Galeria Foco

17/10/2026

We are delighted to announce that Vica Pacheco is among the artists selected for the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial 2026–2027.

Under the artistic direction of Elvira Dyangani Ose, the Biennial’s second edition, titled Home: A Glossary for a Communal Sense of Place, will bring together international artists through site-specific installations and public art projects across Abu Dhabi and Al Ain.

October 23, 2026 – February 15, 2027

Artists: Akram Zaatari, Jean-Marie Appriou, Kapwani Kiwanga, Khalid Albanna, Nari Ward, Shama Al Hamed, Vica Pacheco, Yinka Shonibare, blaxTARLINES KUMASI, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Elena del Rivero, Ibrahim Mahama, Iván Argote, Laure Prouvost, Marinella Senatore, Mercedes Azpilicueta, Serge Attukwei Clottey

16/10/2026

sistema nectario (I, II, III, IV, V), 2026
Low and high-fired ceramic ,glazed with ceramic glazes and metal oxides, water pomp.
Variable Dimensions

credit photo 1,7 Carbonara st
credit photo 2,3,4,5,6 Photodocumenta

15/10/2026

We are happy to share that Inês Mendes Leal has been selected as one of the seven finalists for the 16th edition of the Prémio Novos Artistas Fundação EDP, one of Portugal’s leading awards supporting emerging contemporary artists.

Selected from 550 applications, the finalists will present their work in a group exhibition at MAAT, Lisbon, in early 2027.

06/10/2026

30/09/2026

WELCOME INÊS MENDES LEAL!

We are very happy to announce that we now represent Inês Mendes Leal (1997, Lisbon).

Inês Mendes Leal is a multidisciplinary artist of Swiss, French, and Portuguese heritage, living and working in Lisbon. She completed a postgraduate degree in Sound Art at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon in 2023, following a postgraduate degree in Discourses of Contemporary Photography at the same institution in 2020. She holds a BA in Multimedia Art from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon (2016–2019) and, between 2018 and 2019, attended the École de Recherche Graphique (ERG) in Brussels.

Mendes Leal’s practice investigates the action of air, wind, temperature and other intangible forces on objects, images, and spaces. Working across sound, video, photography, sculpture, drawing, and installation, she explores how these invisible forces can be translated into the exhibition space. Her work is driven by an attraction to the void and to what escapes direct perception, seeking to reveal, sense, and integrate the invisible into the visible.

In 2022, Mendes Leal was awarded the Prémio Arte Jovem, organised by Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa.

Recent exhibitions include Reaching for fata morgana (solo exhibition), Galeria da Boavista / Galerias Municipais de Lisboa (2026); 10 out of 10, Fundação PLMJ, Lisbon (2026); Holbein Syndrome, Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon (2025); my vent is making a weird sound is this normal? (solo project), Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon (2024–25), Force Majeure, Belo Campo / Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon (2024–25), They Swirl, Brotéria, Lisbon (2023) and Imagem Contextualizada, Arquivo Municipal Fotográfico de Lisboa (2018).

On 2 October 2026, she will open the solo exhibition Silvo at MACAM – Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins, Lisbon. Curated by Carolina Quintela, the site-specific installation explores sound and air as vehicles of communication across distance.

Her first solo exhibition at the gallery will open in November 2027.

© Renato Chorão

14/09/2026

23/08/2026

The gallery will reopen to the public on 24 September with ix ocelli, a solo exhibition by Vica Pacheco (1993, Oaxaca), curated by Mattia Tosti and Orsola Vannocci Bonsi.

On 26 September, from 6 to 7 pm, the artist will present a live sound activation.

Enjoy the last days of summer and save the date

22/07/2026

We are delighted to invite you to celebrate the closing of Todas as coisas que nos fazem, Hugo Cantegrel’s solo exhibition at the gallery.

Please join us for a cocktail on July 28th, from 6 pm to 9 pm.

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Temos o prazer de convidar para celebrar o encerramento de Todas as coisas que nos fazem, a exposição individual de Hugo Cantegrel.

Junte-se a nós para um cocktail no dia 28 de julho, das 18h às 21h.