"Art Lisbon" is back in town. Between 19 and 24 November, IDF (Nations Park) hosted the 8th edition of the event, with the participation of seventy national and foreign galleries. Among
advances and setbacks, controversy and some other economic problems, the route from Lisbon Art has been anything but peaceful, suffering through the inevitable obstacles that arise in the preparation all issues and therefore ultimately play a role of little significance globally. Unable to attract the interest of galleries from more attractive markets, like England, Germany or France, ends up going Arte Lisboa raise most of the participating galleries in the neighboring country. Occasionally, its range is extended to other countries, especially Portuguese-speaking, although its presence is almost residual. It is therefore ; a peripheral event and outside the major events of its kind in Europe.
this 8th edition of Art Lisbon interested to know, above all, if your organization has the ability to take a new approach involving a perspective of continuity, leaving the autism that has characterized ú ; EXTENT editions. The question is whether the Lisbon Art continues to entangle themselves in their own ball, "proudly alone", and little interested in capturing new audiences. For now, judging by the series of debates scheduled - poor, unpopular and accessible only to a specialized minority - the disbelief is great. To give over the next week.
