Art

It is 500 years since the first Europeans sailed west across the Atlantic and came across a sparkling bay fringed with white sand. They named the place Bahia, meaning bay.

Fifty years ago families in the Algarve were almost entirely sustained by the land and sea. Today the few remaining famers and fishermen are featured in paintings created by Rodrigo

Chosen by French artist Isabelle Zutter as the subject for a painting, when in flower the prickly pear is an exotic cactus. Selected for its aesthetic beauty and displayed at

It is mostly in rural communities – inland from the Algarve coast – that religious traditions continue to be practiced. The widow pictured, dressed in black, is the subject of

Combining the traditional Japanese technique ‘gyotaku’ and fish from Olhão market, Rachel Ramirez is a most unusual artist. An exhibition of her fascinating pictures can be seen at Galeria Côrte-Real

Unique to southern Portugal and admired for more than half-a-century, just a few tiled panels remain. Strategically placed on buildings in Olhão, São Brás, Boliqueime and Portimão, the ceramic images

Several beach and other outdoor scenes painted by French artist Isabelle Zutter are currently exhibited at Galeria Côrte-Real near Paderne. Capturing many aspects of southern European living, in 2012 the