Echoes from the Collection – Fernando Pessoa's Bedroom, I, II, III, by Manuel Amado

Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00–18.00

The exhibition is part of Casa Fernando Pessoa's tour

On display from 27 October 2026 to 7 February 2027

The Casa Fernando Pessoa preserves more than just memories: it houses a unique art collection, bringing together notable figures from the 1950s onwards, including works from various exhibitions held at the Casa since 1993.

The final work of the year to emerge from storage into the exhibition gallery is the triptych O Quarto de Fernando Pessoa (Fernando Pessoa's Bedroom) by Manuel Amado. An architect by training, Amado is a visual artist whose practice developed primarily within the realm of painting.

Art historian Mariana Pinto dos Santos provides the accompanying essay for the exhibition.

 

Manuel Amado (Lisbon, 1938–2019) was a Portuguese painter and architect. The son of theater director Fernando Amado, he grew up immersed in the arts and theater. With a degree in Architecture, he left the profession in 1987 to dedicate himself exclusively to painting — a career path strongly marked by the influence of De Chirico, Magritte, and Edward Hopper. His pictorial work, structured in thematic series, explores transitory spaces, cinema, theater, maritime landscapes, and the memory of the houses he lived in.

 

About Mariana Pinto dos Santos

She is an art historian, independent curator, and professor in the Department of Art History at NOVA FCSH, where she is also deputy director of the Art History Institute and coordinates the Almada Negreiros – Sarah Affonso Study and Documentation Center. Her research focuses on modernity and modernisms, the circulation of the avant-garde, and art theory. Her selected curatorial projects include José de Almada Negreiros: uma maneira de ser moderno (Gulbenkian, 2017), Manuel Amado – Pintura sem Álibi (MASVS, 2020), Problemas do Primitivismo – a partir de Portugal (com Marta Mestre, CIAJG, 2024) e Neorrealismos, ou a politização da arte em Júlio Pomar (2025). She is a co-founder of the Saguão publishing house.