The Amélia de Mello Foundation Gallery is hosting the new exhibition “Enciclopédia Negra”, in partnership with the Pinacoteca de São Paulo and the School of the Arts of Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Curated by Flávio Gomes, Jaime Lauriano and Lilia Moritz-Schwarcz, the exhibition is part of a vast project that began in 2016 and aims to increase the visibility of black personalities who are little known to date.
Jaime Lauriano defines it as a way of “humanising the issue of racism”. A total of 104 portraits make up the exhibition, which is not only visual, but above all discursive, restoring the “discourse of those who have been silenced”, he emphasises.
“It's a great honour to host an exhibition on an absolutely central theme: the reconfiguration of contemporary cities”, said the President of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Isabel Capeloa Gil, at the opening of the exhibition.
“Enciclopédia Negra” takes on a new light at the Amélia de Mello Foundation Gallery, a space that is intended “for sharing and integration”, recalled the President of the University, who was responsible for its foundation in 2018. Since then, the gallery has hosted “16 exhibitions featuring 433 works in a wide variety of media, showcasing 115 Portuguese and international artists”, emphasised Paulo Pinto, the gallery's director.
Thanks to Cultura at Católica, “artistic creation has found its place on campus”. Since then, the gallery has welcomed more than 4,500 visitors, including “more than 120 guided tours for students, teachers, researchers and people and organisations from outside UCP”.
The exhibition can be visited at the UCP campus in Lisbon, every weekday between 2pm and 5pm. To book a group visit, interested parties should send an email to culturacatolica@gmail.com.
