Miscellaneous < Back ROMAN AMPHORA, 5th c. AD Roman Amphora Type: Lusitana IV, produced for the transportation of garo (garum) or liquamen Lusitania, 3rd-1st half of 5th century AD Light brown clay; partly with marine vegetation H 61,5 cm Prov.: former private collection in North Rhine-Westphalia since 1969, acquired from Adolf Buch, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Archeological < Back LOBED VASE Lobed vase from the Colima culture, Mexico circa 2 BC - 2 AD Glossy monochrome terracotta H 8 x W 14,5 x D 14,5 cm

Naturalia < Back WOOD LOG SCULPTURE Wood log sculptured by termites Africa, circa 1950 H 215 x D 14 cm

Exhibitions Archive < Back JOÃO LOURO | La Teoria dell'Evoluzione BESSA PEREIRA GALLERY, MILAN OPENING 19 de out. de 2023 CLOSING 8 de nov. de 2023 We could not be more delighted to announce the official launch of a project that opens its doors to an international public and market, exclusively dedicated to contemporary art, which stems from Galeria Bessa Pereira's decade-long experience in the Portuguese capital. Choosing Milan as its starting point, Bessa Pereira Gallery inaugurates the 2023 autumn season with an individual exhibition by artist João Louro, already known in Italy for his participation in the 2015 Venice Art Biennale. The artist marks his return with this new exhibition ' La Teoria dell’Evoluzione ', curated by Mario Codognato, which will open on Thursday 19 October, at 6pm, in Via Tortona, 30 . We therefore invite you to the inauguration cocktail, where we will toast the beginning of this new adventure. Previous Next

Ceramics < Back Dieter Crumbiegel (Germany, 1938 - ) Germany, 1985, Gres, 32 x 30 x 10 cm.

Exhibitions Archive < Back LAAF 2022 Lisboa OPENING 29 de abr. de 2022 CLOSING 7 de mai. de 2022 SAVE THE DATE! We are very pleased to be present at the next edition of the LAAF, at Cordoaria Nacional from April 30th to May 8th, and super excited to welcome you. Don't miss our 5 days programme of curated talks "Conversas Sobre Arte"! Previous Next

Archeological < Back CLAY VASE Vase from the Lambayeque culture, Peru Circa 1100AD/1400AD Brown and orange clay H 22 x W 14,5 x D 13,5 cm Observations : Incised decoration on base depiction waves and steps. Faded pictorial layer, slight perception of polychromy.

Modern Art < Back RENÉ BERTHOLO Attended ESBAL between 1951 and 1957, but his experimental drive prevented a more linear academic path and, in 1957, he left for Munich. In the following year, he settled in Paris, with Lourdes Castro, producing an abstract matrix painting, which progressively admits the neofigurative exercise, as well as the informalist experiences still affiliated with the psychic automatism techniques dear to the surrealist heritage. In those early years lived in Paris, his commitment to the edition of the magazine KWY (1958–1963) also stands out. From the 1960s onwards, René Bertholo's aesthetic was defined around a playful imagery, in an almost DIY exercise where objects and small figures populate the pictorial space from a dimension of constant and reused montage. In 1966–67, the first "Reduced Models" appear, built mechanical objects that convert in real motion some of the figurative symbols of Bertholo's painting (tree, cloud, etc.), from the action of small engines that are also and displayed in the visual plane of the work. There, the objectual and procedural condition of the work of art is questioned, in an absolutely innovative exercise in modern Portuguese art. Motivated by studies carried out in the early 70s in Berlin, Bertholo will make a series of "sound machines" where he delves into some of the issues previously touched on, assembling and reassembling sounds from everyday life. Since 1974, his painting has undergone an adjustment in the treatment of miniaturized figuration, configuring it in a more narrative level, where the pictorial appears in the allegorical definition of the pluralized space of the painting, thus the image being the stage of a very particular band drawn. The process of reusing or reassembling figures and objects previously presented will be carried out in recent years, still using computer graphics that facilitate the author's stylistic resource, confirming a favorite image from which some autobiographical references have never been absent. Le Jour et la Nuit, 1969 [off] Metal, painted metal and electric system 35,0cm (W) x 30,5cm (H) x 7,0cm (D) Le Jour et la Nuit, 1969 [on] Metal, painted metal and electric system 35,0cm (W) x 30,5cm (H) x 7,0cm (D) Le Jour et la Nuit, 1969 [label] Metal, painted metal and electric system 35,0cm (W) x 30,5cm (H) x 7,0cm (D)

Modern Design < Back ACHILLE CASTIGLIONI LAMP, 1988 Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88 Designer: Achille Castiglioni (1938-2000 ) Italy, 1988 Production: Flos 80 cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned on with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [detail with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned on with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [detail with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned on with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [detail with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned on with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [detail with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned on with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [detail with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned on with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [detail with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned on with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [detail with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned on with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [detail with opaque bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs) Achille Castiglioni lamp, 1988 [turned off with transparent bulbs] Achille Castiglioni ( 1938-2000 ), Italy Ceiling lamp model Taraxacum ‘88, 1988 Production - Flos 80cm (Diameter with bulbs)

Contemporary Art < Back LUÍSA CORREIA PEREIRA Lisboa, 1945 - 2009 Luísa Correia Pereira nasceu em Lisboa em 1945 e faleceu na mesma cidade em 2009 . Viveu no Rio de Janeiro entre 1962 a 1968 e trabalhou na organização do IV Centenário do Rio de Janeiro. Em 1968 vai para Paris , onde viveu até 1974. Estudou no Instituto Católico de Paris onde frequentou o curso de Bibliotecária - Documentalista e trabalhou na Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques. Simultaneamente inicia o seu trabalho plástico. No início dos anos 70 o seu trabalho incide sobretudo no desenho ( grattage e frottage ) e na exploração de técnicas de impressão: gravura , xilogravura , serigrafia , monotipia . Foi bolseira da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian em 1972-1974, e desenvolveu o seu trabalho de gravura no Atelier Friedlaender do gravador Stanley William Hayter em Paris. Com a Revolução dos Cravos regressa a Lisboa e em 1979-1980 é de novo bolseira da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, obtendo da Fundação sucessivos apoios ao seu trabalho nas décadas de 80 e 90. La Terre Rouge Plus Les Arbres, 1973, mixed media on paper, 37,6x45,1 cm Les Animaux En Rose, 1973, mixed media on paper, 36x51 cm S/titulo, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 65x46 cm Uma Barra Vermelha c/ Pintas Azuis e Amarelas, 1973, mixed media on paper, 59,5x39,5 cm S/titulo, 1973, gouache on paper, 39,8x59,7 cm S/titulo, 1973, mixed media on paper, 29,6x39,5 cm