A Portuguese artistic showcase highlighting the country’s distinctive neo-realist works is now on at the Tap Seac Gallery as part of Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale, the Cultural Affairs Bureau has announced.
Curated by David Santos and José Maçãs de Carvalho, the Pavilion of Vila Franca de Xira: The Reinvention of the Real features paintings, photography, installations and videos created between 1999 and 2024 that are normally displayed at Portugal’s Museum of Neo-Realism.
The exhibition explores how contemporary Portuguese artists have critically reshaped reality through art, aligning with the Biennale’s central theme, “Hey, what brings you here?” Its namesake, Vila Franca de Xira, is a town on Portugal’s Tejo River that’s known for monuments related to bullfighting traditions as well as the Museum of Neo-Realism.
