The EDP Foundation has been a patron of the ARCOlisboa international art fair since 2017, reinforcing through this partnership its policy of cultural patronage. By supporting the organisation of this event, and through its acquisitions of works by Portuguese artists in the context of the fair over the years, it helps support national artists and galleries.
For the 2024 edition, and for the second year running, the EDP Foundation is presenting an exhibition of works from its Art Collection in this privileged space. 'Pinturas Habitadas (‘Inhabited Paintings’) brings together a group of works by the artists Adriana Progranó, Álvaro Lapa, Eduardo Batarda, Gabriel Abrantes, Horácio Frutuoso, Jorge Martins, José Almeida Pereira, Luísa Correia Pereira, Maria Beatriz, Mariana Gomes, and Noronha da Costa, inviting the public to discover the diversity of the artistic practice of painting.
This collection forms part of the more than 2540 works by more than 345 artists that make up the EDP Foundation Art Collection, which began in 2000 with the aim of covering the various generations of Portuguese artists from the 1960s onwards and including the various disciplines of artistic creation right up to the present day. Over the course of more than 20 years, the Collection has been enriched in close conjunction with the EDP Foundation's cultural activities, and has been a regular feature in the MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology programme, as well as in various other national and international exhibitions.
