ARTISTS, HERITAGE AND THE MUSEUM-MUNHAC Lisboa

We are happy to invite you to the opening of the group exhibition 

ARTISTS, HERITAGE AND THE MUSEUM

- An event of the France-Portugal Season -

Opening Reception: 12TH FEBRUARY, h17-20

Exhibition: 1st - 28^th February, Tuesday - Sunday,  h10-h17

Finissage (with the official representation of the France-Portugal Season): 28TH FEBRUARY, h18.

Museum of Natural History, Lisbon, Portugal

Artists:

Julien Creuzet; Susana Gaudêncio, José de Guimarães; Kiluanji Kia Henda; Théo Mercier, Mariana Caló e Francisco Queimadela; Sergio Verastegui;

Curators: Marta Jecu and Sofia Marçal

Inserted into the official calendar of the France-Portugal 2022 Season, this initiative bears the seal of the CeiED, Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Education and Development Universidade Lusofona.

In the context of a recent preoccupation with extra-European heritage, the history of scientific museology and the colonial and postcolonial thought associated with it, the institution museum and the way in which it frames history, have been intensely scrutinized. The project analyzes through the lens of contemporary art museums as a media for communicating information and of viewing heritage. The exhibition is examining contemporary art's contribution as a tool for rethinking and democratization of "the museological device" and for stimulating public engagement. It aims to reflect upon emerging artistic methodologies and contributions that question the material and ephemeral 'heritage' object.

SPECIAL EVENTS:

21^st February, h15-h17, Conversation with Prof. Dr. Mario Moutinho, dean of Universidade Lusofona

22^ndand 24^thFebruary: h10-12.30Mediated program with members of the Museology Department of Universidade Lusofona, Lisbon: Fabiana Ferreira, Helionida Pavel, Heloisa Vivanco, Maria Luisa Moita, Maria Monsalves, prof. Margarida Belchior, Paula Fiuza, Roberta Gonçalves, Karol Pacheco

12^th, 15^th, 19^th, 25^thand 28^thFebruary: Screening SOMBRA LUMINOSA, film by Mariana Caló e Francisco Queimadela in the Amfiteatro of Museu de Historia Natural, during opening hours.

3^rdand 15^thFebruary: Exhibition tour with curator Marta Jecu

WARM THANKS to all thé participating artists to thé partner gallery Highart Paris/Arles, to Mor Charpentier Paris, Galeria Filomena Soares and special thanks to Galeria Casado Santapau Madrid. Many thanks for the generous contributions of the associated events, that consolidade this project. So many thanks for the constant support of CeiED and the Department of Museology at Universidade Lusofona, to the France-Portugal Season, to FMSH, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'homme, Paris, to Ocupart and to designer Amir Afendras.