Preenche Vazios (‘filling voids’) is a tiling workshop where the client can order custom panels, with patterns and phrases to his/her liking, as well as merchandising. It was born with the intention of filling the empty spaces on the façades of houses and buildings in the cities. The project intends to draw attention to the small details that surround us daily, and surprise passers-by with something they were not used to seeing during their journey, assigning small messages from Portuguese poets. Much more than an artistic intervention, the project intends to draw attention to the need to preserve the Portuguese tile heritage which has suffered a progressive loss of tiles in recent years.

The owner of Alfarrabista José Lopes Gomes Soares has over 40 years of experience in the used, antique and rare books market.
Our space presents itself as both a bookstore and a library, making it the ideal place to get lost in old and new titles of all kinds.
Visitors of our bookstore also find a pleasant outdoor patio which allows the guest to enjoy a moment of reading in a downtown Porto oasis.
Alternatively, if you would like to purchase a copy of this property’s catalog from the comfort of your own home, you may do so through the website provided for this purpose.

In the late 60’s, the São Mamede Gallery opened its doors in Lisbon, in a Pombaline building, almost in front of the Attorney General’s Office and the São Mamede Church. He has always dedicated himself exclusively to Portuguese modernism and the contemporary movement, with occasional exhibitions by foreign artists. She has had an intense and quality artistic activity, supported by “classic” artists who have always been linked to the Gallery (such as Areal, Cesariny, Cruzeiro Seixas or Julio) but also, and above all, by new artists. In 2005 it expanded to the city of Porto, today being in the central nerve of the city’s art, near the Soares dos Reis Museum and in the heart of Porto’s art galleries.