What's happening at the Serralves

It is Portugal’s principal museum of contemporary art, a never-ending skirmish in which I am a noncombatant. The pieces here worthy of most reverence, I think, are by Silvestre Pestana, a political exile who returned after the 1974 revolution. There is a rightness to his work. The 10-euro admission fee grants one access to the museum’s mature gardens, where sweetgum trees and the season’s last roses bend to your pleasure. (www.serralves.pt)

Art Deco Casa de Serralves.

"Fractal Forest," Silvestre Pestana 2003.

"Codification Means," Silvestre Pestana, 1980.

"A Game of War," Liam Gillick, 2016.

"Biovirtual," Silvestre Pestana, 1982.

"Parabola," Andre Sousa, 2014.

"Parabola" detail.

"Call for Papers," Jorge Molder, 2013

"Estoril Yellow Plants," Juliao Sarmento, 2013.

"I Dreamt Your House Was a Line," Pedro Cabrita Reis, 2003.