Since 1993, the spaces of Galeria Fernando Santos, located at Miguel Bombarda Street, are dedicated exclusively to contemporary art.
This gallery is associated with several Portuguese artists who present their work in these spaces, with exhibitions throughout the year. This gallery also publishes books related to the work of some of the artists it agency.
Galeria Fernando Santos has as its main mission the support and dissemination of new Portuguese artists, as well as the promotion of its artists in renowned institutions and through major exhibitions.

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.

The AP’ARTE Gallery – Contemporary Art opened in March 2010, at Rua Miguel Bombarda, in Porto, one of the most dynamic and creative areas of the city.
It is a project that emerged from the desire to make a bet on the promotion of emerging young people, along with the presentation of renowned artists whose work represents a plastic reference in the contemporary artistic panorama, revealing the current production trends in the languages of painting, sculpture. , photography and multimedia. The AP’ARTE Gallery also has as one of the main objectives by which its action is governed, the accompaniment of the artists it represents in art fairs, biennials and contests.