Turn around. A look at the EDP Foundation Art Collection — Part 1 opens today at MAAT, including Gabriel Abrantes’ A Brief History of Princess X (2016).
Curated by João Pinharanda, Margarida Chantre and Sérgio Mah, the exhibition at MAAT Central is the first of two moments that constitute one of the most extensive public presentations – around 100 works – of the EDP Foundation Art Collection to date.
Conceived as a single exhibition, which will remain open until early 2027, the show is not organised according to thematic or chronological criteria, nor by artist groups; rather the selection and assembly of the works were conceived in dialogue with the spatial and architectural characteristics of the two galleries, exploring aesthetic and conceptual affinities and tensions between artists of different generations, genres, and artistic disciplines. On view until 25 January 2027.
The exhibition’s public program includes a tour of the exhibition by curator João Pinharanda 21 February from 5 to 6 pm (access subject to capacity).
