Bruno Zhu. Belas Artes opens at Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian's Project Space

Belas Artes, a solo exhibition by Bruno Zhu (Porto, 1991), will be on view at CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian’s Project Space from February 28. Influenced by fashion design, publishing and scenography, Zhu’s object-led installations explore notions of agency, authorship, consumption, and power. The exhibition at CAM follows ‘Licence to Live’ (2024), commissioned and presented by Chisenhale Gallery in London. Amplifying the terms of the commission itself, Zhu authored a license agreement that includes a step-by–step guide to exhibition design. Belas Artes adopts the detailed instructions in that license agreement. CAM has implemented its codes for colour, display, ornamentation, and orientation, generating four distinct yet interconnected rooms. These custom-built exhibition rooms display artworks from the CAM Collection and historical mannequins from Museu Nacional do Traje selected by the artist. In Belas Artes, the main entrance to the gallery was fitted with a door that turn