Under the 6th edition of the Festival Temps d'Images and the French Presidency of the European Union, the Embassy of France in Portugal opens the palace of Santos to contemporary art.
The Embassy hosted pieces from Portuguese and French artists and a large installation of light in the wall surrounding the palace.
The public could discover the rich heritage of the Palace of Santos (the halls, the chapel, the porcelain room), but also contemporary art that belongs to the embassy (Martinha Maia, Jacques Villeglé, Hubert Le Gall) and those displayed for this occasion: "Among the trees" by Pedro Cabrita Reis, designed specifically for this event (Berardo Collection); "Árvore sem Sombra" by João Paulo Feliciano (Berardo Collection); an installation by Nuno da Silva (Caroline Pagès Gallery) and "Lumières d'Aveugles" by Perrine Lacroix (Caroline Pagès Gallery).
On the wall surrounding the Palace, projections of images of light designed and made by artists Nuno Maya and Carole Purnelle, showed, life-size, French citizens in Lisbon, illuminated by the colors of the French and European flags.