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Objects & decorative arts×Film & motion×Projects & features×Soviet×Sámi×Qatari×Basque×Portuguese×Ghanaian×Clear all
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2019Iconic imagery is brilliantly reimagined by Ghana’s film industry in these posters from the 1980s
2019
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2015Portuguese Royal Studio makes Adobe tutorials look good (and simple!)
2015
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2018Rita Matos attempts to bridge the gap between Lisbon's art and design circles
2018
Project
2020The founders of Porto Rocha on making work that “has a presence”
2020
Motion
2022Celebrating the daring designs of Soviet avant-garde film posters with collector Susan Pack
2022
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1700Kuduo vessel
1700
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1700Seated male gold weight
1700
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1800Box of Cowrie Shells
1800
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1875Zanze
1875
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1700Fly whisk gold weight
1700
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1801Breasted Drum
1801
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1700Mother and child gold weight
1700
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1700Geometric gold weight
1700
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1700Gold Weight
1700
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1700Shield gold weight
1700
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1800Man's kente (prestige cloth)
1800
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1700Amulet gold weight
1700
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1800Lion Ornament
1800
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1801Ganga?
1801
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1600Mask gold weight
1600
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1700Geometric gold weight
1700
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1801Atumpan
1801
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1700Bird gold weight
1700
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1700Kuduo vessel
1700
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1700Double-headed bird gold weight
1700
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1700Sankofa bird gold weight
1700
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1700Gold Weight
1700
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1700Male figure with bird gold weight
1700
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1700Chicken's head gold weight
1700
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1700Mudfish gold weight
1700
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1700Gold Weight
1700
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1800Lion Ornament
1800
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1801Drum
1801
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1800Abamphruwa (gold-dust box)
1800
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1540Plaque with Two Portuguese Merchants
1540
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1800Box with Portuguese Horseman
1800
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1815Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures
1815
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1500Pendant with Portuguese equestrian
1500
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1500Altar bell with Portuguese heads
1500
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1520Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures
1520
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1815Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures
1815
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1500Lidded Box with Portuguese Face
1500
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1500Hip ornament with Portuguese head
1500
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1700Seated Portuguese figure
1700
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1540Plaque with Portuguese Traders and Manillas
1540
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1700Bracelet with Portuguese Heads and Mudfish
1700
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1400Spoon
1400
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1500Bracelet with Portuguese heads and mudfish
1500
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Museu da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Lisboa - Portugal 🇵🇹 (54762870492)
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1925Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
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Alcântara - Lisboa - Portugal 🇵🇹 (54663633606)
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1600"Portuguese" Carpet with Maritime Scenes
1600
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2024Clock collection with an erotic pocket watch in the foreground (false 'Breguet et fils' signature), António Medeiros e Almeida Museum, Lisbon, Portugal julesvernex2
2024
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2007Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
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2007Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
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2007Soviet pocket watch
2007
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2014Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
Project
2017Fantastic Man’s unexpected cover story on the surfers and fisherman of Peniche, Portugal
2017
Project
2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
Project
2020A Vibe Called Tech, Gucci and Manju Journal come together for series celebrating Ghanaian culture and gender fluidity
2020
Project
2014Brilliantly vivid illustrations from Lisbon-born Goncalo Viana
2014
Project
2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
Project
2015Beautiful, clean designs from Portuguese studio AH-HA
2015
Project
2016Portuguese illustrator Tiago Galo’s plump little characters are oddly charming
2016
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2017And Atelier’s graphic designs for Porto’s Gallery of Architecture is informed by the space
2017
Project
2014Sensitive and versatile designs by Portuguese designer Catarina Dantas
2014
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2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
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2021Mantraste’s illustrations draw on the culture of his childhood in rural Portugal
2021
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2023Porto Design Biennale 2023 puts out an open call for projects on the theme of ‘Being Water’
2023
Project
2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
Project
2019From South Korea, Ghana to Berlin, Alexander Beer captures the people of the world
2019
Motion
2017Max Litvinov’s avant-garde work is inspired by Soviet animations
2017
Project
2018180 Creative Camp: a week of making, chatting and exploring in the Portuguese countryside
2018
Project
2020Jeremy Snell cinematically documents life on Ghana’s Lake Volta
2020
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2012Sami Kallio
2012
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2026Porto Rocha are here to challenge industry standards and create seats at the table for designers
2026
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2017Victory Journal turns its gaze on Ghana’s boxing scene
2017
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2016Jeremiah Quarshie paints hyperreal portraits of Ghanaian women and water
2016
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2018“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
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2016Photography collective Tripod City's “candid and erratic” Ghana street photography
2016
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2019Joana Avillez’s A Sardinha Zinha is an illustrated ode to Portuguese idioms
2019
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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2016The wheels on the tro tro: Charlie Kwai captures Ghana’s spirited public transport
2016
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2018Miguel Proença on his photo series capturing Portugal’s spiritual healers
2018
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2013Illustration: Lisbon-based illustrator Lapo's series In Paris is almost too lovely
2013
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2011What's On: Kings of Kumasi: New Painting from the Asante Capital
2011
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2014Watch Portuguese designers the Royal Studio turn graphic design on its head
2014
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2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
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2024The life cycle of tro tro buses: Caleb Kwarteng Prah fuses portraiture with Ghana’s popular transport
2024
Motion
2023Exploring the theme of water, Porto Design Biennale reveals a varied line-up
2023
Project
2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
Project
2025Porto Rocha, Jennie Baptiste, Boomranng Studio and Alice Isaac: Tickets now available for November’s Nicer Tuesdays!
2025
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2018Asafo flags embody cultural meanings and narratives from Ghana’s Fante people
2018
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2020Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
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2023Ana Paganini captures the grand spectacle of religious procession in Portugal
2023
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2023Carlos Idun-Tawiah captures the intimacy of childhood friendships in Accra
2023
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2019Joana Choumali’s art reimagines life in Accra and Abidjan at daybreak
2019
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2012The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012