(in exhibition)

TAKE 1

The opening exhibition, TAKE 1, presents a selection of works from Julião Sarmento's collection and takes as its reference the cinematographic action - the “first take” - to mark the beginning of an exhibition journey that will unfold in multiple readings. The show has two main themes: Art and Life, centered on friendship, love, sharing and celebration between artists; and Space and Architecture, revealing the artist's fascination with dwelling, the construction of architectural design and materiality.

Among the artists represented in this exhibition are key names in international contemporary art. The collection, marked by affective closeness and exchanges between peers, reflects a deep understanding of art as an expanded field of artistic relationships.

Exhibition Dates

Gallery 0, until 14/06/2026

Take 1 (04/06/2025 – 14/06/2026), © Pavilhão Julião Sarmento, 2025, Fábio Cunha

DEPOIS DE PARA SEMPRE,

Fernando Calhau and Rui Chafes

The new exhibition at the Pavilhão Julião Sarmento brings together 33 works from the Julião Sarmento Collection and places Fernando Calhau and Rui Chafes — two of the most represented artists in this collection — in dialogue. The exhibition focuses primarily on Calhau’s works, enabling an understanding of his artistic trajectory from an early phase marked by Pop and figurative references to the conceptual and minimalist approaches that became his distinctive signature.

The exhibition title, borrowed from a work by Rui Chafes, introduces a temporal dimension that exceeds chronology and proposes a reunion unfolding both within the exhibition space and in the symbolic realm of memory and permanence. By bringing Calhau and Chafes together, the exhibition also evokes the figure of Julião Sarmento as artist and collector, whose practice was marked by creative affinities and by a demanding recognition among peers.

On 22 April at 6pm, a talk will take place as part of the Gallery Talks series, with the participation of the artist Rui Chafes, the curator Isabel Carlos, and Daniel Peres, author of the exhibition booklet text.

Exhibition dates

Gallery 2, 07/03 – 14/06/2026

Fernando Calhau, Sem título/Untitled (Marilyn), 1970

(public programme)

GALLERY TALKS

Encounters between the artist, the work, and the public.

22/04/2026, 6pm

Talk in Gallery 2 with Rui Chafes

(about)

PAVILHÃO JULIÃO SARMENTO

The Pavilhão Julião Sarmento is a new museum in the city of Lisbon, with a compact, intimate scale and a distinctive, internationally-oriented programmatic approach.

The building is the result of the renovation and conversion of a former food warehouse into a contemporary art center, designed by architect João Luís Carrilho da Graça, with visual identity by Pedro Falcão. It houses the collection of artist Julião Sarmento (Lisbon, 1948–2021), which serves as the foundation for a multidisciplinary program where visual arts intersect with cinema, performance, and other forms—guided by Sarmento’s own words: "A work of art must always ask questions rather than make assertions."¹

¹ Catalogue “Julião Sarmento”, MAMAC Nice, Silvana Editoriale, 2014, p. 67.

TEAM

Director: Isabel Carlos

Deputy Director and Executive Coordinator: Flávia Violante

Research and Mediation: Daniel Peres

Communication and Collection Management: Ana Rocha

Production: Cristina Correia

Preventive Conservation and Exhibition Set up: Romeu Gonçalves

Welcome Desk: Filipa Baptista, Laura Mota, Pedro Lopes

ADMISSION

Admission fee

5€

Reduced fee

2,5€ (50%)

13 - 25 years old (non-Lisbon residents)

3,5€ (30%)

Persons with specific needs; Cultural professionals

4€ (20%)

CML workers
*Exempt from VAT under art. 9

Free Admission

Children up to 12 years old; 13 - 25 years old / + 65 years old (inclusive) (residents in Lisbon); Sundays and public holidays until 2pm (residents in Lisbon); Registered tourism professionals (RNAAT), journalists, researchers and teachers in office; Members of APOM, ICOM, AICA; Unemployed (residents in Lisbon); Accompanying persons with specific needs

Guided tours

Educational establishments – 2€ per class

Private groups (more than 5 participants) – 3€ per person