Curator, university teacher and essayist. Lives and works in Lisbon. Chief curator of the 2010 Lisbon Architecture Triennale. Is modern and contemporary art history pro­fessor at the Faculty of Letters of Coimbra University and a member of the establish­ment team for the College of the Arts. Since 1990 has been devoted to contemporary art curatorship and writing essays on art. Was founder and director of Pangloss maga­zine. From 2003 to 2006 was director of the Exhibition Centre of the Belém Cultural Centre in Lisbon. From 1997 to 2003 was a consultant for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. In 1999 was curator of the Portuguese Representation at the 48th Venice Biennale. Standing out among his publications are Julião Sarmento, Catalogue Raisonée, Edições Numeradas, Vol. I (MEIAC, 2007); Luxury Bound (Electa, Milan, 1999); Jorge Molder (Caminho, Lisbon, 2005); Helena Almeida, Pés no Chão, Cabeça no Céu (Bial, 2004); Pintura Redux (Fundação de Serralves/Público, 2006); A Visão em Apneia (Edições Fenda, 2010, being printed); and Olhar o Vento (Babel, 2010, being printed).