Paula Rego is a Portuguese-British visual artist, particularly known for her paintings and prints based on tales, with a style called abstract grotesque. Throughout his career, he has created a fantastic world of his own, full of magic but also violence and ordeal. Painting, ceramics and serigraphy were some of the techniques he adapted to express pain, love and even break taboos. Considered in 2021, by the Financial Times, one of the 25 most influential women of the year, Paula Rego is finally getting the attention it deserves for the extraordinary work it has been doing. An example of this are the recent...

The piece was presented in a gallery in Hawaii, on the 118th anniversary of the surrealist master's birth. Surprise birthday present? This piece was long believed to have been destroyed, yet it turned up in a collector's safe. The piece was unveiled to the public, on the 118th anniversary of the birth of the surrealist master, by Harte International Galleries, on the island of Maui, Hawaii.

With an opening scheduled for Friday, June 3rd, Underdogs opens this month with the exhibition Está lloviendo by the Spanish artist Escif in the main space of the Gallery. The passage of this internationally renowned artist to Lisbon also includes the special launch of a Dream Edition, as well as the creation of a mural for the Underdogs Public Art Project, at the Braço de Prata train station.

His passion for painting goes back to his childhood, when he spent hours on end watching his grandfather paint in his studio and also due to the underworld of the city of Lisbon — strongly influenced at the time by graffiti practices. He started spray painting walls on the streets at the age of 11, with the artistic nameBordalo II, in honor and highlight the artistic legacy of his grandfather Artur Real Bordalo (1925-2017).