FLAD’s new program – OpenArt – Competition for the Itinerancy of the FLAD Collection – is aimed at museums, municipal or private, and art centers in Portugal that wish to promote, in partnership with FLAD, an exhibition of works from the Foundation’s contemporary art collection.

FLAD’s new program – OpenArt – Competition for the Itinerancy of the FLAD Collection – will make works from the Foundation’s contemporary art collection available for exhibition in museums, municipal or private, or art centers in Portugal. In addition to granting the works, FLAD will work in partnership with the selected entity during the entire process of conceiving the exhibition, selecting and mounting the works, as well as defining the program of parallel activities, in coordination with the respective artistic and cultural education service. OpenArt aims to take FLAD’s collection to other parts of the country, contributing to bringing local communities closer to contemporary art and reinforcing the institutions’ work in producing and disseminating knowledge and cultural offerings.

The selected entity will have the opportunity to accompany and participate in the entire exhibition project, appointing a local curator who will work in direct collaboration with the curator designated by FLAD. Among the requirements needed for applications are:

  • Existence of exhibition space with a minimum of 500 m2 and a minimum linear space of 150m;
  • Clearance of the space during assembly and exhibition;
  • Existence or invitation to a local curator, by the proponent, who will accompany and participate in the entire exhibition process in direct collaboration with the curator appointed by FLAD for the conception of the exhibition and selection of the works;
  • Existence or establishment of an arts and cultural education service. FLAD, in collaboration with the institution, selected offers to help set up this service and a program of activities;
  • Availability of the selected museum/arts center to program conferences, lessons or workshops in the framework of the exhibition in question;
  • Availability of the space to start the exhibition in the second half of 2023.

Applications must be submitted by March 20, in the proper form, through the online application system (https://flad.secure.force.com/CandidaturaMain?language=en) and with the following documents:

  • Presentation of the museum/arts center;
  • Exhibition design (maximum 5 pages);
  • Schedule;
  • Blueprints of the proposed space;
  • CV of the local curator.

For more information about the competition and the responsibilities of each entity, we advise you to read the Edital – OpenArt 2023.