EXHIBITIONS

Current Exhibition

VEXATION OF SPIRIT

GROUP EXHIBITION

15 May - 1 November 2026

Mon-Fri 10:00-19:00, Sat/Sun 10:00-20:00

Vexation of Spirit: The Duerckheim Collection x Serralves

It is the title of the first showing at the Foundation of the contemporary art collection assembled by the collector Count Duerckheim and recently placed on deposit at Serralves. Having been assembled over four decades, this collection includes works by some of the most important artists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries (Jake and Dinos Chapman, Damien Hirst, Gilbert & George, Anselm Kiefer, Haralampi G. Oroschakoff, Gerhard Richter, a.o.). Considered to be one of the most significant private collections in Europe, it reflects an artistic vision marked by moral unease and historical awareness.

By focusing attention on the themes of religion, society and war, this exhibition is intended to stimulate debate, linking contemporary artistic creation with the transformations of history and the urgency of the present.

⚲ Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal