(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.

Exhibition dates

Gallery 2, 07/03 – 14/06/2026

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

(public programme)

LAST SATURDAY TOURS

On the last Saturday of each month, at 11:30 am, the Pavilhão Julião Sarmento offers a general guided tour of the current exhibitions and the architecture that houses them.

REGISTRATION Register via the link below, contact us through (+351) 218383350, email or in person at our ticket office.

DURATION / CAPACITY 1h30m Max.: 30 participants

ADMISSION The admission ticket grants access to the guided tour. All discounts on our price list apply.

General guided tour of the exhibitions TAKE 1 and Depois de Para Sempre. Fernando Calhau e Rui Chafes 30/05/2026, 11:30am with Portuguese Sign Language (duration: 1h30) We will begin by visiting TAKE 1, the first long-term exhibition at the Pavilhão Julião Sarmento, which is now entering its final weeks after a year in which it presented a vast selection of works by national and international artists from the Coleção Julião Sarmento. Afterwards, we will move on to Depois de Para Sempre. Fernando Calhau e Rui Chafes, a temporary exhibition encompassing works by Fernando Calhau (1948–2002) from 1968 to 2000 and re-establishing conversations between his work and that of the sculptor Rui Chafes (b. 1966). Two remarkable creative paths, which are among the most represented in the Coleção Julião Sarmento, where they have a place for a reunion. Registration

From Warehouse to Museum Pavilhão Julião Sarmento’s architecture + Exhibitions in preparation 27/06/2026, 11:30am (duration: 1h30) Located in Belém, near the Tagus River, the Pavilhão Julião Sarmento’s building had a previous life. We invite you to understand how the architect João Luís Carrilho (1952) da Graça, a close friend of Julião Sarmento (1948–2021), transformed this former warehouse into a new art space, home of a unique Collection and the place for a cultural program in permanent dialogue with contemporaneity. This visit will also include a special moment: with new exhibitions being installed, we'll get a behind-the-scenes look at the preparation of the exhibition space. Registration

(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