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Paper plane, from the series Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes @ Fundação Leal Rios, Lisbon
14 May 2025 /

Paper plane, from the series Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes @ Fundação Leal Rios, Lisbon

Paper plane, from the series Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes is included in the group exhibition “…daquele que é (des)objecto III. This exhibition runs from 15.05.2025 to 22.09.2025.

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Civilisation: The Way we live now @ The Kunsthalle München, Germany
9 April 2025 /

Civilisation: The Way we live now @ The Kunsthalle München, Germany

Civilization: The Way we Live now, an exhibition curated by William Ewing featuring works from the series The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite, The Time Machine and 00:00.00 is  exhibited at The Kunsthalle München, Germany. This exhibition will run from 09 April until  24 August 2025.

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Edgar Martins’ work is featured in the cover of the London Magazine
1 April 2025 /

Edgar Martins’ work is featured in the cover of the London Magazine

Edgar Martins’ Cannibalism (from the series ‘The Rate of Convergence from Two Opposing System Trajectories’, 2010) is featured in the front cover of The London Magazine’s April/May issue. 

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Botanical, works from the Encontros de Fotografia collection @ Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra, Portugal
30 March 2025 /

Botanical, works from the Encontros de Fotografia collection @ Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra, Portugal

This exhibition brings together works from the Encontros de Fotografia collection, including works developed as part of a specialist collaboration between CAV and Edgar Martins. The exhibition will be on display from 30.03-15.06.2025.

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Libyan dissident in hiding, from the series “Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt…”. @ MACAM, Lisbon, Portugal
23 March 2025 /

Libyan dissident in hiding, from the series “Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt…”. @ MACAM, Lisbon, Portugal

This triptych Libyan dissent in hiding, from the serie series “Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone. He has a Gung-ho Finger and a Grief-stricken Thumb,” 2023 is included in the inaugural exhibition of Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins (MACAM), Lisbon, Portugal, War: Reality, Myth and Fiction, curated by Adelaide Ginga. The exhibition will be on display from 26.03-13.10.2025.

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Class of the Visible, works from the Ilídio Pinho Foundation collection @ Abel Salazar Building, University of Porto, Portugal
12 February 2025 /

Class of the Visible, works from the Ilídio Pinho Foundation collection @ Abel Salazar Building, University of Porto, Portugal

This exhibition brings together over 120 works by renowned artists including Vieira da Silva, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso , Paula Rego Edgar Martins, among others. The show featuring early works from Edgar Martins’ The Accidental Theorist and The Diminishing Present series. The exhibition will be on display from 11.02-31.05.2025.

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‘Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone. He has a Gung-ho Finger and Grief-stricken Thumb.’ opens @ Galeria Daniel Cuevas, Madrid
30 January 2025 /

‘Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone. He has a Gung-ho Finger and Grief-stricken Thumb.’ opens @ Galeria Daniel Cuevas, Madrid

“Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone. He has a Gung-ho Finger and Grief-stricken Thumb.” opens at Galeria Daniel Cuevas, Madrid. This exhibition runs from 30.01 – 30.03.2025. This part-documentary, part-speculative project is based on a poignant and very personal story and experience: the death and disappearance of Edgar Martins’ close friend, photojournalist Anton Hammerl, during the 2011 Libyan war. The project takes Hammerl’s story as a jumping off point to reflect on the decisive but paradoxical role that photography has played in conflict zones, photographic ethics and the misinformation ecosystem surrounding war.

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Letter of departure in the form of a will, from the series Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes @ Cloud Seven, Brussels
21 January 2025 /

Letter of departure in the form of a will, from the series Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes @ Cloud Seven, Brussels

Letter of departure in the form of a will, from the series Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes, 2016, is included in the group exhibition A Public Affair: Final Act, curated by Bayao Hassan Bello @ Cloudd Seven, Brussels. This exhibition runs from 22.01.2205 to 29.03.2025.

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Paper plane, from the series Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes @ Fundação Leal Rios, Lisbon
9 October 2024 /

Paper plane, from the series Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes @ Fundação Leal Rios, Lisbon

Paper plane, from the series Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes is included in the group exhibition “…daquele que é (des)objecto II. This exhibition runs from 27.09.2204 to 22.02.2025.

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‘Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone. He has a Gung-ho Finger and Grief-stricken Thumb.’ opens @ Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon
21 September 2024 /

‘Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone. He has a Gung-ho Finger and Grief-stricken Thumb.’ opens @ Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon

“Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone. He has a Gung-ho Finger and Grief-stricken Thumb.” opens at Galeria Filomena Soares Lisbon. This exhibition runs from 21.04 – 16.11.2024. This part-documentary, part-speculative project is based on a poignant and very personal story and experience: the death and disappearance of Edgar Martins’ close friend, photojournalist Anton Hammerl, during the 2011 Libyan war. The project takes Hammerl’s story as a jumping off point to reflect on the decisive but paradoxical role that photography has played in conflict zones, photographic ethics and the misinformation ecosystem surrounding war.

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Untitled, from the series Reluctant Monoliths @ CAM (Centro de Arte Moderna), Lisbon
20 September 2024 /

Untitled, from the series Reluctant Monoliths @ CAM (Centro de Arte Moderna), Lisbon

Untitled (from the series Reluctant Monoliths), from the Centro de Arte Moderna (CAM) collection integrates the Open Storage of the Centro de Arte Moderna’s inaugural exhibition programme. This exhibition runs from 21.09.2024 – 11.05.2025.

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Paper plane (from the series Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Intreludes), from the Fundação Leal Rios collection @ FARRA, Festa da Arte em rede na regioão do Alentejo, Forte de Santa Luzia
28 July 2024 /

Paper plane (from the series Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Intreludes), from the Fundação Leal Rios collection @ FARRA, Festa da Arte em rede na regioão do Alentejo, Forte de Santa Luzia

Paper plane (from the series Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Intreludes), from the Fundação Leal Rios collection integrates the exhibition … DAQUELE QUE É (DES)OBJECTO @ FARRA, Festa da Arte em rede na regioão der Alentejo, Forte de Santa Luzia. This exhibition runs from 27 July – 28 August 2024.

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