Paulo Cunha e Silva Art Prize
2023
17.06.2023 - 28.08.2026
Opening
17/06/2023
Venue
GMP — 0 and 1 Floors
Admission
Free
Created by the City Council as a tribute to the late Councillor for Culture Paulo Cunha e Silva (1962 – 2015), a central figure for the city’s artistic life, the award, held every two years in Porto, recognises the talent of new generations of national and international artists.
This year’s edition underlined the Prize’s commitment to fostering creation and cultural exchange by establishing a partnership with three world-recognised residency programmes: Arquipélago Centro de Artes in S. Miguel, Azores, Cove Park, on Scotland’s West Coast, and Pivô, in São Paulo, will all host one of the nominated artists, appointed by a jury of three members.
The nominators for the 2023 edition: artist Ângela Ferreira, Jan van Eyck Academie Director Hicham Khalidi, and cultural programmer Tabitha Thorlu-Bangura.
The artists nominated were: Euridice Zaituna Kala, Marilú Mapengo Námoda, Luis M. S. Santos (nominated by Ângela Ferreira), Rouzbeh Akhbari, Kent Chan, Hira Nabi (nominated by Hicham Khalidi), Maren Karlson, Malik Nashad Sharpe (Marikiscrycrycry) and Eve Stainton (nominated by Tabitha Thorlu-Bangura).
The prized winners of this year’s edition were: Marilú Mapengo Námoda (selected for the residency at Arquipélago – Centro de Artes Contemporâneas, in the Azores; Luis M. S. Santos (selected for the Cove Park space in Scotland); and Kent Chan (selected for a residency at Pivô Arte e Pesquisa, in Brazil).
Photographs: Dinis Santos
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Paulo Cunha e Silva Art Prize
1st edition
Exhibition
12.09 — 15.11.2020
Curated by
Guilherme Blanc e João Laia
