The exhibition “Other borders”, dedicated to the centenary of the birth of the plastic artist Artur Bual, is inaugurated Thursday in the parts of the Amadora Council, continuing the program of homage to the painter, announced the autarchy.
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02/09/2026
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Lusa
Artur Bual
A shows is an extension of the exhibition “O Amor é Redondo”, patented in the Municipal Gallery Artur Bual, and presents a set of works that “evidence the singularity and expressive force of the artistic path” of Bual, according to the Amadora Municipal Council.
The exhibition “Other borders” is part of an exhibition program dedicated to the painter, sculptor and ceramist in the year that marks the 100 years of his birth, which also includes an exhibition of drawings at the Auditorium Rogério Rodrigues, in the Municipal Library Fernando Piteira Santos.
As for the exhibition “O Amor é Redondo”, inaugurated in May at the Artur Bual Municipal Gallery, is organized in seven thematic centers corresponding to different phases of the work of Bual and remains patent until September 27.
Until September 27th, the exhibition can still be visited “I forget that I am Painter...”, dedicated to the artist’s original drawings, which brings together works performed in different techniques, such as graphite, ink-ink and watery, as well as drawings made on paper tablecloths.
Outside the Municipal Gallery Artur Bual remains patent a show of large panels with reproductions of paintings of the artist and texts of authors who wrote about his work. The panels, installed in prism and cube structures, will remain until December 31.
Considered one of the greatest names of the Portuguese painting of the second half of the 20th century and of the pioneers of gestural painting (abstract expressionism) in Portugal, Artur Mendes de Sousa Bual was born in Lisbon, on August 16, 1926, spent his childhood in Torres Novas and began his studies in Santarém, having established himself in Amadora in the 1950s.
It was at Amadora that she developed much of her creative path and where she remained until her death in 1999.
His multifaceted work in the plastic arts is represented in institutions such as the Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, national museums and several frescoes in chapels by Alentejo and Ribatejo.
The exhibition “Other borders”, which is inaugurated on Thursday, at 6:30 p.m., will be patent until 6 December, with free entry, in the Paços do Conselho da Amadora, integrated in the celebrations of the 47th anniversary of Amadora Municipality.