Umbigo Magazine

Umbigo [Belly button] is an editorial platform consisting of a daily online magazine, a quarterly printed magazine and UmbigoLAB (www.umbigolab.com), a network platform for artists and agents working within the art field. Umbigo was created in 2002 and since 2022 that the publication has been promoting the dialogue between politics and contemporary art, inviting artists, curators and thinkers to develop either covers, art projects, and visual essays specifically conceived for the magazine, or written essays, multiple dialogues, extensions, and interviews. This year we are working on the themes Centres/Margins, Post Rational and Connection/Disconnection.

Gabriel Abrantes and Patricia Domínguez, Covers of Umbigo #86, Umbigo, 2023 © Gabriel Abrantes and Patricia Domínguez

This image features both covers of Umbigo #86, conceived by Portuguese artist Gabriel Abrantes and Chilean artist Patricia Domínguez. The main theme of this issue reads Connection/Disconnection and in the back cover the section Fertile Futures, the Official Portuguese Representation at 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennnale di Venezia 2023.

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Alice dos Reis and Nathaniel Mellors, Covers of Umbigo #85, Umbigo, 2023 © Alice dos Reis and Nathaniel Mellors

This image features both covers of Umbigo #85, conceived by Portuguese artist Alice dos Reis and British artist Nathaniel Mellors. The theme of this issue reads Post-Rational.

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Paulo Nazareth and João Pedro Vale + Nuno Alexandre Ferreira, Covers of Umbigo #84, Umbigo, 2023 © Paulo Nazareth and João Pedro Vale + Nuno Alexandre Ferreira

This image features both cover of Umbigo #84, conceived by Brazilian artist Paulo Nazareth and the Portuguese duo João Pedro Vale + Nuno Alexandre Ferreira. The theme of this issue reads Centres/Margins.

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