O Armário is an independent project that takes place in Lisbon at number 128 Calçada da Estrela. Its first exhibition took place in June 2014, as the continuation of the project ‘A Montra’, which occupied a shop window facing Calçada da Estrela in the same building between 2013 and 2016. Curated by Benedita Pestana it has been the stage for more than 40 interventions by artists of all predilections.
Stripped of its utilitarian function, the Cabinet is composed and decomposed in the hands of the artists, presenting itself as what it is: a piece of wooden furniture, 2 metres high, 1.18 metres wide and 0.35 metres deep; made up of two glass doors, three removable shelves and two drawers with brass handles. With a certain Duchampian flavour, the project is based on the logic of site specific, inviting artists to develop a work adapted to their circumstances and morphology. The works can be closed behind the Cabinet's glass doors, or extended to the room where they are installed. The artist is given carte blanche, with the condition of not damaging the object.
In 2022 e 2023, ‘O Armário’ became mobile and ventured out in a journey that began in Coimbra at the Colégio das Artes, with an installation by Gisela Casimiro, traveled to Almada to Casa da Cerca with a work by Alexandre Estrela. Stopped at Maus Hábitos, in the city of Oporto with an installation by Inês Brites. Continued to Caldas with Von Calhau! to the Museu José Malhoa and before returning home in June 2023 with a work by Luisa Cunha, ‘O Armário’ still passed in Évora with an installation of Belén Uriel.
- MARCO FRANCO2023/11/11 - 2024/01/31
- LEA MANAGIL2022/02/12 - 2022/03/19
- ANTÓNIO JÚLIO DUARTE E SANDRO AGUILAR2021/09/18 - 2021/11/24
- MUSA PARADISIACA2021/06/26 - ...
- JOÃO FONTE SANTA2021/04/15
- MARTINHA MAIA2020/11/13 - 2021/02/25
- ANDRÉ ROMÃO2020/09/19
- ANDREIA SANTANA2020/03/07 - 2020/04/22
- FRANCISCA AIRES MATEUS2019/12/07 - 2020/02/21
- SARA MEALHA2019/10/05 - 2019/11/28
- JOÃO MARÇAL2019/06/22 - 2019/09/09
- DIOGO EVANGELISTA2019/05/04
- ALICE GEIRINHAS2019/03/16 - 2019/04/24
- CONSTANÇA AROUCA2018/12/16 - 2019/02/28
- BRUNO CIDRA2018/10/20 - 2018/12/01
- NUNO HENRIQUE2018/05/12 - 2018/07/12
- RITA GT2017/09/22 - 2017/11/17
- VÂNIA ROVISCO E NUNO MOURA2017/09/22 - performance
- GONÇALO BARREIROS2017/07/07 - 2017/07/31
- ANA RITA TEODORO2017/05/27 - 2017/06/24
- ANA JOTTA2017/05/27 - 2017/06/24
- JOÃO JACINTO2017/04/22 - 2017/05/19
- ANDREA BRANDÃO2017/04/22 - vista da performance
- MARIA DO MAR2017/03/04 - performance
- SARA & ANDRÉ2017/03/04 - 2017/04/13
- LUISA CUNHA2017/01/28 - performance
- CECÍLIA COSTA2017/01/28 - 2017/02/25
- SUSANA POMBA2016/11/05 - performance / leitura
- RAQUEL MELGUE / SÓNIA BAPTISTA2016/11/05 - 2016/12/21
- JÉRÉMY PAJEANC2016/10/01 - 2016/10/31
- JAIME WELSH / MANUEL TAÍNHA2016/09/15 - 2016/09/25
- VÂNIA ROVISCO2016/07/16 - performance
- ANDRÉ ALVES2016/07/16 - 2016/09/13
- TOMÁS CUNHA FERREIRA2016/06/04 - 2016/07/12
- ANTÓNIO POPPE2016/04/30 - performance
- FELIPE ARTURO2016/04/30 - 2016/05/31
- GUSTAVO SUMPTA2016/03/19 - performance
- CATARINA LEITÃO2016/03/19 - 2016/04/13
- ANTÓNIO OLAIO2015/12/05 - 2016/01/17
- HUGO BARATA2015/10/24 - 2015/11/29
- RUI HORTA PEREIRA2015/09/12 - 2015/10/11
- ANA VIDIGAL2015/07/11 - 2015/09/06
- THIERRY SIMÓES2015/06/06 - 2015/07/05
- MARTA CALDAS2015/04/18 - 2015/05/24
- PEDRO VAZ2015-02-28 - 2015-03-25
- CARLOS CORREIA2015-01-17 - 2015-02-17
- BÁRBARA ASSIS PACHECO2014-11-29 - 2015-01-15
- ANTÓNIO CARAMELO2014-10-11 - 2014-11-28
- ARMANDA DUARTE2014-07-12 - 2014-10-05
- MARIANA GOMES2014-06-21 - 2014-07-09