Echoes from the Collection – The Anarchist Banker by Mário Botas

Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00–18.00

The exhibition is part of Casa Fernando Pessoa's tour

On display from 7 July 2026 to 18 October 2026

 

The Casa Fernando Pessoa preserves more than just memories: it houses a unique art collection, bringing together notable figures from the 1950s onwards, including works from various exhibitions held at the Casa since 1993.

In this programme, the collection emerges from the museum storage room and comes to life, inviting visitors to discover each work through the eyes of writers, critics and art historians, amongst others. It is a moment where words meet art. This term, we will be looking at O Banqueiro Anarquista by Mário Botas, a physician by training and a visual artist, whose body of work includes paintings, drawings and illustrations.

 

See the exhibition leaflet by Susana Pomba in EN

About Susana Pomba

Curator and essayist. She is the founder and coordinator of the project É um Oceano (eumoceano.pt), a living archive dedicated to an equitable artistic environment. One of her longest-running projects was Old School, a series of 50 one-night events (2011–2018) held at the Teatro Praga in Lisbon. Among other exhibitions and projects, she curated “A Oficina de Pintura Encarregar-se-á das Partes Pintadas do Cenário” (2019) at Galeria Quadrum, to mark the 125th anniversary of the São Luiz Municipal Theatre. She graduated in Painting with a specialisation in Curatorial Studies (FBAUL/Gulbenkian). She is a member of the Centre for English Studies at the University of Lisbon (CEAUL/Ulisboa), within the RG3 American Studies group. susanapomba.com