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In October, MAC/CCB celebrates its third anniversary. Since succeeding the Berardo Collection Museum in 2023, it has become a distinctive public museum of modern and contemporary art, both in Lisbon and across Portugal. Over the past three years, we have collaborated with a wide range of artists and institutions to establish the museum as a vibrant space for gathering, listening and action—challenging prevailing canons and revisiting art histories.
While exhibitions drawing on the collections deposited at MAC/CCB remain at the heart of our programme, we are also bringing the year to a close with a diverse series of projects: from Ângela Ferreira’s exploration of defining moments in Portugal’s colonial history and Neïl Beloufa’s engagement with contemporary geopolitical realities, to the deeply personal aesthetic universes and artistic experiences of Francisca Carvalho and Marisol.
If you are in Lisbon, come and find us by the river—and let us keep the conversation going.
Ângela Ferreira: Here I Stand
Until 28 February 2027
A central figure in Portuguese contemporary art, Ângela Ferreira works across sculpture, installation, photography, and video. Born in Maputo, Mozambique, and now based in Lisbon, she studied in South Africa and has been confronting Portugal's colonial past since the 1980s. Here I Stand traces the development of her practice through to her most recent works, revealing her sustained investigation of the facts, figures, infrastructures, and architectures associated with (Portuguese) colonialism. Curated by Nuria Enguita.
Neïl Beloufa: Algospeak & Portrait Shop
December 3, 2026–May 23, 2027
In his first exhibition in Portugal, French-Algerian artist Neïl Beloufa transforms MAC/CCB into an interactive environment in which visitors encounter objects and experience different settings within a live computer game: a film set in Agrabah, an archive, a karaoke space, a bedroom, military barracks, and more. Each visitor’s path is recorded through sensor activation or algorithmic control, making them active agents within the fictional narrative. Curated by Marta Mestre.
Francisca Carvahlo: Kouroi al cora
December 3, 2026–May 23, 2027
Drawing on research undertaken in India, Francisca Carvalho transforms symbols and signs into collages, drawings, patterns, texts, paintings, and textiles. The Portuguese artist’s practice ranges from works on paper to experimental pieces incorporating glass. Bringing together multiple sources within a rich, distinctive visual vocabulary, this solo exhibition unfolds through complex, vertiginous narratives. Curated by Sara De Chiara.
Marisol: When Things Are Just Beginning
December 17, 2026–April 12, 2027
Co-produced by MAC/CCB and Fundación Botín, Santander, in collaboration with the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, this is first retrospective devoted to the drawings of Marisol Escobar (Paris, 1930 – New York, 2016), featuring more than one hundred pieces. Presented alongside sculptures, archival materials, and several Andy Warhol films in which she appeared, the works highlight her personal anxieties, imaginative fictions, and global concerns. Curated by Laura Vallés Vilchez.
An Atlantic Drift. The Arts of the 20th Century Based on the Berardo Collection
Permanent exhibition
An Atlantic Drift charts and unravels paths through the arts of the 20th century, focusing on the period from 1909 to 1977. Deploying references and artistic forms that are usually kept apart, the exhibition disrupts preconceived notions and established canons. Its non-linear chronology reveals connections and confrontations between the European and American shores that have been overlooked or excluded from art history. Curated by Nuria Enguita, Marta Mestre, and Mariana Pinto dos Santos.
“May I Help You? Posso Ajudar?” Arts and Artists from the 1970s Onwards
Permanent exhibition
Inspired by Andrea Fraser’s performance of the same name, the exhibition explores the diversity of representations and narratives within the art world, questioning the notion of a linear art history. From the ruptures that redefined art in the 1970s to today’s accelerated digitalisation, it brings together around 130 works by 90 artists, reflecting on artistic practice and the social roles artists envision for themselves. Curated by Nuria Enguita, Marta Mestre, and Raphael Fonseca.
