — Royal Treasury Museum is the appropriate setting for the presentation of a unique collection with particular significance for a country with a history spanning nine centuries. U...
  • 6 Aug – 30 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionJorge MartinsGaleria do Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria NacionalTimescape — Bringing together around 50 works between painting and drawing, centered on an investigation into abstraction that spans several decades of Jorge Martins' career, Timescape presents works...
  • 5 Aug – 30 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionCritical Views on the Colonial ArchiveMuseu Nacional de História Natural e da CiênciaShadows and memories — Contemporary art exhibition that proposes a critical reflection on the collections of the Tropical Scientific Research Institute, integrated into the Museum since 2015. The exhibition brings together works...
  • 5 Aug – 30 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionMarilyn: Icon of the CenturyCentro Comercial ColomboOn June 1, 2026, Marilyn Monroe would celebrate her 100th birthday. To mark the centenary of one of the most iconic figures in world pop culture, Colombo will host, from June 17th, Mar...
  • 20 Aug – 31 AugCascaisEnds soonMusicFreeFestas do Mar 2026From the 20th to the 23rd and from the 27th to the 30th of August, the summer festival closest to the Atlantic will be back with the best music made in Portugal. Access is free. Viver Cascais users once again have an exclusive area next to
  • 13 Aug – 31 AugLisbonEnds soonOtherSummer mazeFundação Portuguesa das Comunicações – Museu das ComunicaçõesThis year, in the Summer Labyrinth, there are many centuries to unravel and challenges to discover. How do submarine cables under the sea work? What is a moulting season? When the colors appeared...
  • 22 Aug – 31 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionBen do RosarioCentro Cultural de Cabo VerdePortraits of devotion — Street exhibition with recordings captured on August 15, 2025, at the Festa de Nossa Senhora da Graça, promoted by the Cape Verdean community of Bairro Portugal Novo, in Areeiro Avenida João...
  • 5 Aug – 31 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionFrancisco CorrêaLivraria Zé dos BoisMike Tyson’s worst nightmare — Francisco Corrêa presents an installation that is, at the same time, the last memory of a life and the first gesture of a narrative to be assembled. The work is part of a broader project that finds...
  • 5 Aug – 31 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionWeronika Anna RosaTivoli Avenida LiberdadeAwakening — Awakening is an installation that arises from the encounter between art, science and memory, evoking our deep connection to the plant world and its fragility in the present. From herb...
  • 5 Aug – 31 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionCéleste Boursier-MougenotMAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e TecnologiaFrom here to ear — For this first solo exhibition in Portugal, French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot presents one of his most iconic works: From Here to Ear. As a composer, C?...
  • 5 Aug – 31 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionMarilyn RevisitedMACAM - Museu de Arte ContemporâneaIn the year that marks the centenary of the birth of Marilyn Monroe (1926–2026), this exhibition begins with a unique work by Artur Casais (1937–2022): a monumental set of five albums...
  • 5 Aug – 31 AugLisbonEnds soonCinemaRebeldes Sem CausasCinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do CinemaIn August, Cinemateca presents a single cycle for the entire month: Rebels Without Causes. This is a program around the idea of ​​rebellion and the way this idea was crushed by the c...
  • 6 Aug – 31 AugLisbonEnds soonCinemaThree major replacementsCinema IdealThe Saga of Anatahan + Soy Cuba + The Pool — Midas Filmes is showing three major reruns: The first will be the rerun/premiere of The Saga of Anatahan...
  • 5 Aug – 31 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionProjeto Outdoor 2026Joana Ramalho 1 to 31 July The panel in Largo Marquês de Angeja, next to Avenida da India, rotates the works of seven artists, designed speci...
  • 7 Aug – 31 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionAnna Maria MaiolinoMAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e TecnologiaPoetic land — Anna Maria Maiolino, born in Italy in 1942, is a Brazilian artist, a country in which she has lived since the 1960s, after having lived and studied in Venezuela. Your work integrates the reaction to...
  • 5 Aug – 31 AugLisbonEnds soonExhibitionAnna Maria MaiolinoMAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e TecnologiaTerra Poética — Curated by João Pinharanda and Sérgio Mah, Terra Poética presents at MAAT Gallery an essential journey through the work of Anna Maria Maiolino, the artist born in Italy in 1942 and based...
  • 10 Aug – 31 AugCascaisEnds soonFamilyThe Sophia Sea in Cascais"Sophia's sea in Cascais", inspired by the work «A Menina do Mar», invites children to discover the sea of ​​Cascais through literature, art and nature, promoting a love of reading and strengthening their emotional connection to the sea and
  • 24 Aug – 1 SepCascaisEnds soonCinemaCinema Cascais - documentary cycleDocumentary If cinema was assumed from the beginning to be the art of illusion, documentaries will be the genre that most seems to seek to refute this finding. And we say “seems” because, in fact, a supposed documentary “original purity” ne
  • 19 Aug – 1 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionLumiar pela LenteGaleria LiminareThe exhibition is the result of an Open Call for Lumiar photographers, launched by the Parish Council, challenging amateur and professional photographers to capture the identity and diversity of Lumiar through...
  • 5 Aug – 4 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionNicole JoyeZET Galeria de ArteScènes de l’Inattendu — Nicole Joye (Tunisia, France, 1957) presents three series of works that build on the Scènes de l’inattendu series of photographs. Nicole Joye is an artist who explores the disciplines...
  • 5 Aug – 4 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionAna Albuquerque e Sofia CastroIgreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição VelhaLuz Veiled — Luz Velada is the result of the meeting of sculptors Ana Albuquerque and Sofia Castro and brings together works designed specifically for the gallery and sacristy of the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição a...
  • 8 Aug – 4 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionNatalia GromichoAtelier Natália GromichoGestures that speak — This exhibition celebrates gesture as a primordial language. Each stroke carries an intention, a vibration, a story. In Gestos que Falam, the artist highlights the power of communication...
  • 5 Aug – 4 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionSummer BreezeTrema Arte ContemporâneaCollective exhibition.
  • 6 Aug – 5 SepLisbonEnds soonCinemaAgnès Varda – A Nouvelle Vague e os seus ReflexosCinema NimasIn the context of the Great Agnès Varda Retrospective, we will have a cycle entitled Reflections of the Nouvelle Vague, with works by filmmakers who were “references” for...
  • 5 Aug – 5 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionFrancisca CarvalhoDialogue GalleryCatatau — Francisca Carvalho was born in Coimbra, in 1981. With an artistic practice developed essentially in the field of drawing —...
  • 5 Aug – 5 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionMarcia XavierGaleria 111Photosynthesis — Photosynthesis, Márcia Xavier's solo exhibition brings together cyanotypes, photograms, monotypes and photographic prints. The artist develops an investigation around the affinity...
  • 6 Aug – 5 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionJune CrespoKunsthalle LissabonSolo exhibition by June Crespo (Pamplona, ​​1982), an artist who lives and works in Bilbao, whose sculptural practice investigates the relationship between body, matter and architectural space, tensioning...
  • 6 Aug – 5 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionBruno Castro SantosRui Freire-Fine ArtPendulum — Pendulum brings together works constructed line by line, in acrylic and Indian ink, applied in translucent washes on handmade Nepalese paper. The geometric structure is defined by...
  • 5 Aug – 5 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionAna VieiraGaleria Vera CortêsThe narrative structure — The exhibition “The Narrative Structure”, at Galeria Vera Cortês, is curated by Antonia Gaeta — who has worked extensively on Ana Vieira’s collection as a member of the Advisory Board...
  • 6 Aug – 5 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionTomasz KowalskiConsonni RadziszewskiIt is the first solo exhibition by Tomasz Kowalski (1984, Szczebrzeszyn) at the gallery and in Portugal. Kowalski's works reveal intertwined stories where each narrative unfolds through...
  • 5 Aug – 5 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionJoão JacintoDialogue GalleryFresh Fish Trade
  • 7 Aug – 5 SepLisbonEnds soonMusicFado na RuaJunta de Freguesia de Santa Maria MaiorSinging visits — During the months of July, August and September, Fado takes to the streets in Santa Maria Maior. Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, from 4pm, Alfama, Caste...
  • 5 Aug – 5 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionMarta UbachGaleria das SalgadeirasThe mountain — In «The Mountain», Marta Ubach does not bring us, or, at least, does not reveal (?), these characters of hers. The landscape appears by itself, entire, complete, without residents, occupants or visitors. ...
  • 6 Aug – 6 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionPaulo de CantosMUDE - Museu do DesignSee and read — The exhibition See and Read presents the self-edited work of Paulo de Cantos (1892-1979). Multifaceted figure — pedagogue, artist,...
  • 5 Aug – 6 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionJulio PomarAtelier-Museu Júlio PomarGlue doesn't make the glue — Integrated in the celebrations of Júlio Pomar's centenary, the Júlio Pomar exhibition. Cola Doesn't Make the Collage proposes a journey through more than seven decades of the artist's work, revealing...
  • 8 Aug – 6 SepLisbonEnds soonCinemaRetrospetiva Luchino ViscontiCinema NimasDespite the many awards, including a Palme d'Or in Cannes, a Golden Lion in Venice, and several David Di Donatello awards from Italian cinema, the reception of Visconti's work, as happens many times...
  • 5 Aug – 6 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionJosé Alex GandumMuseu de Lisboa - Teatro RomanoViews on the Hour of Bacchus – 10 years — In the month in which the 10th anniversary of the Hour of Bacchus is celebrated, one of the most frequent visitors was invited to remember the meetings of so many people that this theater hosted. Ma
  • 6 Aug – 6 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionCatarina SerraMuseu de Lisboa - Teatro RomanoMasks that we are — The Masks that We Are exhibition seeks to draw attention to the relevance of this accessory in classical period representations and to the many masks that we all wear on a daily basis...
  • 5 Aug – 6 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionInês Mendes LealGaleria da BoavistaReaching for fata morgana — For her first solo exhibition, Inês Mendes Leal proposes to stage a mirage based on the optical phenomenon fata morgana, which is caused by extreme thermal differences that...
  • 5 Aug – 6 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionTake it! 150 Years of Zés PovinhosMuseu Bordalo PinheiroThe Bordalo Pinheiro Museum marks a major milestone in Portuguese visual culture with the exhibition Toma! 150 years of Zés Povinhos, curated by Jorge Silva and João Alpuim Botelho. Created...
  • 5 Aug – 7 SepLisbonEnds soonExhibitionManuel João VieiraMAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e TecnologiaThe purple island: notes and landscapes — Known to the general public for his activity as a musician, performer and intervening figure in Portuguese public life, Manuel João Vieira reveals himself in A Ilha Púrpura: Notas e Paisagens ...
  • 3 Jun – 7 SepLisbonEnds soonMusicFreeRui Valério. History of Rock MusicFundação Calouste GulbenkianIn Historia de la Música Rock, from 2002, Rui Valério films 401 album covers emblematic of the history of rock in the 20th and 21st centuries, released between 1953 and 2001, which are shown in chronological order, in 54 seconds.
  • 11 Aug – 7 SepLisbonEnds soonCinemaNimas cult filmsCinema NimasNimas is showing 11 cult Nimas films this summer, works from the USA, Japan, Russia and Europe. Includes Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo; Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders; Mulholland Dr...

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  • 24 Aug – 1 SepCascaisNewCinemaCinema Cascais - documentary cycleDocumentary If cinema was assumed from the beginning to be the art of illusion, documentaries will be the genre that most seems to seek to refute this finding. And we say “seems” because, in fact, a supposed documentary “original purity” ne
  • 24 Aug – 18 SepLisbonNewExhibitionMatilde VieiraCasa da Cidadania de São Domingos de BenficaThe Weaving Goddesses — The exhibition brings together paintings inspired by the 24 Weaving Goddesses, an artistic journey that celebrates the feminine, memory, creativity and the art of weaving life. The works establish a dialogue between.
  • 23 Aug – 20 SepLisbonNewOtherThe Secret Aqueduct of Campo de OuriqueMuseu da ÁguaThe route offers visitors an opportunity to explore another of the water transport galleries of the Águas Livres aqueduct system. The visit to the Campo de Ourique Gallery begins with...
  • 23 Aug – 27 DecLisbonNewExhibitionArt in the SquareVisual Arts Fair — Arte na Praça stands out as the only street fair in the city, with a strict and exclusive focus on promoting independent visual arts. An open-air exhibition and an art market...
  • 22 Aug – 17 OctLisbonNewMusicDisney LovesongsEPIC SANA Marquês HotelCandlelight — Disney Love Songs is coming, a special series of concerts that recreates, in classic format, some of the most iconic melodies from the Disney universe, in a dazzling environment...
  • 22 Aug – 8 NovLisbonNewOtherVisits to the Águas Livres AqueductMuseu da ÁguaGuided route of 941 meters along the Alcântara Valley Crossing. Come and discover the importance of this hydraulic infrastructure, built in the 19th century. XVIII, had for growth and development...
  • 22 Aug – 31 AugLisbonNewExhibitionBen do RosarioCentro Cultural de Cabo VerdePortraits of devotion — Street exhibition with recordings captured on August 15, 2025, at the Festa de Nossa Senhora da Graça, promoted by the Cape Verdean community of Bairro Portugal Novo, in Areeiro Avenida João...
  • 20 Aug – 31 AugCascaisNewMusicFreeFestas do Mar 2026From the 20th to the 23rd and from the 27th to the 30th of August, the summer festival closest to the Atlantic will be back with the best music made in Portugal. Access is free. Viver Cascais users once again have an exclusive area next to
  • 20 Aug – 15 OctLisbonNewExhibitionBlue HourBlue Hour is a new cultural format that debuts at Rossio, functioning simultaneously as a social meeting, art exhibition and stage for emerging artists. The event activates a large...
  • 20 Aug – 26 AugLisbonNewExhibitionEntre Pontos e DesviosFaculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de LisboaEntre Pontos e Desvios connects a group of artists around a reflection on space as a collective construction, questioning what it means to inhabit, belong and be a place in...
  • 20 Aug – 28 AugLisbonNewExhibitionProximity TraitsGaleria de Santa Maria MaiorIn this collective exhibition, Saber Maior – Universidade Sénior de Santa Maria Maior and children and young people from CAF/AAAF Maria Barroso, CAF/AAAF Castelo and Ambijoven Santa Maria Maior present...
  • 20 Aug – 20 SepLisbonNewExhibitionChris BuggeHotel Inspira SantosBetween cultures – portraits from two decades on the road — The End Of Story curatorial program returns on August 20th, this time to the Inspira Santos Boutique Hotel, to present its third chapter: Between Cultures – P...
  • 19 Aug – 28 AugLisbonNewExhibitionZilda DuarteCentro de Documentação do Edifício Central do MunicípioGeometric language — Painting exhibition.
  • 19 Aug – 28 AugLisbonNewExhibitionAnthony MazzaKolibri GalleryParade — The exhibition brings together ten small-format paintings, made in oil on linen and in oil and beeswax on canvas. In Cortejo, Mazza treats painting as a temporal field in...
  • 19 Aug – 1 SepLisbonNewExhibitionLumiar pela LenteGaleria LiminareThe exhibition is the result of an Open Call for Lumiar photographers, launched by the Parish Council, challenging amateur and professional photographers to capture the identity and diversity of Lumiar through...
  • 19 Aug – 30 SepLisbonNewExhibitionAna MassakiKirerah – Galeria de ArteDesignate the time — Watch exhibition where time, in the artist's hands, takes on shape, color and poetry. Each piece is an invitation to slow down and imagine.
  • 18 Aug – 29 SepLisbonNewExhibitionEmmanuel BabledGaleria Tapeçarias de PortalegreEchoes of form — This exhibition develops as a reflection on making: a commitment to craftsmanship rather than industry, to presence rather than repetition, and to a way of working rooted in...
  • 17 Aug – 18 SepCascaisNewOther8th Edition Experimenta ProgramEXPERIMENTA - Youth Employability Program provides young people living or students in Cascais with experience in a work context in municipal services Components: • 8 months of experience in a real work context, with an associated scholarshi
  • 16 Aug – 9 SepLisbonNewCinemaWong Kar Wai CycleCinema NimasIn this cycle we will have the latest screenings of the restored films that were re-released worldwide under the name THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI, from AS TEARS GO BY (1988) to 2046...
  • 16 Aug – 13 SepLisbonNewOtherVisit to the Lisbon AqueductAqueduto das Águas LivresThe route, measuring around 3.5 km, comprises the largest underground extension visitable in Lisbon and is a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the emblematic hydraulic work. Starting with the crossing...
  • 15 Aug – 11 SepLisbonNewMusicOperafest 2026Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do CinemaEnigma — The 7th edition of Operafest takes place in Oeiras and Lisbon, under the Enigma bell, celebrating the centenary of Pucinni's Turandot, the contemporary creation, and affirming the di...
  • 15 Aug – 19 DecLisbonNewOtherPortuguese soul through the streets of LisbonBy Lúcia Fragoso — A walking tour through the historic neighborhood of Chiado lasting around two hours that covers Portuguese culture, history and art, with some humorous notes. A personal tribute...
  • 15 Aug – 19 DecLisbonNewExhibitionCuid'ArteMAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e TecnologiaCuid'Arte at MAAT provides well-being experiences through art for people with dementia and caregivers. Cuid’Arte sessions are free and take place on the first...
  • 14 Aug – 27 AugLisbonNewCinemaWarm-Up MOTELX2026 — The MOTELX Warm-Up – Lisbon International Horror Film Festival anticipates the 20th edition of the festival, which takes place between September 3rd and 13th, with several cinema sessions, in...
  • 13 Aug – 19 SepLisbonNewOtherVisits to the MNAC collectionMuseu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do ChiadoThe Chiado Museum – MNAC collection spans the history of Portuguese art since the 2nd half of the 20th century. XIX to the present, constituting an essential museum center for its knowledge...
  • 13 Aug – 31 AugLisbonNewOtherSummer mazeFundação Portuguesa das Comunicações – Museu das ComunicaçõesThis year, in the Summer Labyrinth, there are many centuries to unravel and challenges to discover. How do submarine cables under the sea work? What is a moulting season? When the colors appeared...
  • 12 Aug – 9 SepLisbonNewCinemaIn the Country of CinemaPolo Cultural Gaivotas | Boavista2026 — The cycle No País do Cinema, curated by Os Filhos de Lumière, returns to the Gaivoyas Cultural Center | Boavista, part of the cultural program Gaivotas no Pátio which, between July and September...
  • 11 Aug – 7 SepLisbonNewCinemaNimas cult filmsCinema NimasNimas is showing 11 cult Nimas films this summer, works from the USA, Japan, Russia and Europe. Includes Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo; Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders; Mulholland Dr...
  • 11 Aug – 25 AugCascaisNewOtherMaria's Short Films - Summer EditionThe special summer edition will be dedicated to silent cinema. Let yourself be amazed by a sequence of unexpected situations, where the simple becomes complicated and the normal becomes extraordinary. In the spotlight will be Mr. Bean and C

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  • 6 Aug – 9 SepLisbonCinema'Remember…?' cycleCinema NimasJoanne Woodward + Lee Remick — Joanne Woodward and Lee Remick crossed paths in the film The Long, Hot Summer, by Martin Ritt (1958), in which Newman's character, on the run, catches a ride in a car driven by Woodward. And if it's Rem...
  • 5 Aug – 10 SepLisbonExhibitionDis.Functional,DesignCabana MadVoices of Diversity — For a long time, design was governed by precise rules: utility, comfort, efficiency. It was expected that the form would respond to a function and that the object would meet a defined need....
  • 5 Aug – 10 SepLisbonExhibitionMatas – Corpos - LobosGaleria Arte PeriféricaIn the year in which it celebrates 35 years of activity, Galeria Arte Periférica has dedicated its recent programming to a new generation of artists, reinforcing its commitment to emerging and...
  • 5 Aug – 12 SepLisbonExhibitionMonica CapuchoCarlos Carvalho Arte ContemporâneaRose madder genuine — In this, which is her fourth solo exhibition at the gallery, Mónica Capucho proposes a set of works that understand color not as a fixed phenomenon, but as a dynamic construction...
  • 5 Aug – 12 SepLisbonExhibitionAntonio Ballester MorenoGaleria Pedro CeraCutouts — Antonio Ballester Moreno's latest solo exhibition at Pedro Cera, Cutouts, continues his exploration of a visual language defined by color and simple geometric shapes...
  • 6 Aug – 12 SepLisbonExhibitionNuno Sousa Vieira3+1 Arte ContemporâneaI give up – what I don't see I imagine — Nuno Sousa Vieira's multidisciplinary practice is influenced by the artist's workspace, where the materials, colors and motifs that surround him often become an integral part of the works...
  • 6 Aug – 12 SepLisbonExhibitionRenato FerrãoGaleria Quadrado AzulThe driverless vehicle — This installation revisits and expands the work 8 Cascatas e um Desabamento, presented in 2015 at the Sismograph space in the city of Porto. The current project articulates the elements of this structure...
  • 5 Aug – 12 SepLisbonExhibitionJoão MarianoLumina GaleriaOcean spray — There are 17 works from an ongoing project in which the Costa Vicentina sea appears in the deep black and white that recurs in the author's practice, which accentuates the sculptural dimension of the water and the thickness of
  • 6 Aug – 12 SepLisbonExhibitionDrinking from the Same RiverEritage Art ProjectsDrinking from the Same River brings together works by 12 artists from 11 countries and 5 continents: Abel B. Burger (France), Ana Leovy (Mexico), Jamel Armand (Netherlands / Indonesia), Kylie Wentzel (Africa...
  • 5 Aug – 12 SepLisbonExhibitionMichael NajjarGaleria Filomena SoaresHeterotopic turbulences — In this new exhibition, guest artist Michael Najjar presents a set of works that explore the complex relationships between landscape, technology and the human condition, continuing the...
  • 7 Aug – 12 SepCascaisExhibitionPlaying with paint: Painting Exhibition by Rui SilvaRui Silva was born in Angola in 1962, where he lived until 1975, when he came to Portugal to live in Lisbon and, later, in Cascais, where he lives to this day. From a young age, he cultivated a strong passion for drawing, with Visual Educat
  • 5 Aug – 13 SepLisbonExhibitionJosé Pedro CroftMAC/CCBReflections, enclaves, deviations — José Pedro Croft's most recent exhibition brings together a set of engravings, drawings, reliefs and sculptures that dialogue with each other throughout the exhibition space. Curated by Luiz Camillo Osóri
  • 5 Aug – 13 SepLisbonExhibitionVictor PomarGaleria do Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria NacionalSouvenir of Palestine — Vítor Pomar's exhibition Souvenir of Palestine is designed in two moments that intersect between a sequence of paintings, images of the painting process, studio spaces, and...
  • 5 Aug – 14 SepLisbonExhibitionWhere Shapes Come FromArca GalleryAn exhibition that brings together contemporary artists around the origin of the creative gesture — the moment in which the idea transforms into form, matter and expression.
  • 12 Jun – 14 SepCascaisExhibitionTemporary Exhibition: Fish Intelligence - Behavioral complexity in the underwater worldTemporary exhibition “Fish Intelligence: Behavioral complexity in an underwater world” organized by the Guia Maritime Laboratory, MARE – Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences and Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and wh
  • 6 Aug – 15 SepLisbonExhibitionCasa RedondaA BaseThe exhibition takes shape from graphic materials found and collected free of charge in Paris, including street posters, pamphlets, catalogs and cultural programs. Bringing together visual universes...
  • 6 Aug – 15 SepLisbonOtherIn the wake of Luís de CamõesBiblioteca Nacional de PortugalThis exhibition seeks to show how the memory of Luís de Camões was constructed over time. A revisitation of the poet's life and work, which highlights the innovations...
  • 6 Aug – 15 SepLisbonOtherWhere Will You Get Short Life Insurance? Camões and Life as a JourneyBiblioteca Nacional de PortugalThe life of the author of Os Lusíadas was marked by travel, uncertainty and achievements. The exhibition Where Will a Short Life Be Safe? Camões and Life as a Journey addresses life as travesties...
  • 5 Aug – 18 SepLisbonExhibitionPedro Caldeira RodriguesCasa da ImprensaUnlikely photographer — The exhibition brings together images captured over several decades by a journalist and international politics reporter who, without ever trying to build a photographic career, kept a...
  • 8 Aug – 18 SepLisbonOtherDiogo Alves: The Executioner of the AqueductMuseu da ÁguaThe guided tour proposes a historical and contextualized reading of one of the most striking figures of the 19th century in Lisbon. Over the course of 60 minutes, participants are invited to explore the...
  • 5 Aug – 18 SepLisbonExhibitionLaura CaetanoBalcony9 — During a conversation with Laura in her studio, we talked about the experience of creating images about images, those that have no other meaning beyond their...
  • 5 Aug – 19 SepLisbonExhibitionGérard Castello-LopesArquivo Municipal de Lisboa - FotográficoPhotographs (1956-2005) — Dedicated to Gérard Castello-Lopes, the greatest figure in Portuguese photography of the 20th century, this exhibition marks the centenary of his birth. The exhibition brings together images spanning more than four
  • 5 Aug – 19 SepLisbonExhibitionGeorges DussaudArquivo Municipal de Lisboa - FotográficoFrom Lisbon to you — The exhibition From Lisbon to You reveals the sensitive and humanist look of Georges Dussaud (b. 1934) on the city of Lisbon, through 50 period pieces now presented to the public....
  • 5 Aug – 19 SepLisbonExhibitionRita BarrosArquivo Municipal de Lisboa - FotográficoHyperosmia — Based on the concept that gives the exhibition its title - the intensification of smell -, Rita Barros builds a visual journey where the invisible takes shape and presence. Bringing together a photographic series...
  • 5 Aug – 19 SepLisbonExhibitionNine Days After the FallMonitor LisbonCollective exhibition that presents, for the first time in the gallery, works by Portuguese artists Pedro Anacleto (Lisbon, 2002), Pedro Batista (Lisbon, 1980), Joana Coelho (Lisbon, 1998) and Diogo Guerra...
  • 5 Aug – 19 SepLisbonExhibitionSebastian CavacoBasílica da EstrelaIn the burning square — In a long-abandoned wing of the Estrela Basilica, a series of representations of fireworks appear as a manifestation of something that surpasses us. Between paintings, small sculptures and installation...
  • 8 Aug – 20 SepLisbonOtherVisits to the Loreto Underground GalleryMuseu da ÁguaRoute through one of the oldest galleries of the Águas Livres Aqueduct and the first of this system to be built (from 1746). The gallery had in?...
  • 5 Aug – 20 SepLisbonExhibitionRobert WileyMuseu de Lisboa - Teatro RomanoWhat Remains — For this site-specific installation, Robert Wiley follows his material-guided practice to weave a strange web of craft and history that manifests time and experience. N...
  • 6 Aug – 20 SepLisbonExhibitionAlice GeirinhasMuseu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do ChiadoSycorax — Starting from the figure of Sycorax - the witch and mother of Caliban in The Tempest, by William Shakespeare -, Alice Geirinhas builds an installation of drawings that seeks to return presence to a...
  • 5 Aug – 20 SepLisbonExhibitionGestures and FormsMuseu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do ChiadoA dialogue between collections — The exhibition brings together, in the same space, pieces from different centuries to reveal unexpected connections between the past and the present. These works did, in times...
  • 6 Aug – 21 SepLisbonExhibitionThe Carpentry of Central Tejo 1936-2013MAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia<d...
  • 5 Aug – 23 SepLisbonCinemaGrande retrospetiva Agnès VardaCinema NimasAgnès Varda (1928-2019), Belgian director who made a career in French cinema, is celebrated this summer with a major retrospective, the largest to date in Portugal, at Cinema Nimas. The program includes...
  • 5 Aug – 25 SepLisbonExhibitionDaniella ForchettiMuseu de Lisboa - Teatro RomanoSculpted body — Inspired by reproductions of the Parthenon friezes preserved at the Faculty of Fine Arts at ULisboa, Sculpted body – from the Parthenon friezes to the multisensory experience proposes a re...
  • 7 Aug – 25 SepLisbonOtherFora d'horas no AquedutoMuseu da ÁguaA unique experience at the end of the day: walk through the <span class="mark1t724tzr8" data-markjs...
  • 6 Aug – 25 SepLisbonExhibitionSonia SieffThe Late BirdsRendezvous! — Through these series dedicated to the male body, Sonia Sieff proposes an intimate and contemporary look at nudity, in a dialogue between photography, fashion and emotion.
  • 5 Aug – 25 SepLisbonExhibitionMirna BamiehHangar - Centro de Investigação ArtísticaKabsh Qrunfol, using cloves — Kabsh Qrunfol, using cloves is part of a disappearing tradition in Palestine, which consisted of the collective creation of bridal necklaces made with cloves that c...
  • 5 Aug – 26 SepLisbonCinemaRooftop CinecapitolCapitólio2026 — The heat promises cinematic nights on the Capitol’s terrace. The second edition of Cinecapitólio is curated by Rui Pedro Tendinha and proposes a program for the whole family....
  • 5 Aug – 26 SepLisbonExhibitionAlfredo JaarGaleria Francisco FinoOne million points of light — The exhibition brings together three fundamental works by the artist for the first time in Portugal, proposing a reflection on the politics of image, historical memory and the ethical responsibility of the spec
  • 5 Aug – 26 SepLisbonExhibitionParadise MuseGaleria Zé dos BoisEmporio — Musa paradisiaca premieres Emporio, a 90-minute durational audiovisual piece that operates in the rift between historical collapse and private collapse. At the center of this magnetic archaeology,...
  • 6 Aug – 26 SepLisbonExhibitionPaulo BrusckyGaleria Zé dos BoisBruscky em brusque — This anthological exhibition dedicated to Paulo Bruscky (b. 1949, Recife, Brazil) proposes a comprehensive reading of the career of one of the pioneers of conceptual art in Brazil. Since the 1970s, the artist...
  • 3 Jul – 26 SepSintraExhibitionPraia das Maçãs Exhibition - ArcheologyPraia das MaçãsThe Sintra City Council will promote, between the months of July and September, a set of initiatives...
  • 6 Aug – 27 SepLisbonOtherFintar a vidaMuseu Nacional de EtnologiaCaniço, Football and the Estado Novo — The temporary exhibition F intar a Vida. Caniço, Futebol e o Estado Novo proposes a trip to the suburbs of Lourenço Marques, in the dé...
  • 5 Aug – 27 SepLisbonExhibitionPuppet Makers in Portugal in the 21st CenturyMuseu da MarionetaThe Marionette Museum, in Convento das Bernardas, celebrates 25 years of existence this year. Two and a half decades, during which the art of puppetry changed profoundly, taking new creative paths...
  • 5 Aug – 27 SepLisbonOtherFor the Love of the City - 90 Years of the Lisbon Friends GroupMuseu de Lisboa - Palácio PimentaThe Lisbon Museum revisits the role of one of the city's most influential civic associations with an exhibition marking the 90th anniversary of the Grupo Amigos de Lisboa. Result of a partnership between M...
  • 9 Aug – 27 SepLisbonOtherUnderground LisbonMuseu da Água da EPAL – Galeria do LoretoBetween two Lisbon gardens and two centuries of history, come and explore the mysterious world of water through two water reservoirs, two architectural typologies, two paths and a...
  • 5 Aug – 27 SepLisbonExhibitionThree Views of LisbonMuseu de Lisboa - Palácio PimentaThe Lisbon Museum presents three privately owned paintings that illustrate Rossio and Terreiro de Belém between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. It's a rare opportunity to co...
  • 28 Jun – 27 SepCascaisOtherTours on the boat I'm to SeeEmbark on an unforgettable experience aboard the salt galleon Isso Para Ver! On this tour, participants have the opportunity to enjoy a contemplative navigation along the stunning coastline of Cascais. Come and feel the sea breeze and let y
  • 6 Aug – 28 SepLisbonExhibitionO Riso DissonanteCasa da Achada – Centro Mário DionísioSocial caricature in Alfonso Castelao and Jean Bruller (Vercors) — An exhibition of prints by Alfonso Castelao (1886-1950) and Jean Bruller (Vercors) (1902-1991) and humorous drawings by contemporary artists. The exhibition will be accompan
  • 5 Aug – 28 SepLisbonExhibitionRosa BarbaFundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Centro de Arte ModernaDesigning vocabularies — For her first major exhibition in Portugal, Rosa Barba presents a new site-specific and temporal narrative, drawing inspiration from and expanding on a series of conceptual themes that...
  • 5 Aug – 30 SepLisbonExhibitionShow Poster8 Marvila2026 — Poster Mostra transforms the streets of Marvila into an open-air gallery, bringing together new talents and visual proposals until September 30th. Designed as a tribute to the poster as a medium...
  • 5 Aug – 30 SepLisbonOtherPeddy-paper By the SidewalkEscola de Jardinagem e CalceteirosParticipation in the peddy-paper Pela Calçada highlights several emblematic places in the city of Lisbon through the recreational promotion of the Portuguese artistic sidewalk, as well as some of the...
  • 5 Aug – 30 SepLisbonExhibitionLaughter is the Best MedicineMuseu da FarmáciaThe Pharmacy Museum presents an exhibition of cartoons recalling the past of the pharmaceutical sector with humor, irony and critical sense. The exhibition brings together several cartoons published in the Rev...
  • 5 Aug – 30 SepLisbonOtherSuperbichos!Pavilhão do Conhecimento – Ciência VivaIncredible by Nature — SUPER BUGS! Incredibles by Nature invites the public - young and old - to discover the true “superpowers” ​​of the animal world: eyes with thousands of lenses, arms that taste...
  • 5 Aug – 30 SepLisbonOtherEmigration, exile and protest songAJA - Associação José AfonsoDedicated to José Mário Branco and the theme of exile, the exhibition brings together texts and diverse iconographic material that reveal the journey of several Portuguese singers exiled in France...
  • 6 Aug – 30 SepLisbonExhibitionMario GomesLoja de Cidadão do SaldanhaThe sky is also a territory — A visual reading of Portugal’s birdlife. Taking the Monsanto Forest Park as the main reference and symbol of the Lisbon City Council's environmental policy, the exhibition...
  • 6 Aug – 30 SepLisbonExhibitionDeconstruct Colonialism, Decolonize the ImaginaryMuseu Nacional de EtnologiaThe exhibition aims to present the lines of force of Portuguese colonialism in Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries and aims to deconstruct the myths created by colonial ideology, decolonize images...
  • 1 Jun – 30 SepLisbonOtherScheherazade's SummerFundação Calouste GulbenkianInspired by The Arabian Nights and Scheherazade's art of storytelling, Scheherazade's Summer invites participants to embark on an imaginary journey guided by a magic carpet.
  • 20 Jul – 30 SepLisbonOtherDesigned visitFundação Calouste GulbenkianThe drawn visit is just that... a visit in which drawing, as a tool of observation and creation, allows us to understand the possibilities that pencil lines have presented to artists over time.
  • 6 Aug – 2 OctLisbonExhibitionJoão Louro and Dagoberto RodríguezVdA - Vieira de AlmeidaMental Muscle — Mental Muscle brings together works by João Louro (Lisbon, 1963) and Dagoberto Rodríguez (Caibarién, Cuba, 1969), two renowned artists of great reference, who use language, image and memory...
  • 6 Aug – 3 OctLisbonExhibitionInterchangeArtemis GalleryBringing together five international artists, Interchange explores the increasingly osmotic relationship between life and technology. Among abyssal imaginaries, mycelial networks, Neolithic inscriptions...
  • 6 Aug – 3 OctLisbonExhibitionTatiana MacedoRialto6Radical gestures — Radical Gestures is the first of two acts that I will present at Rialto6. In this first act, I reinforce my manifesto against a fast-paced world of producing captivating images...
  • 6 Aug – 3 OctLisbonExhibitionAna Velez and Pedro LeitãoGaleria Belo-GalstererThe Gallery presents Escape from Freedom by Ana Velez and Beauty is the Beast by Pedro Leitão. In Escape from Freedom, Ana Velez, borrows the title from one of the most...
  • 6 Aug – 3 OctLisbonExhibitionArqueologia RemixCristina Guerra Contemporary ArtThe Arqueologia Remix exhibition tells us about rhythm: the counting rhythm of life. When we count, we count time and its units, but we also tell stories. The great beauty of the...
  • 5 Aug – 4 OctLisbonExhibitionMaria José OliveiraMuseu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do ChiadoMe that was once me — The exhibition Me that was once me, by Maria José Oliveira, brings together a set of works that explore time, memory and connections between people, inviting reflection on continuity...
  • 5 Aug – 5 OctLisbonOtherThe logistics of democracyPalácio da IndependênciaCelebratory exhibition — The Historical Society of the Independence of Portugal presents the exhibition The Logistics of Democracy, as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the democratic foundation of Democracy. THE...
  • 5 Aug – 5 OctLisbonExhibitionMargarida CorreiaMAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e TecnologiaHigher — The artist investigates, especially through photography, personal and institutional archives of specific communities, which she presents in exhibitions and through catalogs of great graphic wealth...
  • 6 Aug – 5 OctLisbonExhibitionDiogo PimentãoFundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Centro de Arte ModernaTransitory force of things — The practice and redefinition of drawing are the central axis of Diogo Pimentão's work. Using mainly paper and graphite, sometimes in combination with cement, acrylic plaster or...
  • 6 Aug – 8 OctLisbonMusicSunset SessionsCentro Vasco da Gama2026 — The Sunset Sessions return to Centro Vasco da Gama for another season, transforming the late afternoon into a meeting point between the city and music with a program designed for...
  • 9 Aug – 10 OctLisbonOtherMasterchef RomanoMuseu de Lisboa - Teatro RomanoWorkshop for children — Lights, cameras… and garum! The Lisbon Museum invites the most curious to participate in a workshop inspired by the universe of television programs, but with a very special touch: we are in Ancient Rome...
  • 5 Aug – 11 OctLisbonExhibitionMy Dear Saint AnthonyMuseu de Lisboa - Santo AntónioImages from private collections — Dedicated to private collections of Santo António, this exhibition proposes a look at the presence and multiplicity of the Saint's image, based on the choices made by colle...
  • 5 Aug – 11 OctLisbonExhibitionTerra CruaMAC/CCBAt a time of pressure on the planet's limits, we look at raw earth not as a nostalgic return, but as a natural, local and available resource. Building with earth means understanding the territory...
  • 6 Aug – 11 OctLisbonCinemaCine SocietyBeato Riverside Rooftop2026 — Cine Society returns to Lisbon for a new open-air cinema season. The program showcases recent Oscar winners as Sinners</e...
  • 5 Aug – 11 OctLisbonExhibitionCarla CabanasGaleria QuadrumThe bestiary — In The Bestiary, Carla Cabanas presents an installation composed of sculptures inspired by the universe of imaginary beings brought together by Jorge Luis Borges in The Book of Imaginary Beings...
  • 23 Jul – 11 OctCascaisExhibitionExhibition: The Last Carnival in Korea, by Bruno FigueroaItaewon occupied, for a long time, a unique place in Seoul, as an exceptional space. Located in the heart of the city, on the north bank of the Han River, it was one of the first neighborhoods to absorb Western cultural influences, due to i
  • 5 Aug – 15 OctLisbonExhibitionIn-Silence Dive TeamMontra 9The exhibition is dedicated to the universe of technical wreck diving and the extraordinary legacy of the Portuguese In-Silence Dive Team. Through texts, photographs and videos, the exhibition rev...
  • 6 Aug – 18 OctLisbonCinemaBlack Cat CinemaIgreja da Graça2026 — Black Cat Cinema returns with outdoor cinema screenings. The program includes contemporary, cult and classic films with screenings in various...
  • 5 Aug – 18 OctLisbonExhibitionIlídio SalteiroPanteão NacionalSonnet — Sonnet explores the relationship between painting and poetry, taking a two-way path: from painting to poetry and from poetry to painting. It emerged in Ilídio Salteiro's readings about the tra...
  • 6 Aug – 19 OctLisbonExhibitionGulbenkian, 70 years on displayFundação Calouste GulbenkianThe Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Poster Collection currently brings together more than 1,500 copies produced between 1957 and 2026. The Gulbenkian, 70 Years in Poster exhibition presents a selection...
  • 6 Aug – 24 OctLisbonExhibitionSara MassaFundação Leal RiosAnd wait, and wait, and wait — A pause, a waiting room, an interrupted route, one, or three, (un)measures of interval. Through imagery anchored to the Azorean pasture, the exhibition And wait, and wait, and wa...
  • 5 Aug – 25 OctLisbonExhibitionMultiple EyesMAC/CCBIn an era where screens shape our perception of reality and algorithms dictate our preferences, the works of these artists — fusing the sensitive, the symbolic, the ancestral and the spiritual...
  • 6 Aug – 26 OctLisbonExhibitionOther SpacesMACAM - Museu de Arte ContemporâneaPhotography in the Américo Marques Collection (Part I) — Contemporary photography occupies the center of the new exhibition proposal at MACAM – Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins. Other Spaces – Photography in the Américo Marques C
  • 6 Aug – 31 OctLisbonExhibitionWhat are things for?MUDE - Museu do DesignPieces from the MUDE collection 1900-2020 — More than showing the design icons in the MUDE collection, the long-term exhibition that opens at the end of October and will occupy the 3rd and 4th floors of the museum aims to provide a rela...
  • 5 Aug – 1 NovLisbonExhibitionFrida OrupaboMAC/CCBCloud of confusion — In her first solo exhibition in Portugal, Frida Orupabo presents Cloud of Confusion, a powerful reflection on the circulation, archive and meaning of images in the digital age...
  • 6 Aug – 1 NovLisbonOtherMonstros MarinhosOceanário de LisboaThe Lisbon Oceanarium invites visitors to delve into a remote past with Sea Monsters, a temporary exhibition installed in the Oceanarium's main atrium. The exhibition presents prints...
  • 30 May – 1 NovCascaisOtherLandArt Cascais 2026The 12th edition of LandArt Cascais (2026) takes place at Quinta do Pisão, in Cascais, every two years, bringing together artistic interventions in deep symbiosis with nature. This edition, curated by Luísa Soares de Oliveira, highlights th
  • 5 Aug – 14 NovLisbonExhibitionCarlos NoFundação Carmona e CostaÓstracos — Carlos No brings to the Carmona e Costa Foundation an installation that raises issues that have long been present in his work: the fragility of the human condition, exclusion, margins and disadvantages.
  • 5 Aug – 21 NovLisbonExhibitionAlexandre EstrelaGaleria Zé dos BoisRedSkyFalls (replica) — Regarding his piece RedSkyFalls, on display at the Portuguese Pavilion in Venice at the Biennale 2026, Alexandre Estrela presents a series of Replicas. These Replicas are characterized by...
  • 6 Aug – 28 NovLisbonExhibitionNext to the CinemaEspaço DuplacenaBrazilian Moving Image — Ao Lad...
  • 5 Aug – 29 NovLisbonOtherCommunicating is Natural - The Botany of CommunicationsFundação Portuguesa das Comunicações – Museu das ComunicaçõesA journey through the history of human communication, through its deep and continuous relationship with the plant world, follows the plant path of communication and culminates in an immersive space that...
  • 6 Aug – 30 NovLisbonExhibitionTerraColeção de Fotografia do Novo BancoTerra, an exhibition in which terracotta sculptures by Beatriz Horta Correia establish an attentive dialogue with photographs from the novobanco Collection, selected by the artist herself....
  • 12 Nov – 1 DecSintraExhibitionTraveling exhibition “HUMOR IS COOL! - The Caricatures of a Life”Sintra City Council, in collaboration with the Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation, promotes the traveling exhibition “The ...
  • 5 Aug – 9 DecLisbonExhibitionThe Green Windows PolyptychEspaço Quinto ImpérioThe emperor of the last days and the end of history — Exhibition dedicated to the famous Saint Vincent Panels, preserved at the National Museum of Ancient Art (MNAA). The exhibition presents the most recent discoveries resulting from the re
  • 6 May – 11 DecSintraOtherBibliotecas Sintrenses organizam Conversas sobre cidadaniaBibliotecas de SintraSintra City Council will promote, throughout the year, the “Conversations Around Citizenship” initiative in Libraries...
  • 7 Aug – 11 DecLisbonOtherPortuguese presence in AsiaMuseu do OrienteStrangeness first and curiosity second: these were the ingredients of the intercultural dialogue between East and West, which was reflected in the art of both hemispheres. Along the routes...
  • 8 Aug – 19 DecLisbonOtherGuided tours of the Belém PalacePalácio Nacional de BelémGuided tours of the <a title="Discover the Belém Palace" href="https://www.museu.presidencia.pt/pt/conhecimento/palacio-nacional-de-belem/" data-udi="umb://document/1cddae3dee68418ea45c1614f0960336...
  • 8 Aug – 19 DecLisbonMusicTasting FadoTeatro Tivoli BBVATasting Fado is more than a visit, it is an experience that introduces you to the History, arts and gastronomy of Portugal. The route takes you past one of the most beautiful buildings in Lisbon, the Teat...
  • 6 Aug – 24 DecLisbonOtherVisits to the Palace of SantosPalácio de SantosFrench Embassy — The French Embassy in Portugal opens its doors for regular visits to the Santos Palace. Considering this palace one of the best testimonies of a palatial residence of the Baroque Port...
  • 8 Aug – 27 DecLisbonOtherThe Electricity Factory for the little onesMAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e TecnologiaWhat is electricity for? And how was it produced here? For those between 7 and 12 years old, put on your helmets and let's find out! Visit to Central Tejo, where children are taught...
  • 8 Aug – 27 DecLisbonOtherVisitas orientadas à Casa Fernando PessoaCasa Fernando PessoaIn the house where Fernando Pessoa lived there is a new exhibition that brings together pieces about one of the best-known writers in Portuguese literature. Members of the Casa's mediation team open the door...
  • 10 Aug – 28 DecLisbonMusicGrace with FadoIgreja e Convento da GraçaFrom July 27th, there will be silence to listen to Fado at Convento da Graça. It will always be like this on Mondays...
  • 6 Aug – 30 DecLisbonExhibitionMay I help you? Posso Ajudar?MAC/CCBMay I Help You? Can I help? - Arts and artists from the 1970s onwards is MAC/CCB's new permanent exhibition. The everyday question “Can I help?”...
  • 6 Aug – 30 DecLisbonExhibitionTimeline - 40 years of paving and gardening schoolsQuinta Conde dos ArcosThe exhibition Timeline — 40 Years of Paving and Gardening Schools, presented by Lisbon City Council, covers four decades of training, practice and commitment...
  • 6 Aug – 30 DecLisbonExhibitionStandard. House-ObsessionPadrão dos DescobrimentosMore than a monument, the Monument to the Discoveries is an image deeply rooted in the Portuguese collective imagination. The Standard exposure. Casa-Obsessão proposes a serious reflection...
  • 2 Jun – 31 DecCascaisTheatreFree"The Count's Shoes" | Puppet TheaterThe Condes de Castro Guimarães Museum presents the piece «The Count's shoes». In this story, an evil sock intends to sabotage Manuel de Castro Guimarães's trip to a party held by his great friend, King D. Carlos. Will the Count's shoes be a
  • 5 Aug – 31 DecLisbonOtherTimeless ExperiencesOutdoor escape game — Timeless Experiences offers immersive experiences and currently has several activities, including escape rooms. But contrary to what is usual in this type of...
  • 5 Aug – 31 DecLisbonOtherDiscovering São Jorge CastleCastelo de São JorgeSão Jorge Castle, which stands out in Lisbon's urban fabric, is where we gather stories from a distant past that document the city's evolution up to the present day. Visits every...
  • 6 Aug – 31 DecLisbonOtherVisitable reserves of the National Ethnology MuseumMuseu Nacional de EtnologiaThe visitable reserve sector of the National Museum of Ethnology houses a total of around 3000 pieces. The Rural Life Galleries are a space dedicated to illustrative collections of agricultural themes...
  • 6 Aug – 31 DecLisbonOtherVisits to the Alverca Palace | Alentejo HouseCasa do AlentejoPossibly built at the end of the 17th century, the building where Casa do Alentejo is located today underwent profound changes at the beginning of the 20th century. More about your story...
  • 6 Aug – 31 DecLisbonOtherPasseios Bike a WishBike a WishGuided electric bike tours. More information <a href="https://www.bikeawish.com/en/bike-a-wish/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHGR9xleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHejm0xpnWYPG2-9EmF9D58xFj1eA6Yiidmw8J0CXm23n2ADDY...
  • 5 Aug – 31 DecLisbonOtherFreeGuided tours of B-MAD, Berardo Art Deco MuseumB-Mad, Berardo Museu Arte DecoThe B-MAD, Berardo – Art Deco Museum is located in the heart of the city of Lisbon, in the former summer residence of the Marquês de Abrantes, in Alcântara. On site you can find out...