A documentary series presented by Michael Wood, exploring magnificent masterpieces of the Western world in their cultural and historical settings. The series consists of eighteen episodes, each of which focusses on the artistic contributions of one period in the history of the West, from Ancient Greece to the late 1980s. From the classical ideals in Greek and Roman antiquity, through the Renaissance, to the postmodernism of the later 1980s, the series provides a panorama of 2000 years of architecture, painting and sculpture, and studies the art masterpieces as reflections of the Western culture that produced them.

Two episodes will be presented every week online
Realms of Light: The Baroque

Episode 09

The Birth of Baroque (25:50 min) | Click here to watch
The Church's campaign to counter the Reformation relied on dramatic depictions of religious scenes, such as those of Caravaggio and Bernini.
 

Concert for Cairo – Amália Rodrigues in the Voice of the Portuguese Guitar (23 min) | Click here to watch

An online concert presented by Arte Institute and RHI Initiative on 18th December 2020 to mark the centenary year of the legendary Fado singer, Amália Rodrigues

Musicians: Ricardo J. Martins (Portuguese guitar); Nuno Martins (classical guitar);and Luis Tindade (bass) 

Civil Society and Reconciliation: Rethinking History to Embrace Memory (34 min) | Click here to watch
A documentary by Dr. Claudia Astrarita, Research Grant Program, The Toyota Foundation

The film is based on case studies and interviews in Japan, Germany and Italy which provide empirical evident on how media critically shaped the narration of post-Second World War events and how this interpretation is instrumentally linked to the rhetoric on peace and stability.  The film untangles the connections between formal apology, regime building and peace in post-war contexts, illustrating the critical role of media and civil society in influencing collective memory and fostering reconciliation.

An exhibition of paintings in oil and on wood

By Ana Romero from Portugal

About the exhibition :

# Eudaimonia

“Happiness is self-realization” (Aristotle)

Every man has a vocation, an inclination, his demon, his personal genius.

"Eudaimonia" - happiness for the Greeks - or the good performance of their demon, is achieved by doing what they are called or evoked for.

The liberation of our demons, whatever they may be, results largely from what we are: from the fusion between cinema and life, or from Art and life, from music and literature, and also from the contamination of the very small things that daily they bring us “Eudaimonia” and drive away our demons.

This permanent and unattainable construction of our happiness is strongly contributed by artists, consecrated or not, who influence us and keep us devotedly in love with this wonderful “thing” which is the creation of images; in a world saturated with them, the ability that some have to attract us is undoubtedly something of extreme beauty; even when they represent the lack of it.

Ana Romero 2021

About  Ana Romero
 

Born on May 1, 1971. Lived in Moçambique until six years old.
Born in 1971. she  has exhibited in London, (Dcontemporary, 20 Emergent Artists) Spain, (Santiago de Compostela), Bertanzos, Ferrol (second face 2020); Montreaux (70 cavaquinhos 70 artists) and with regularity in Portugal, namely in collective and individual.
 
Teacher of basic and secundary education since 1996: Visual Education, Drawing, Art History, Communication Design, Design Theory, Descriptive Geometry A.
Solidary illustrator - Associação Ajudaris.
Artistic Director in  gallery “A Filantrópica”, in Póvoa de Varzim.

Academic Formation / Graduation (degrees)
2009 - Professionalization in service at the University  of Psychology and Educational Sciences of Porto (University of Porto).
2005 - 2006 Bietaphic Degree in Plastic Arts - Painting, by  E.S.A.P., Oporto
1999 - 2000 Specialized Higher Studies  (C.E.S.E / degree) in Industrial Design at the School of Arts and Design of Porto (E.S.A.D.)
1994 - Bachelor of Painting, Escola Superior Artística do Porto (E.S.A.P.)

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS / SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 #loving dog, Escultor José Rodrigues Foundation Library, September 14 to October 6
2017 Arq.com Gallery, January, Porto.
2012 Púrpura, José Rosinhas Art Gallery Wall, Porto
2005 “Frida”, Gallery of the Tourism Office of Póvoa de Varzim
2003 “Múltiplos Olhares”, Gallery of the Tourism Office of Póvoa de Varzim

2013 Espaços Alternativos III - Artist's books on display. Tibães Monastery, Braga.
2013 Art in Secret, Rectory of the University of Porto, 05 to 16 May, Porto
2012 Exhibition "15 + 1, March, Davinci Molduras Espaço D`Arte, Porto
2012 Triennial of Drawing, Olga Santos Galeria, November 2012
2006 1st International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Aveiro, 15 November to 30 December
2005 VII Araguaney Foundation Painting Biennial, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, November 15 to December 15, 2005
2003 “Rhythms and Colors” - Galeria Mónica Pereira, 24 May to 28 June, Porto
2003 “Father, daughter and holy spirit” - Philanthropic, 15 to 28 February
2003 XI01 Vila Nova de Cerveira International Art Biennial, under the theme Art, Science and Technology.

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(Collaboration: Portuguese Embassy Cultural Centre)

Gender and Disability - POSTPONED

Speakers: Anita Ghai, Professor and Dean, School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University; Mahesh Pannicker, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi; Seema Baquer, LLB, India & BCL, Oxford; Karuna Rajeev, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Lady Shri Ram College University of Delhi; Meenakshi Gopinath, Director, Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP)

Facilitator: Seema Kakran, Deputy Director, WISCOMP

The gap between Niti and Nyaya is large for several marginalized groups in India. For one group of individuals this gap is particularly daunting – persons with disability. The invisiblization of persons with disabilities in the public discourse or alternatively merely tokenistic representation is routine. This, despite national laws and international covenants that mandate full and equal participation of persons with disabilities in socio-economic and political processes.
 
The forthcoming WISCOMP dialogue, Gender and Disability seeks to unravel the multiple layers of discrimination and prejudice that conspire to perpetrate individual and structural violence against persons with disabilities in the public and the private spheres. 
 
Recognizing that a sense of ‘agency’ is pivotal to transformation, this dialogue seeks to provide an opportunity to learn from the struggles and triumphs of activists, researchers and institutional leaders who work to create conditions for differently abled people to lead a life of dignity and choice. The dialogue, it is hoped, will raise questions of individual, societal and state responsibility in securing the rights of people with disability, especially women.

(Collaboration: WISCOMP)