Group exhibition

MAC/CCB, Lisbon

25.10.2025 - 05.04.2026

Could one imagine a building in one of the most sought-after areas of Lisbon being entirely occupied by artists? Between 2006 and 2014, such a singularity existed at 211 Avenida da Liberdade—which, according to those who were its artist-tenants, curators, and frequent visitors, was home to an unrepeatable experiment in the city’s contemporary art scene.

For nearly a decade, the building’s four floors (owned by Banco Espírito Santo, founded in 1869 and collapsed in 2014) housed several dozen artists, musicians, and curatorial projects. Occupation was free and temporary, providing a degree of autonomy and flexibility beyond institutional models and commercial logics.

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Photo: António Jorge Silva