Madragoa

Lisbon, Portugal

Madragoa is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2016 in the homonymous neighbourhood of Lisbon’s historical centre. Since its beginning, the gallery has been an early supporter of a number of international and Portuguese young artists, such as Adrián Balseca, Sara Chang Yan, Rodrigo Hernández, Luís Lázaro Matos, Joanna Piotrowska, Buhlebezwe Siwani, and Jaime Welsh, whose first exhibitions have been produced by the gallery and often presented for the first time in Portugal, giving them visibility on the international scene. 

From its peripheral location in Europe, Madragoa always created experiences of research and production for its artists locally and promotes its program also through the participation in a number of international art fairs, gallery exchanges, and exhibition projects. In 2023, Madragoa opened its new premises next to the Basílica da Estrela, one of Lisbon’s landmarks, in a space renovated by Ab Rogers Design with a solo exhibition by Sarah Benslimane.