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Civilization: The Way We Live Now @ Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich

13/03/2026 - 19/07/2026

This major exhibition, curated by William Ewing, features the work of 100 of the world’s finest photographers, including Edgar Martins. It addresses and illuminates major aspects of our increasingly global 21st century civilization, in all its complexity.

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Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone. He has a Gung-ho finger and a Grief Stricken Thumb. @ Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon

21/09/2024-16/11/2024

This exhibition features a solo exhibition of Edgar Martins’ award winning project, “Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone. He has a Gung-ho finger and a Grief Stricken Thumb.”

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Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone. He has a Gung-ho finger and a Grief Stricken Thumb. (SWPA 2024) @ Somerset House, London

18/04/2024 - 01/05/2024

This exhibition features a solo exhibition of Edgar Martins’ SONY World Photography Awards 2023 winning project, “Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone. He has a Gung-ho finger and a Grief Stricken Thumb.”

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Civilization: The Way We Live Now @ Museums of San Domenico di Folrì, Italy

17/09/2022 - 07/01/2023

This major exhibition, curated by William Ewing, features the work of 100 of the world’s finest photographers, including Edgar Martins. It addresses and illuminates major aspects of our increasingly global 21st century civilization, in all its complexity.

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There’s a shite stunk in the air… Dad’s oot oan bail! @ Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon

24/05/2022 - 21/08/2022

This exhibition explores Freud’s early ideas about Scopophilia to rethink and counter the narrative commonly associated with incarceration.

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What Photography & Incarceration have in Common with an Empty Vase @ Ffotogallery, Cardiff

04/03/2022 - 09/04/2022

This is the third exhibition in the worldwide tour of this project, which seeks to rethink the representation of incarceration by exploring the ontological concept of absence.

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What Photography & Inc. have in Common with An Empty Vase @ Centre Photographie Genève, Switzerland

15/09/2021 - 28/11/2021

This is the second exhibition in the worldwide tour of this project, developed over a period of 3 years with inmates in the Midlands, UK and which seeks to rethink the representation of incarceration.

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Suicide, Let’s Talk About it @ Museum of Sephulcral Culture, Kassel

10/09/2021 - 27/02/2022

This exhibition presents examples from art and cultural history, medicine, the humanities and social sciences to challenges and reflect on how society and individuals deal with suicide.

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Ensaio para uma comunidade @ MAAT, Lisbon

24/04/2021 - 07/03/2022

This exhibition inaugurates the new programme developed by MAAT around the EDP Foundation art collection. The theme of the exhibition revolves around “memory” and the ways in which it is produced and awakened.

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The World Within @ Hangar Centre, Brussels

21/01/2021 - 27/03/2021

The World Within is an exhibition of the winners of the Hangar Centre Prize presented in the context of PhotoBrussels 5. Edgar Martins’ work is a reflexion on how Photography has become inextricably aligned with Technocapitalist doctrine to the detriment of the creative process.

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What Photography & Incarceration have in Common with an Empty Vase @ The Herbert Museum & Art Gallery, Coventry, UK

15/01/2021 - 18/04/2021

This is the first exhibition in the worldwide tour of this project, developed over a period of 3 years with inmates in the Midlands, UK and which seeks to rethink and counter the representation of incarceration.

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What Photography has in Common with an Empty Vase @ Galeria Pilar Serra, Madrid

11/03/2020 - 14/04/2020

This exhibition is a focused take on Martins’ worldwide touring project developed over a period of 3 years with inmates in the Midlands, UK and which seeks to rethink and counter the representation of incarceration.

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