Galeria Zé dos Bois (ZDB)
In a former Bairro Alto palace, the association that since 1994 has produced contemporary art, exhibitions, theatre and experimental music.
Galeria Zé dos Bois – Palácio Baronesa de Almeida
Galeria Zé dos Bois, known by its initials ZDB, is a non-profit cultural association founded through civic initiative on 27 October 1994 by fifteen artists seeking an alternative to the commercial and institutional exclusion they faced in the early 1990s. First conceived as a studio and showcase for its founders, it opened up to outside artists about a year later and became a platform for a whole generation and for practices that found no place elsewhere. Today it occupies a 2,500-square-metre cultural centre in the former Palácio Baronesa de Almeida, on Rua da Barroca, in the heart of Bairro Alto. Devoted to the creation, production and promotion of contemporary art, ZDB produces exhibitions, often of newly commissioned work, and hosts or co-produces more than 150 projects a year, including residencies, theatre, dance, film and music, a field in which the ZDBmüzique programme has become a benchmark. Artists it has worked with include João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva, Kenneth Anger, Kim Gordon and Animal Collective. The exhibitions, supported by an education service set up in 2005, open from Monday to Saturday in the early evening, and the building also houses a bookshop and a roof terrace.
Located at: Galeria Zé dos Bois
Address: Rua da Barroca, 59, 1200-047 Lisboa
Opening hours: exhibitions: Monday to Saturday 18:00-22:00 (closed on Sundays); concerts at 21:00 (Monday to Thursday) and 22:00 (Friday and Saturday)
Phone: +351 213 430 205
Coordinates: 38.7117647, -9.1445614
Buses: 22B, 758, 19B
Tram: 28E, 24E, 12E, 25E
Metro: Baixa-Chiado (Blue, Green), Restauradores (Blue)
Train: Sintra Line, Rossio Station, Cascais Line, Cais do Sodré Station
Boat: Cais do Sodré River Station
Opened: 1994 (32 years)
