Lisbon vs Porto: Contrasts in Urban Art Public Management

Authors

  • Ana Luísa Castro Circus Network, Portugal
  • Ana Gariso ICNOVA - FCSH Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25765/sauc.v7i1.484

Keywords:

graffiti, urban art, public art, street art, visuality, urban management

Abstract

Urban Art is considered one of the most important artistic movements of the 21st century and Portugal is not behind on this trend. Many of its cities are authentic open air museums and portuguese artists — like Vhils, Bordallo II and Mr. Dheo — are distinguished all over the World. The two main cities of Portugal — Lisbon and Porto — have invested a lot of their efforts, combating vandalism, legitimizing urban art, legalizing murals and supporting street artists. In Lisbon, GAU (Galeria de Arte Urbana) has sponsored dozens of legal murals and allowed for the painting of several others by private interests. Porto’s Urban Art Program started a few years later but has since funded several murals and authorized artistic events by private businesses. 

In this article two PHD students collaborate to analyze the development of urban art in both Lisbon and Porto, mainly focusing on the last decade; to understand the contrasts on the artistic management of public art; and to examine its possible impacts in Lisbon and Porto. 

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Author Biographies

Ana Luísa Castro, Circus Network, Portugal

Ana Castro is the co-founder of Circus Network, a creative agency, art gallery and co-work space focused on street art, illustration and design. This cultural organization was born in 2012, in Porto, as the final project of the degree in Communication Design. In 2014 Ana Castro completed a Master’s Degree in Multimedia - Culture and Arts, writing a thesis about Urban Art in the city of Porto. As the practical part of this thesis she created the first street art and illustration festival in Porto, called Push Porto. Currently she is a FCT scholarship holder and is doing a PHD in Cultural Studies.

Ana Gariso, ICNOVA - FCSH Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Ana Gariso is currently an FCT scholarship holder and a PhD student in Communication Sciences – Arts and Communication at ICNOVA - Communication Institute of Nova University, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Portugal. She completed a Master's Degree in Cultural Programming and Management in 2018 from the Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies. She works in the areas of Social Sciences with an emphasis on Communication Sciences, Urban Studies and Visual Culture with a particular focus on graffiti and street art.

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Published

2021-12-30

How to Cite

Castro, A. L., & Gariso, A. (2021). Lisbon vs Porto: Contrasts in Urban Art Public Management. Street Art & Urban Creativity, 7(1), 28–41. https://doi.org/10.25765/sauc.v7i1.484

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2021): Current status of Creative Studies

Section

Articles

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