UAT collective is having a new show starting today over at Restart, Lisboa, entitled “A continuação do fim”. Flyer and info inside.

Eime is having a new solo show in Lisboa, this Saturday at Waves and Woods, Bairro Alto. You can count on a showcase of some of his pieces done since 2009 till present. Info & flyer inside.

Continuing the tiles edition (from here and here), a new one has been spotted near the city council of Oeiras. Just like the José Sócrates tile, this one reads “Isaltino Morais street, (corrupt, criminal, politician). Pretty sure more will pop up.

Oh the irony. Just before the year end, I showed you this piece of a tile showing up in Porto, which was completely destroyed and removed by the city council, apparently by being too offensive I suppose. Then, the artist moved on to part II, which was already intended for something else, but in this context suited better than before in this location. Brought to you thanks to the sharp eye in Porto of Miss K, the ”No tiles allowed” tile. Let’s see if they have reason to remove this one now.

Montana is about to hold their first show of the year, with Sawe Burguer 100% beef this Thursday 4th after 21h. At the same time, a custom collab Sawe X Laser t-shirt is to be sold at the event night, in a limited edition of 30 wrapped in burguer paper. Details inside.

And for the 1st post of the year, it’s the looking back edition, giving you a small insight on to the stats running the website. At the same time, P3 has invited me to leave an article for the Top walls by Portuguese artists in 2011, which can be seen here. But, head on for a quick look at this past year. Posts will follow soon.

2011 was a year with plenty of new art and artists joining the Portuguese scene. Not taking much more time, these were some of the highlights of the year with no specific order or ranking. These are merely a reminder of some of the best moments that went on 2011, so enjoy.

A new piece by Alexandre Farto aka Vhils to end the year, which has been getting lot’s of feedback back on the facebook page. Vhils made this portrait of German chancellor Angela Merkel, leaving her with a third eye, a reference to the “eye of providence”  related to the latest Euro crisis, that’s been taking the news. One of his best pieces of the year, with the inclusion of several elements to the portrair rather than the usual etched face.

And to end the year, and also for the archive, here’s the GAU (Urban Art Gallery) 2011 edition, with the artists José Carvalho, eime, UAT (União Artística do Trancão), João Samina, Rotten Leftovers, Sphiza & Moa.

One of the posts missing for quite some time, but just want to leave it for the archive, as this was one of the best pieces at GAU this year. Rotten Leftovers in Lisboa.