{"id":309302,"date":"2026-11-09T10:40:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T10:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccb.pt\/um-museu-quatro-colecoes\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T10:48:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T10:48:38","slug":"one-museum-four-collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ccb.pt\/en\/one-museum-four-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"One Museum, Four Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MAC\/CCB\u2019s mission as a museum is grounded in bringing together four major collections: the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Funda\u00e7\u00e3o<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Centro Cultural de Bel\u00e9m Collection<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Berardo Collection<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ellipse Collection \u2013 Portuguese State Contemporary Art Collection, on long-term loan to the Centro Cultural de Bel\u00e9m, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Teixeira de Freitas Collection<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559737&quot;:16,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Each collection has its own distinct formation criteria and chronological scope. Brought together in a single museum and connected through a common artistic and curatorial programme, they map a plural landscape of 20th- and 21st-century art where distinct perspectives intersect and challenge one another. Encompassing sculpture, painting, video, multimedia, and installation, as well as drawing, graphic arts, and <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ephemera<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the four collections enable a reassessment of key periods in global art, set the Western canon alongside other genealogies, and foster fruitful dialogue between diverse contexts of production\u2014particularly national artistic creation in the context of international dynamics and geographies. Also noteworthy are the loans from the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Almada Negreiros and Sarah Affonso Collection <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">M\u00e1rio Botas Collection<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:13,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As a public institution, MAC\/CCB is responsible for making this legacy accessible and intelligible through research, exhibitions, and mediation. 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