Three Continents, One Lisbon Gallery: BREATH at Eritage
Location: Eritage Studio Gallery, Lisbon
Date: October 9, 2026, through February 2027
Project: BREATH, an exhibition on myth, plants and the body
Why it Matters: A women-only show at one of Lisbon’s independent galleries
BREATH opened this month at Eritage, with three artists from three continents: Brittany Ferns from Australia, Flora Castiglia from Argentina, and Loutje Hoekstra from the Netherlands.
Ferns is a self-taught painter from Newcastle. The ochres come from the Australian soil, and she stretches her own surfaces from linen, muslin and Japanese paper. She paints mermaids, sirens and other figures from folklore.
Castiglia started out designing record sleeves in Buenos Aires. Her still lifes are flat and bright, with plants, leaves and mountains laid over patterns of stripes and grids.
Hoekstra came to art from biology. She uses the body as her tool and paints with it directly, pressing herself to the canvas. The figures that come out are pale and x-ray-like, set into the room around them.
BREATH is on at Eritage Gallery in Lisbon, until February 2027.
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