These magical silhouettes give form to stories we can recognize without needing them to be fully explained. And what remains after looking at these works is not only the image itself, but the feeling of having entered a quiet and natural world where everything is linked.

By Pedro Ribeiro Ana Filipe - Breathing Space From the moment I encountered this painting by Ana Filipe, I felt that I was not simply observing a work, but being observed by it. Rarely has an image given so much of myself back to me. That figure enclosed in a bubble, suspended between the sea and the grey city, seemed less like a character and more like a mirror, a reflection of the way I exist in the world, divided between the weight of everyday life and the vital need to find a place where...