National Museum of Contemporary Art of Chiado

National Museum of Contemporary Art (Chiado Museum)
Established1911
LocationChiado, Lisbon
Coordinates38°42′32″N 9°08′28″W / 38.7089°N 9.1411°W / 38.7089; -9.1411
TypeArt museum
Visitors52,901 (2022)[1]
Websitewww.museuartecontemporanea.gov.pt/en
National Museum of Contemporary Art of Chiado is located in Portugal
National Museum of Contemporary Art of Chiado
Location of National Museum of Contemporary Art (Chiado Museum)
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"Grupo do Leão" (Lion's Group, 1885), painting by Columbano in the Chiado Museum

The National Museum of Contemporary Art of Chiado (Chiado Museum, in Portuguese: Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado – MNAC) is an art museum located in the Chiado neighbourhood of Lisbon, Portugal.[2] It was created in 1911 and re-inaugurated, in new installations, in 1994.

The museum covers the period between 1850 and 1950, with works by the foremost Portuguese artists of the period, as well as some foreigners.[3] It holds the best collection of Portuguese painting and sculpture from the Romanticism, Naturalism, and Modern periods.

Among the artists represented are António Silva Porto, António Carneiro, António Soares dos Reis, Miguel Ângelo Lupi, Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Abel Manta, Dórdio Gomes, Adriano Sousa Lopes, José de Almada Negreiros, Nadir Afonso, Mário Eloy, Francisco Augusto Metrass, Mónica de Miranda, Auguste Rodin, and many others.[3] The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions.

Since 1911, the Chiado Museum has occupied part of the old Convent of São Francisco (Saint Francis) in Lisbon, a building of mediaeval origin. The 1994 adaptation and renovation of the museum areas were done by French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte.[4][5]

Recent history

2021

During the confinements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Education Service launched the online lecture cycle ‘Conversas Sobre o Retrato’[6][7] that gave voice to several scholars specialized in Art History, Art Criticism, Painting, Photography, Literature and Fashion, as well as the drawing and painting course ‘O Fungagá das Artes’[8] presented by artists Nelson Ferreira and António Faria.[8][9][10] ‘O Fungagá das Artes’ proved to be extremely popular and reached 42,000 families per episode. The thousands of drawings made at home served as a ticket to MNAC for the whole family.[7][11][12] The program ‘O Fungagá das Artes’ was later awarded by the Portuguese Association of Museology with the APOM 2022 Award for best Education and Cultural Mediation Project.[13][14]

2022

As the museum is a space for dialogue and that caters for all age groups, the exhibition for children "The other life of animals" was organised. This show brought together several artists, having as its theme the loss of biodiversity.[15] MNAC also organized the first ever exhibition of Veloso Salgado in France, with about 60 artworks, making known the connection of this master to the painters of Wissant.[16] It also inaugurated Nelson Ferreira's exhibition "Painting rarefied the spirit" which was the fruit of the first artistic residency in MNAC's Sculpture Garden. This show displayed watercolours inspired by the museum's permanent collection, and these paintings were a tribute to academic artists.[17] The blue tones present in the paintings executed during this artistic residency led to the creation of the experimental short film Azul no Azul (English title:Blue in Blue).[18][19][20][21]

References

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  2. ^ "National Museum of Contemporary Art". EuroVelo Portugal. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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  4. ^ "MNAC: History". www.museuartecontemporanea.gov.pt.
  5. ^ Architecte, Jean-Michel WILMOTTE. "National Museum of Contemporary Art - Chiado MuseumProject — Wilmotte & Associés". www.wilmotte.fr. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Ciclo de conversas sobre o retrato no MNAC". Gerador (in European Portuguese). 10 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Dilemas Quotidianos". MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA DO CHIADO. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b "A reinvenção dos museus em época de confinamento: O exemplo que vem do MNAC". a.muse.arte (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  9. ^ Marques, Cláudia Alpendre. "Leituras, desenhos, animais e outras paisagens: ideias para relaxar em família". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Museu de Arte Contemporânea está a oferecer aulas gratuitas de desenho online". NiT (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Museu do Chiado reforça atividade virtual com conversas, filmes e cursos de desenho – Observador". observador.pt. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  12. ^ Silva, Raquel Dias da. "Estas aulas de desenho grátis dão direito a bilhetes para o MNAC". Time Out Lisboa (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Premios 2022 – APOM" (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Veja aqui a lista de Prémios 2022 da Associação Portuguesa de Museologia". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 27 May 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  15. ^ "THE OTHER LIFE OF ANIMALS". MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA DO CHIADO. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Veloso Salgado". MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA DO CHIADO. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  17. ^ "Painting rarefied the spirit". Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  18. ^ "short film 'Azul no Azul' (Blue in Blue)". MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA DO CHIADO. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Azul no Azul, a Lisbona il nuovo lavoro del regista varesino Gianmarco Donaggio". VareseNews (in Italian). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  20. ^ Bordino, Margherita (11 August 2022). "Azul no Azul: il corto dedicato al Museo MNAC di Lisbona" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  21. ^ Tartagliaarte.org (23 August 2022). "Azul no Azul: viaggio nell'arte contemporanea del Museo MNAC di Lisbona - TARTAGLIA ARTE" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 September 2022.