This is a shot. Works from the Serralves Collection

'This is a shot' presents a group of works from the Serralves Collection, bringing together recent acquisitions and works not yet shown in the Museum. Taking its title from a line in Hito Steyerl's work Abstract, the exhibition draws on multiple meanings of the word ‘shot’—the framing of a camera, the firing of a gun, an unexpected opportunity, an urgent endeavor—exploring different approaches to a world in flux.

Occupying the entire lower floor of the Álvaro Siza Wing, the exhibition includes works from different periods, geographies and media that confront the volatility of today's world, touching on pressing issues of our time: the fragility of territory and belonging, the violence of war and displacement, the urgency of the climate crisis and democratic struggles, the saturation of the virtual world, and the dissolution of collective memory.

Curated by Isabel Braga and Joana Valsassina

Doug Aitken

Patrícia Almeida

Ei Arakawa-Nash

Marlon de Azambuja

Mark Bradford

Catarina Braga

Inês Brites

Maurizio Cattelan

Mattia Denisse

David Douard

David Lamelas & Hildegarde Duane

António Júlio Duarte

Mimosa Echard

Olafur Eliasson

Maja Escher

Diogo Evangelista

Horácio Frutuoso

Ana Hatherly

Thomas Hirschhorn

Rashid Johnson

William Kentridge

Renato Leotta

Anna Maria Maiolino

Nalini Malani

Vera Mota

Jean-Luc Moulène

Susana Mendes Silva

Hito Steyerl

Martine Syms

Antonio Tarsis