Sofia Marçal is the head curator of the National Museum of Natural History and Science since 2001, where she has been developing work on the intersection between art and science, through numerous exhibitions, catalogues, and conferences. She is also Secretary of the Board of Directors of ICOM Portugal. Books recommended by Sofia: Susan Sontag - Stories Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu - Essay on Taste Lawrence Durrell - The Alexandria Quartet Spaces recommended: Centro Cultural de Belém Fundação Carmona e Costa Fundação Gulbenkian CaixaForum Madrid Pompei in Italy

João Silvério is an independent curator since 2003, he studied among other things, curating at Faculdade de Belas Artes in Lisbon. He is an associated curator at PLMJ Foundation, a tutor at RAMA Residencies, and the founder of the Empty Cube Project which has presented the work of various artists, designers, and architects. And recently has launched the empty cube reader Project which focuses on artwork editions. From 2013 to 2015 he was the president of the Portuguese section of AICA, the International Association of Art Critics. João Silvério's Website Books recommended by João: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar - The Time Regulation Institute Han Kang - Human Acts Spaces recommended: Hamburger Bahnhoff in Berlin Haus der Kulturen der welt in Berlin Neue Gallery in Berlin Centro de Art Moderna Gulbenkian in Lisbon Culturgeste in Lisbon Berardo Museum in Lisbon

Iva Ivanova is a senior business intelligence analyst at Sotheby's. She is from Sófia in Bulgaria, where she has spent most of her time in the last year. She studied at Sotheby's Institute of Art and London School of Economics and Queen Mary University all in London. Book recommended by Iva: Thomas Erikson - Surrounded by Idiots Spaces recommended: The Royal Academy in London Plovdiv in Bulgaria (Wikipedia page)

Emília Ferreira is the Director of the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Lisbon and a researcher at the Institute of Art History in Nova University. She also collaborates with the Modern Art Centre of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, since 1997, and was a member of Casa da Cerca - Contemporary Art Centre, from 2000 to 2017. She has curated several exhibitions and has published several books. Emília's Wikipedia page Books recommended by Emília: Rainer Maria Rilke - Letters to a Young Poet Joke J. Hermsen - Melancholy in Times of Turmoil Noreena Hertz - The Lonely Century Space recommended: Museum of Contemporary Art in Lisbon

João M. Machado is a graphic designer with a particular interest in book design. He graduated in Graphic Design in Lisbon, having continued his studies in Barcelona, where he also worked with the studio Base Design and later studied in London at Chelsea College of Art & Design. He has also participated in several exhibitions and collaborates often with art galleries and other design studios. https://joaomachado.net/ Book recommended by João: Yuval Noah Harari - Sapiens Ken Garland's Manifesto - First Things First Space recommended: Galeria Vera Cortez and Projecto Travessa da Ermida in Lisbon

Pedro Boese is an artist who has lived in Berlin for the last 24 years, so has experienced the beginning of Berlin as an art centre all the way to its current form. His work focuses mainly on painting and etching. He has exhibited all over Germany and also in Portugal and Holland. Book recommended by Pedro: Edited by Ludermann, Marina; Gass, Adair; Waquil, Isabel - O Poder da Multiplicação (exh. cat.) Space recommended: Kunstwerein Tiergarten in Berlin

Ricardo Escarduça is an independent art writer and also the curator for the Travessa da Ermida Project in Lisbon. He is currently doing his Ph.D. in Art History at Nova University in Lisbon. Up until 2017, he was a civil engineer focused on project management. Book recommended by Ricardo: Edited by Simon Morley - Documents of Contemporary Art: The Sublime Herberto Helder - Antologia

Luis is a digital heritage specialist, his career has taken him to London, New York, The Hague, and now Lisbon.  A strong believer in the important role cultural heritage plays in society, Luis spends most of his time helping Portuguese museums make their collections available online whilst advocating for open access policies.  He is a keen amateur photographer having exhibited in various places, amongst the Orient Foundation Museum in Lisbon. Luis regularly fails at surfing and has a little vegetable patch to which he dedicates far too much of his time and energy.  Luís' linktr: https://linktr.ee/LuisRamosPinto Book recommended by Luís:  Why Nations Fail - The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson. 

Tom Saunders is an artist working across photography, painting, and drawing. The starting point of his work is an investigation of the variety of ways that singular approaches to art-making seen in early 20th-century art history are transformed in their manifestation within the complex technological and architectural networks of 21st-century art. He is now based in Paris and about to move to Marseille, he was living in Lisbon and is originally from London. Tom's website: www.tomsaunders.eu Books recommended by Tom: Bruno Latour - Why Has Critique Run Out of Steam? Leila Slimani - Le pays des autres