Exhibitions
The Maia Biennial returns with a powerful program
More than two months and a long participation that follows the example of the two previous editions.
From July 3 to September 14, the Maia Contemporary Art Biennial (BACM) returns with its powerful program, packed with diverse, multidisciplinary events that reinforce the municipality's commitment to contemporary culture and art as a space for critical reflection and participation in building a shared future. Curated by Manuel Santos Maia, this year's exhibition features more than 70 artists.
Maia Biennial 2025: Eduardo Batarda
The Maia 2025 Biennial, in the Porto district, proposes opening a new horizon with a future free from the fear that permeates certain discourses and narratives, one that is more plural, inclusive, challenging, and inventive. The theme of this new edition, "Fluor," arises from questions posed by Maria Gabriela Llansol in her acceptance speech for the 1991 Grand Prix for Romance and Novel: How can we continue as humans?
BACM's programming includes exhibitions, performances, gastronomic experiences, poetry, concerts, and live DJs, as well as artist editions, artist residencies, workshops, and book launches. BACM 2025 establishes itself as a platform for creation, exhibition, training, and encounter, open to dialogue between artistic practices, audiences, and territories. By projecting Maia onto the national and international cultural landscape, this edition reinforces the role of art in building possible futures, simultaneously challenging us to rethink the past and the way we inhabit the present.
Maia Biennial 2025: Efrain Almeida
Before establishing itself as a space for exhibition, exchange, and reflection, the Maia 2025 Contemporary Art Biennial established itself as a territory of creation, as well as artistic and curatorial research. Through residencies held in diverse territories—São Miguel d'Acha, Vila Velha de Ródão, Arraiolos, São Pedro do Sul, and Porto—the Biennial builds bridges that transcend geographical and institutional boundaries.
