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The Switch is proud to announce its first Lisbon group exhibition, showcasing 5 European Artists. "BLUE" will use all galleries in our entire 100m2 space, with a range of works from one up to three and half meters. SKOYA ASSÉMAT-TESSANDIER | ANZHELIKA ISHKOVA | RICARDO PASSAPORTE | GONÇALO PRETO | HENRIQUE REIS. November 25 - December 18, 2016. OPENING: Friday, November 25th from 6pm-12am. For more information email [email protected] | www.theswitchgallery.com

BLUE: Artists Hang Out. Throughout its ongoing Blue Group Show from November 25 - December 18 2016, The Switch organises this Friday an evening with the Artists. Come hang out at the gallery, talk with the Artists, exchange thoughts & raise questions. For more information email [email protected] | www.theswitchgallery.com | The Switch Gallery: Rua Heróis de Quionga, 54D, 1170-179, Lisboa / Portugal. Monday - Thursday 2pm - 8pm | Friday - Saturday 3pm - 10pm | Sunday 2pm - 8pm

Robert Hughes: Two screenings on the renowned Art critic. Throughout its ongoing exhibition from November 25 - December 18 2016, The Switch organises Screenings of Robert Hughes' latest documentaries: The New Shock of the New (2004 / 54min) & The Mona Lisa Curse (2008 / 1h18). “ We have had a gut full of Fast Art and Fast food. What we need more of is Slow Art. Art that holds time as a vase holds water. Art that makes you think, and above all, Art that makes you feel. Art that isn’t merely sensational, that doesn’t get its message across in ten seconds, that isn’t falsely iconic, that hooks onto something deep running in our natures. In a word, Art that is the very opposite of mass media. You have these two polarities, which started at the beginning of the 20th century. One is to make Art like everything else, and one is to make Art different from everything else, holding its position as a kind of sanctuary, trying to make something spiritually informed and powerful. Abstract painting often has to do with time. With depicting a place where time no longer implies, closer perhaps to music. It represents a search for harmony and grace. A place of timelessness and to use a word which dropped out of fashion sometime back, of Beauty. Today we are left with a more modest, perhaps, and equally difficult task for Art to do, and that is, to be Beautiful. To manifest Beauty. People need beauty. There’s a hunger for it. We seek out zones of silence and contemplation, arenas for free thought and unregimented feeling. A world away from the forest of Media. We are seeking value, looking for meaning, a place outside of ourselves, which tells us that there’s more to life than our everyday concerns and needs. The hunger for new Art, is as strong as ever. The idea that esthetics experience provides a transcendent understanding is at the very heart of Art. It fulfills a deep human need. Despite the decadence, the confusion, and the brouhaha, the desire to experience it, live with it and learn from it, remains immortal. ” - RobertHughes | For more information email [email protected] | www.theswitchgallery.com