Fall programme at MAAT: five new exhibitions
The September and October programme features five new exhibitions at the MAAT Gallery, MAAT Central and MAAT Garden.
In September, Black Ancient Futures brings to Portugal African artists and/or members of the vast African diaspora reimagining a past, a present and a future for the black artistic experience in a transcontinental reality, speculating on the possibility of a universe of spaces, actions and utopian dreams of abundance and well-being changing the hierarchies and geographies of contemporary creation.
is the most ambitious and comprehensive exhibition of the work of William Klein (1926-2022), recognised as one of the most influential photographers of the second half of the 20th century, on the European continent since his death.
The same day sees the opening of the exhibition All the World’s a Stage the most ambitious and comprehensive exhibition of the work of William Klein (1926-2022), recognised as one of the most influential photographers of the second half of the 20th century, on the European continent since his death. The exhibition covers the various strands of his work - street photography, fashion, cinema, painting and graphic design. Also in September, INVERTED ON US opens, an exhibition featuring new works in painting, photography and installation by Portuguese artist Catarina Dias.
Two important exhibitions in this year's programme open at the end of October. The Oval Gallery will present more than 500 paintings by Vivian Suter, a Swiss-Argentine artist who has explored the possibilities of painting, particularly in its relationship with nature. Next door, in Gallery 2, several light installations will be exhibited by British artist Anthony McCall, a seminal figure since the 1970s in the field of the intersections between experimental film, sculpture and drawing.
By bringing exhibitions by widely recognised artists to the Portuguese public for the first time, these proposals reinforce MAAT on the international art scene, and as an institution that promotes meetings and reflections on the daily challenges of current criticism and thought. It should be noted that after MAAT, Vivian Suter's exhibition will be presented in the summer of 2025 at the Palais Tokyo in Paris, an institution that has associated itself with the project conceived by MAAT.
