Ana Jotta, António Palolo, Augusto Alves da Silva, Fernanda Fragateiro, Helena Almeida, Inês Botelho, João Queiroz, Jorge Molder, Julião Sarmento, Paulo Nozolino, Rui Sanches, Sara Bichão, among others.
Around 90 works by 58 major figures of Portuguese contemporary art are featured in Turn around. A look at the Fundação EDP Art Collection, forming one of the most significant presentations of an institutional collection central to the history of contemporary Portuguese art, from the 1960s to the present.
Visitors are welcomed by the voice of Luisa Cunha (Turn Around, 2007), followed immediately by Manuel Baptista's sculpture Duplo Objecto (1960–70/2011) — a simplified drawing of a shrub. At the entrance to the new gallery spaces, photographs by Jorge Molder (from the series Human Condition, 2005) open this expansive journey.
The exhibition brings together a selection drawn from a collection of over 2,450 works, reflecting the long and wide-ranging programming of Fundação EDP and MAAT — through the acquisition of works by artists who exhibited here, those recognised by the Foundation's various prizes, and the broader vitality of the Portuguese art scene. Among the artists represented, six have been distinguished with the Grande Prémio Fundação EDP Arte and four with the Prémio Novos Artistas Fundação EDP.
Established in 2000, the EDP Foundation Collection is now one of the most extensive and diverse institutional collections of contemporary art in Portugal. Recognised as an important repository for understanding the artistic trends and transformations that have marked the last few decades in the country, the collection comprises around 2,500 works by more than 340 artists, including figures who stood out in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as more recent generations, particularly artists born after the 1974 Revolution. The collection highlights the diversity of languages, conceptual stances, and aesthetic orientations that characterise the contemporary landscape of artistic practices in Portugal.
















