Contemporânea

João Mourão and Luís Silva serve as Co-Directors of Kunsthalle Lissabon, which they both founded in 2009. They were the curators of the Portugal Pavilion in the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale (2022). A selection of recent projects they curated includes solo shows by Mounira Al Solh (Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal), Jonathas de Andrade (CRAC Alsace, Altkirsch, France and MAAT, Lisbon, Portugal), Manuel Solano (Pivô, São Paulo, Brasil), Pedro Barateiro (Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon, Portugal) and Carla Filipe (MAAT, Lisbon, Portugal). They are currently preparing Inês Zenha's first large institutional exhibition at CA2M, in Madrid and later at CAM Gulbenkian, in Lisbon. While co-directors of Kunsthalle Lissabon they have presented solo shows by Sonia Gomes, Teresa Solar, La Chola Poblete, Gabriel Chaile, Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe, Ad Minoliti, Zheng Bo, Laure Prouvost, Sol Calero, Petrit Halilaj and Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, to name a few. Besides their curatorial practice João Mourão and Luís Silva contribute regularly to various publications and have edited several monographs.