Spoken in french.

France Culture’s general culture program is decentralized for five days in Lisbon and will be broadcast live from Teatro São Luiz.

As part of the Portugal-France 2022 Season, Matthieu Garrigou-Lagrange explores five major themes that are part of the culture related to Portugal. From the History of Tiles to Fado, Architecture, to two great painters, Paula Rego and Helena Vieira da Silva, curiosity will rule.

Live streaming at https://www.franceculture.fr/.

February 14th
Monday, 14h
The History and Significance of Azulejos (tiles)
With: Maria Antónia Pinto de Matos, former director of the National Tile Museum and Alexandre Pais, actual director of the National Tile Museum

February 15th
Tuesday, 14h
Lisbon and Portuguese Cultural Life
With: Joana Gomes Cardoso, Chairman of the Board of Directors of EGEAC; Tiago Bartolomeu-Costa, independent editor and programmer and Vasco Câmara, editor of Ípsilon, cultural supplement of Público newspaper

February 16th
Wednesday, 14h
The History of Fado
With: Rui Vieira Nery, musicologist and music historian, author of Para uma História do Fado (ed.  Corda Seca & Público) translated into French by Editions de la Différence, em 2015

February 17th
Thursday, 14h
The Portuguese Architecture
With: Nuno Grande, architect, researcher, critic, curator of the exhibition Os Universalistas, 50 Anos de Arquitetura Portuguesa na Cité de l’Architecture & du Patrimoine em 2016

February 18th
Friday, 14h
Portuguese Feminine Painting: Maria Helena Vieira da Silva and Paula Rego
With: Marina Bairrão Ruivo, director of the Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva Foundation and Helena de Freitas, art historian, former director of the Paula Rego Museum, in Cascais

Event organized as part of the Portugal-France 2022 Season.