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Gallerist Matteo Consonni discusses art and life in Europe’s newest art hub  

Meet Madragoa 

‘Lisbon is a European capital: it has everything to offer you, but in a slower way.’&mdash;&nbsp;Matteo Consonni, owner and director of MadragoaMadragoa opened in 2016 in one of Lisbon’s celebrated historic neighborhoods, from which it borrows its name. The bijou azulejos-clad space is now firmly on the map of the Portuguese capital, which, in recent years, has become a real magnet for artists. Madragoa straddles traditional and conceptual approaches by championing artists who favor what director Matteo Consonni describes as a ‘poetic attitude’, anchored in materiality. The gallery works mainly with artists from Portugal and Latin America, often encouraging collaboration with local craftsmen.At Art Basel’s 2018 show in Basel, Madragoa will present a monumental frieze composed of hand-hammered brass panels by Rodrigo Hernández. In this short video portrait, gallerist Consonni discusses Madragoa’s singular artistic position, and the rise of Lisbon as Europe’s new contemporary art hub.

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