A Grande Feira

For the 2026 edition of Lisbon Design Week, I am presenting the culmination of a five-year cycle marked by 11 thematic fairs held in my studio in Campo de Ourique. The exhibition A GRANDE FEIRA brings together around 60 artists who shaped this collective story and serves as the stage for the launch of O LIVRO DAS FEIRAS.

The book grows from a desire to resist the transience of the fairs — preserving an ephemeral gesture by gathering the memories, ideas, collaborations and moments that turned them into a creative laboratory. It is also an expression of gratitude to a generous community that took on challenges, explored new ground and built, together, a space for discovery and encounter.

The launch and exhibition take place at the historical Farmácia Gomes — opened in 1934 and unchanged in its original architecture. A former laboratory and place of knowledge and craft, the venue is the ideal setting in which to revisit this journey: its drawers, display cases and quiet corners hold pieces from the fairs, re-editions of earlier works and new proposals sparked by those same challenges.

The book will be launched on 28 May at 15:00 with a conversation between three artists who took part in the fairs — Inês Meneses, Isa Toledo and Madalena Parreira (Hunchback Society) — and Joana & Mariana, the book’s graphic designers. Bringing together publishing and curatorship, book and exhibition, I celebrate not only the closing of this cycle but the energy it released — a place of surprise and ongoing creativity.

Exhibition
A GRANDE FEIRA
27 — 31 May
12:00 — 18:00
Late Opening
Saturday 12:00–21:00

Book Launch
O LIVRO DAS FEIRAS
28 May — 15:00

Address
Farmácia Gomes
Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca 101
1250-190 Lisboa