ARCOlisboa 2026. Activities
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28 MAY
2:00 pm #ARCOlisboa - WELCOME TO COLLECTORS
3:30 pm #ARCOlisboa - WELCOME TO GUESTS
4:00 pm #ARCOlisboa - FLAD ACQUISITION AWARD @ARCOlisboa
Location: Winning gallery stand
4:30 pm #ARCOlisboa - OFFICIAL OPENING (by invitation only)
Official opening of ARCOlisboa 2026 with the presence of the Mayor of Lisbon and other authorities.
5:00 p.m. TORREÃO NASCENTE (EASTERN TOWER), CORDOARIA NACIONAL
Guided tour of the retrospective exhibition of Jorge Martins (painting and drawing).
6:00 pm TORREÃO POENTE (WESTERN TOWER), CORDOARIA NACIONAL
Guided tour of the exhibition “THREE. The EDP Foundation Collections”, marking the 10th anniversary of MAAT.
6:00 pm - #ARCOlisboa - 4TH ACQUISITION PRIZE FUNDAÇÃO VIEIRA DE ALMEIDA
Location: Winning gallery stand
7:00 pm #ARCOlisboa - 4TH FUNDAÇÃO MILLENNIUM BCP AWARD FOR BEST STAND
Location: Winning gallery stand
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm #ARCOlisboa - OPENING COCKTAIL
Opening cocktail for ARCOlisboa 2026 hosted by MEXTO Group.
29 MAY
2:00 pm to 9:00 pm #ARCOlisboa - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm - MILLENNIUM ART TALKS. With the support of Fundação Millennium and Lisboa Cultura
All I’ll Ever Want - Four curators on the future of a public contemporary art collection
Organised by CACE - The State’s Contemporary Art Collection
Moderator: Francisca Portugal. Curator and writer, Lisbon
Participants: Filipa da Rocha Nunes. Curator and writer, Lisbon; Francisca Gigante. Art historian, curator and director of FITA, Lisbon; Marta Espiridião. Curator, writer and translator, Portimão; Sofia Montanha. Artist, curator, co-founder of MALA/Supermala, Lisbon.
4:00 pm - #ARCOlisboa - 2nd STUDIOLO ARCOlisboa ACQUISITION AWARD
Location: Winning gallery stand
4:10 pm to 5:10 pm - MILLENNIUM ART TALKS. With the support of Fundação Millennium and Lisboa Cultura
RPAC Talks: Art, cultural institutions and environmental sustainability
Organised by DGArtes
Moderator: Catarina Rosendo. Art historian and curator
Participants: Catarina Silva. Research collaborator at the Interdisciplinary Studies Centre of the University of Coimbra (CEIS20-UC); Maja Escher. Visual artist; Ricardo Barbosa Vicente. Architect, curator, and technical and cultural adviser at the Embassy of Cape Verde in Portugal; Tânia Geiroto Marcelino. Visual artist and curator at PADA Studios (RPAC).
5:00 pm - #ARCOlisboa - 2nd MACAM ARCOlisboa ACQUISITION AWARD
Location: Winning gallery stand
5:20 pm to 6:20 pm - MILLENNIUM ART TALKS. With the support of Fundação Millennium and Lisboa Cultura
Book presentation: 10 Anos Arte Jovem Millennium bcp
Participants: Ambassador António Monteiro. President of Fundação Millennium bcp; Fátima Dias. Board Member of Fundação Millennium bcp; Pedro Cabrita Reis. Visual artist and member of the 2017 jury; Sandro Resende. Member of the 2020 jury and founder of Associação P28, which has hosted Arte Jovem over the last four editions; Lourenço Egreja. Founder of Arte Jovem.
6:00 pm - #ARCOlisboa - OPENING LISBOA AWARD
Location: Central section space
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm - MILLENNIUM ART TALKS. With the support of Fundação Millennium and Lisboa Cultura
Decolonial memory and arts education
Organised by WAAU - World African Artists United
Moderator: Ana Balona de Oliveira. Researcher, Lisbon
Participants: Ângela Ferreira. Artist, Lisbon; Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh. Curator and lecturer, Kumasi; Cindy Sissokho. Curator, Lisbon; Amanda de la Garza. Deputy Artistic Director, Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid
7:00 pm - #ARCOlisboa - 1ST KELLS ARCOLISBOA AWARD
Location: Winning gallery stand
30 MAY
2:00 pm to 9:00 pm #ARCOlisboa - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm - MILLENNIUM ART TALKS. With the support of Fundação Millennium and Lisboa Cultura
Patronage and contemporaneity: sustaining the artistic ecosystem
Moderator: Filipa Oliveira. Director, National Museum of Contemporary Art – Museu do Chiado, Lisbon
Participants: Ambassador António Monteiro. President of Fundação Millennium bcp, Lisbon; José Pena do Amaral. President of Fundación La Caixa, Lisbon; Carlos Rosón. President of the Fundación RAC, Pontevedra.
4:10 pm to 5:00 pm - MILLENNIUM ART TALKS. With the support of Fundação Millennium and Lisboa Cultura
A textile paradigm. Grau-Garriga’s environments and their critical legacy
Moderator: Cosmin Costinas. Co-curator of the 2027 Yokohama Triennale
Participants: Elvira Djangani Ose. Artistic Director of the upcoming Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial (PAAD); Carles Guerra. Researcher and independent curator; curator of the Spanish Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
5:15 pm to 6:00 pm - MILLENNIUM ART TALKS. With the support of Fundação Millennium and Lisboa Cultura
Évora_27: Drifting as a territory of contemporaneity
6:00 pm to 6:30 pm - MILLENNIUM ART TALKS. With the support of Fundação Millennium and Lisboa Cultura
Liquid alliances: world-building and creative resistance
Participants: Katya García-Antón. Art historian, curator, writer, researcher and cultural strategist, Oslo; Margarida Mendes. Researcher, curator, artist and educator, Lisbon
6:30 pm to 7:00 pm - MILLENNIUM ART TALKS. With the support of Fundação Millennium and Lisboa Cultura
Presentation of Anozero'26 - To hold, to give, to receive
Participants: Carlos Antunes. Director of CAPC and Anozero; Daniel Madeira. Assistant curator of Anozero'26.
7:00 pm to 7:30 pm - MILLENNIUM ART TALKS.
Presentation of Contextile - Contemporary Textile Art Biennial
Participants: Joaquim Pinheiro. Director of Contextile - Contemporary Textile Art Biennial, Guimarães; Cláudia Melo. Artistic director of Contextile - Contemporary Textile Art Biennial, Guimarães.
31 MAY
12:00 pm to 7:00 pm #ARCOlisboa - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
ArtsLibris Speakers’ Corner
12:30 pm ICA REGION OF MURCIA - CENDEAC
Presents: Contra-narrativas no. 5 magazine. Visualidades algorítmicas. Políticas de la imagen y agencias de los datos (Algorithmic visualities. Image policies and data agencies)
With: María Luz Ruiz Bañón
1:30 pm FONTANAR
Presents: Matéria intangível, rastros intermitentes (Intangible matter, intermittent trails)
With: Cláudio Magalhães, João Castro Silva and Antonio Sánchez
2:00 pm FUNDACIÓN RAC
Presents: La belleza inquieta - La rebeldía del arte contemporáneo (Restless beauty - The Rebellion of Contemporary Art)
With: Carlos Rosón Gasalla, Agar Ledo Arias, José Jesus Costa
2:30 pm TURNER
Presents: LFA Award 2025
With: Pedro Leão Neto
3:00 pm CASA FALCONIERI
Presents: Five artist’s books dedicated to Sardinian writer Grazia Deledda
With: Alessandra Angioni, Simone Frau, Luce Carlotta Bonandini, Gabriella Locci and Dario Piludu
4:00 pm IMPRENSA NACIONAL
Presents: Cultura e democracia (Culture and democracy), from the National Plan for the Arts Collection
With: Paulo Pires do Vale and Cláudio Garrudo
5:30 pm KINDRED SPIRIT PROJECTS
Presents: WTF-Curatorial cycle (space as a device)
With: Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues and João Silvério
6:00 pm MARISMA MAGAZINE
Presents: Marisma Tierra íntima no. 1 Andalusia
With: Ana Fernández