PORTO.- Lucid Reverie — Panorama of Portuguese Contemporary Art is the outcome of Hiuwai Chu and Raphael Fonseca’s year-and-a-half curatorial research. The exhibition showcases a selection of twenty artists and collectives from different generations, working across painting, sculpture, photography, moving image, sound, text, and installation.

It is a partial and yet intentional gesture towards mapping a scene often underrecognised beyond its borders, and it brings together a constellation of works that challenge disciplinary boundaries, resisting clear-cut definitions of national belonging.

Lucid Reverie foregrounds the curators’ non-linear approach, shaped by numerous studio visits, conversations, and meetings. It embraces ambiguity, multiplicity, and porousness — qualities that enrich our understanding of how to engage with a specific context via multiple vantage points.

Participating artists: Ana Vidigal, André Sousa, Andreia Santana, Belén Uriel, Dayana Lucas, Francisco Trêpa, Gonçalo Sena, Ilídio Candja, Joana Escoval, João Gabriel, João Pedro Vale & Nuno Alexandre Ferreira, Mané Pacheco, Mariana Caló & Francisco Queimadela, Sara Bichão, Sara Chang Yan, Silvestre Pestana, Sofia Borges, Teresa Murta, Tiago Madaleno, and Tiago Mestre.

Curated by Hiuwai Chu and Raphael Fonseca.