Essays (On the table). From the collection of the Museum of Lisbon and the Bordalo Pinheiro Museum

The exhibition TESTS (ON THE TABLE): From the collection of the Museum Museum and the Bordalo Pinheiro Museum is the culmination of the work developed over the course of the year by the collective of curators of the second edition of the Postgraduate Programme in Art Curatorship at the Faculty of Social of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the New University of Lisbon (FCSH/NOVA 2016/2017). The exhibition project was part of the official programme of Galeria Quadrum | Galerias Municipais de Lisboa, and ran from 20 July to 1 October of 2017. The curatorial work centred on the collections of the Museum of Museum and the Bordalo Pinheiro Museum, with the aim of giving these collections a common life by to these collections, bringing together different experiences of reflection, sharing and debate, through a programme of performative, educational and discursive activities that took place throughout the exhibition. As part of the exhibition's parallel programme ENSAIOS (ON THE MESA), various activities open to the whole community were organised: guided tours guided tours, ateliers, workshops and informal meetings, such as the Marathon, which took place on 23 and 24 September at the Quadrum Gallery, which enriched the reflection and debate on the exhibition, the collection and the city with the participation of thirty guests.