Helena Silva Barranha Gomes (2A1D-F308-D708)

Curriculum Vitae

Helena Silva Barranha Gomes

Helena Barranha is an Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, and a Researcher at the Institute of Art History, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, NOVA University of Lisbon (IHA-NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST), where she is a member of the Museum Studies Group and coordinates the Cluster of Art, Museums and Digital Cultures. Helena has a Master's Degree in the Management of Cultural Heritage (University of Algarve, 2001) and a PhD in Architecture, with the thesis "Architecture of contemporary art museums in Portugal. From urban intervention to the design of exhibition space" (University of Porto, 2008). She was the Director of the National Museum of Contemporary Art - Museu do Chiado, in Lisbon (2009-2012), and President of the Access Culture Association (2022-2023). She was Principal Investigator of the research project "unplace - a museum without a place", funded by FCT and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2014-2015: http://unplace.org). In 2017, she co-coordinated the collaborative project "Post-Internet Cities", promoted by IHA/FCSH NOVA, MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology and Instituto Superior Técnico, in cooperation with e-flux Architecture (https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/post-internet-cities/). Over the past few years, she has led other collaborative projects and events addressing new technologies in contemporary art and museums, with the participation of academic and non-academic institutions. Her current research focuses on cultural heritage, contemporary art museums and digital cultures and she has published widely on these topics, both in Portugal and abroad. Her publications include, among others: Uncertain Spaces: Virtual Configurations in Contemporary Art and Museums (book edited with Susana S. Martins, 2015); "Derivative Narratives: The Multiple Lives of a Masterpiece on the Internet", Museum International special issue on Museums in a Digital World (2018); Museums and Digital Cultures - Rethinking Change (book edited with Joana Simões Henriques, 2021). She also contributed to the Dictionary of Museology (edited by François Mairesse, ICOM & Routledge, 2023).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Helena Silva Barranha Gomes

Citation names

Barranha, Helena

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2A1D-F308-D708
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0250-1020

Email addresses

helenabarranha@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Websites

https://tecnico.academia.edu/HelenaBarranha (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Humanities - Arts - Architectural design
Humanities - Arts - Art history
Humanities - Arts

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)
French	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2002 - 2008 Concluded	Doutoramento em Arquitectura \| PhD in Architecture (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal "Arquitectura de Museus de Arte Contemporânea em Portugal: da intervenção urbana ao desenho do espaço expositivo [Architecture of contemporary art museums in Portugal. From urban intervention to the design of exhibition space]. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1998 - 2001 Concluded	Mestrado em Gestão Cultural \| Master’s Degree in Management of Cultural Heritage (Mestrado) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal "Museus de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea - Conceitos, conteúdos, arquitecturas. Das tendências internacionais ao caso português [Museums of modern and contemporary art. Concepts, contents, architecture. From international trends to the Portuguese case]." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1990 - 1995 Concluded	Licenciatura em Arquitectura \| Degree in Architecture (Licenciatura) Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2016 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Instituto de História da Arte, FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

2015 - 2016	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal

2004 - 2015	Researcher (Research)	Instituto de Engenharia de Estruturas, Território e Construção, IST, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2008 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

2009 - 2023	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

2007 - 2008	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

2003 - 2008	Assistant (University Teacher)	Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
	Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
2001 - 2003	Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Portugal

1999 - 2001	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
1997 - 1999	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Direcção-Geral do Património, Ministério das Finanças, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022 - 2023	Presidente da Direcção \| President of the Board	Acesso Cultura - Associação Cultural, Portugal

2009 - 2012	Directora \| Director	Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea - Museu do Chiado, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
1997 - 1997	Consultora \| Consultant	Knight Frank / Consultores Internacionais de Propriedade Imobiliária, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2016 - 2016	Digital Art Collections and Exhibitions in Denmark: DIAS - Digital Interactive Art Space, Vallensbæk SKBP50.2016-0009 Researcher	Danish Arts Foundation Concluded
2006 - 2007	Arquitectura de museus de arte contemporânea em Portugal. Da intervenção urbana ao desenho do espaço expositivo [Architecture of contemporary art museums in Portugal. From urban intervention to the design of exhibition space] SFRH/BD/24894/2005 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2000 - 2001	Museus de arte moderna e contemporânea. Conceitos, conteúdos, arquitecturas. Das tendências internacionais ao caso português [Museums of modern and contemporary art. Concepts, contents, architecture. From international trends to the Portuguese case] Master Student Fellow Universidade do Algarve, Portugal	Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Concluded
2000 - 2000	Research Programme on Museum Architecture and Exhibitions at the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, integrated in the Master's Degree in the Management of Cultural Heritage (University of Algarve) Master Student Fellow Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, Spain	Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024 - Current	COST Action CA23158 - Artistic Intelligence - Responsiveness, accessibility, responsibility, equity (ARTinRARE) CA23158 Researcher Universidade do Porto Instituto de Investigação em Arte Design e Sociedade, Portugal Stockholms konstnärliga högskola, Sweden Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Italy Akademia Jagiellonska, Poland Akademie der bildenden Kunste Wien Institut für Konservierung - Restaurierung, Austria Birmingham City University, United Kingdom Eesti Kunstiakadeemia, Estonia Hogeschool der Kunsten Den Haag, Netherlands Janáckova akademie múzických umení, Czech Republic Konstfack University of Arts Crafts and Design, Sweden Latvijas Makslas akademija, Latvia Magyar Képzomuvészeti Egyetem, Hungary National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Norway Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Royal Irish Academy of Music, Ireland Taideyliopisto, Finland Technologiko Panepistemio Kyprou, Cyprus Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Universitetet i Bergen, Norway University of Derby, United Kingdom Vilniaus dailes akademija, Lithuania Vysoká škola výtvarných umení v Bratislave, Slovakia	European Cooperation in Science and Technology Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory LA/P/0132/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0132/2020 Researcher Universidade de Évora, Portugal Laboratório Hercules Herança Cultural Estudos e Salvaguarda, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical, Portugal Instituto de História Contemporânea, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de História da Arte, Portugal Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Universidade do Minho Laboratório de Paisagens Património e Território, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023 - 2023	RTM - Radio that Matters [Participation in WP 01: Research and Development of Methodology] Grant Agreement no. 101098707 Researcher Associazione Culturale Area06 , Italy Errant Sound, Germany Parallèle, France Baltic Circle Festival, Finland PAV, Italy Acesso Cultura - Associação Cultural, Portugal	European Commission Creative Europe Concluded
2015 - 2018	Museos y distritos culturales : arte e instituciones en zonas de renovación arquitectónico-urbanística [Museums and cultural districts: art and institutions in areas under architectural and urban renovation] HAR2015-66288-C4-01-P Other Universidad de Zaragoza Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Spain	Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad Concluded
2014 - 2015	UNPLACE - A Museum without a Place: Intangible Museography and Virtual Exhibitions EXPL/CPC-EAT/1175/2013 Principal investigator Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Instituto de História da Arte, FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Concluded
2013 - 2015	Museos y Barrios Artisticos. Arte Publico, Artistas, Instituciones [Museums and Art Districts. Public Art, Artists, Institutions] HAR2012-38899-C02-01 Researcher Universidad de Zaragoza Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Spain	Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad Concluded
2010 - 2013	IN_LEARNING - Designing Active Learing Environments grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 105410 Researcher Instituto de Engenharia de Estruturas, Território e Construção (IST-UL), Portugal	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020 - 2021	Art, Museums and Digital Cultures Collaborative Project Principal investigator Instituto de História da Arte, FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Museu de Arte, Arquitectura e Tecnologia, Portugal Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	Instituto de História da Arte, FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Museu de Arte, Arquitectura e Tecnologia Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade de Lisboa Fundação Millennium BCP Concluded
2016 - 2017	Post-Internet Cities International Collaborative Project Principal investigator Museu de Arte, Arquitectura e Tecnologia, Portugal Instituto de História da Arte, FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	Museu de Arte, Arquitectura e Tecnologia Instituto de História da Arte, FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Programa MIT Portugal Fundação Millennium BCP Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Marques, Bruno; Barranha, Helena; Pilar Irala Hortal ; et. al.. Estudo, digitalização e divulgação de colecções [Study, Digitisation and Dissemination of Collections]. Lisboa, Portugal: CML & IHA-NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST. 2024. Under revision • Editor Barranha, Helena; Henriques, Joana Simões; et. al.. Art, Museums and Digital Cultures - Rethinking Change. Lisbon, Portugal: IHA/NOVA FCSH and maat. 2021. Published • Editor Barranha, Helena; et. al.. Património Cultural: conceitos e critérios fundamentais [Cultural Heritage: Fundamental Concepts and Criteria]. Lisboa, Portugal: IST Press e ICOMOS-Portugal. 2016. Published • Editor Helena Barranha; Susana S. Martins; et. al.. Uncertain Spaces: Virtual Configurations in Contemporary Art and Museums. Lisbon, Portugal: IHA/NOVA FCSH. 2015. Published • Editor Barranha, Helena; Martins, Susana S.; Ribeiro, António Pinto; et. al.. Museus sem lugar: ensaios, manifestos e diálogos em rede [Museums without a place: essays, manifestos and networked dialogues]. Lisbon, Portugal: IHA/NOVA FCSH. 2015. Published • Editor
Book chapter	Barranha, Helena. "Linking Academic Research, Museum Architecture and Curatorial Practice: Alcino Soutinho’s Exhibition at the Neorealism Museum". In Digital Humanities for the XXI Century Museum. Best Practices, Networks, and Accessibility, edited by Ana María Cuesta Sánchez; Ángel Pazos-López, 139-160. Paris, France: Éditions Boleine, 2024. Published Barranha, Helena. "O casaco vermelho e outras histórias. Criações contemporâneas derivativas, a partir do Auto-retrato de Aurélia de Souza [The red coat and other stories. Derivative contemporary creations based on Aurélia de Souza’s Self-Portrait]". In Catálogo Raisonné de Aurélia de Souza [Catalogue Raisonné of Aurelia de Souza], edited by Silva, Raquel Henriques da; Elena Komissarova; Ana Paula Machado; Maria Aguiar, 1033-1048. Porto, Portugal: Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, 2024. Published Marques, Bruno; Barranha, Helena. "A luz que cintila do passado: o arquivo fotográfico como espaço de investigação e criação [The light that flickers from the past: the photographic archive as a space for research and creation]". In Estudo, digitalização e divulgação de colecções [Study, Digitisation and Dissemination of Collections], edited by Marques, Bruno; Barranha, Helena; Irala-Hortal, Pilar, 8-16. Lisboa, Portugal, 2024. Published Barranha, Helena. "Quantos rostos tem Aurélia? A circulação digital do auto-retrato da artista e as suas derivações [The Many Faces of Aurélia: The Digital Circulation of the Artist's Self-Portrait and Its Derivations]". In Aurélia de Souza. Mulheres Artistas em 1900 [Aurélia de Souza: Women Artists in 1900], edited by Silva, Raquel Henriques da; Marques, Bruno; Monteiro, Joana d' Oliva, 71-83. Lisboa, Portugal: IHA-NOVA FCSH, 2024. Published Barranha, Helena; Henriques, Joana Simões. "Rethinking Change in Art and Museums. In: Art, Museums and Digital Cultures – Rethinking Change". edited by Barranha, Helena; Henriques, Joana Simões, 8-14. Lisboa, Portugal: IHA/NOVA FCSH e/and maat, 2021. Published Barranha, Helena. "Escala e metáforas: dois temas para um espaço consagrado à música \| Scale and metaphor: two themes for a space devoted to music". In CRCB - Conservatório Regional de Castelo Branco. Sons invisíveis, música espelho da arquitetura \| CRCB: Regional Conservatory of Castelo Branco. Invisible sounds, music mirror of architecture [bilingual publication], edited by Afonso, José, 178-184. Lisboa, Portugal: Caleidoscópio, 2020. Published Barranha, Helena. "Mirrors and variations: from digitised portraits to derivative artworks". In Re-Visiones sobre Arte, património y tecnología en la era digital, edited by Foradada Baldellou, Carlos; Irala-Hortal, Pilar, 333-337. Zaragoza, Spain: IAACC Pablo Serrano, 2019. Published Barranha, Helena. "O conceito de intervenção mínima em espaços dedicados à criação contemporânea [The concept of minimum intervention in spaces dedicated to contemporary creation]". In Patrimonialização e sustentabilidade do património. Reflexão e prospectiva, edited by Filipe, Graça; Vale, José; Castaño, Inês, 230-242. Lisboa, Portugal: Instituto de História Contemporânea, FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2018. Published Barranha, Helena. "Investigação e curadoria online: o projeto unplace [Online research and curating: the unplace project]". In Configurações do pós-digital: arte e cultura tecnológicas, edited by Gobira, Pablo; Mucelli, Tadeus, 181-195. Belo Horizonte, Brazil: EdUEMG - Editora da Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, 2017. Published Barranha, Helena; Martins, Susana S.. "Introduction: Art, Museums and Uncertainty". In Uncertain Spaces: Virtual Configurations in Contemporary Art and Museums, edited by Barranha, Helena; Martins, Susana S., 5-12. Lisbon, Portugal: IHA/NOVA FCSH, 2015. Published Barranha, Helena. "Introdução: manifestos por um museu sem lugar [Introduction: manifestos for a museum without a place]". In Museus sem lugar: ensaios, manifestos e diálogos em rede e [Museums without a place: essays, manifestos and networked dialogues], edited by Barranha, Helena; Martins, Susana S.; Ribeiro, António Pinto, 3-8. Lisboa: IHA/NOVA FCSH, 2015. Published Barranha, Helena. "Paisagem sem gruas \| Landscape without cranes [bilangual publication]". In Close, Closer – Ventos de Mudança, Guia da Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa 2013 / 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennale Guidebook, 186-187. Lisboa, Portugal: Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa, 2013. Published Barranha, Helena. "Os primeiros 50 anos do Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea [The first 50 years of the National Museum of Contemporary Art]". In Arte Portuguesa do Século XX, 1910-1960, edited by Lapa, Pedro; Tavares, Emília, XV-XXV. Lisboa, Portugal: Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea - Museu do Chiado e Leya, 2011. Published Barranha, Helena. "O pintor no seu reduto: Columbano e o Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea [The painter in his stronghold: Columbano and the National Museum of Contemporary Art]". In Columbano, edited by Silveira, Maria de Aires, 118-128. Lisboa, Portugal: Leya e Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea - Museu do Chiado, 2010. Published Barranha, Helena. "Arquitectura de museus e iconografia urbana: concretizar um programa/construir uma imagem [Museum architecture and urban iconography: realising a programme/building an image]". In Museus, Discursos e Representações, edited by Semedo, Alice; Lopes, João Teixeira, 181-196. Porto, Portugal: Edições Afrontamento, 2006. Published
Conference paper	Barranha, Helena; Guedes, Isabel. "Communicating Museum Architecture: The role of Europeana Collections in the Construction of Architectural Memory". Paper presented in Comunicar la Arquitectura: Del Origen de la Modernidad a la Era Digital / Communicating Architecture: From The Origins of Modernity to The Digital Age, Granada, 2024. Published Barranha, Helena. "Reinterpreting Artists’ Self-Portraits through AI Derivative Creations". Paper presented in EVA Berlin 2023. Electronic Media and Visual Arts, Berlin, 2023. Published Barranha, Helena. "An Unexpected Absence: The Scarce Presence of Digital Art on the Websites of Contemporary Art Museums [extended abstract]". Paper presented in Electronic Imaging & the Visual Arts: EVA 2021 Florence, 2021. Published Barranha, Helena. "Arte digital e museus: encontros, desencontros e projectos à margem [Digital art and museums: encounters, mismatches and alternative projects]". Paper presented in 16º Encontro Internacional de Arte e Tecnologia: #16.ART: Artis intelligentia: Imaginar o Real, Porto, 2017. Published Barranha, Helena. "Evolução do princípio da intervenção mínima: das motivações oitocentistas à situação actual [Evolution of the principle of minimum intervention: from nineteenth-century motivations to the current situation]". Paper presented in Congresso da Reabilitação do Património, Aveiro, 2017. Published Helena Barranha. "Between the Virtual and a Hard Place: The Dilemma of Digital Art Museums". Paper presented in EVA London 2016 - Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, Londres, 2016. Published • 10.14236/ewic/eva2016.45 Barranha, Helena; Martins, Susana S.; Monteiro, Rita Xavier; Pereira, Raquel. "How digital is the digital art museum? [Poster]". Paper presented in CONTEMPART ’15 / Contemporary Art, Istambul, 2015. Published Barranha, Helena; Silva, Raquel Henriques da. "Museus na cidade: Lisboa como exemplo [Museums in the city: Lisbon as an example]". Paper presented in Arquimemória 4 - Encontro Internacional sobre Preservação do Património Edificado, Salvador da Bahia, 2013. Published Barranha, Helena. "Between the Screen and the Building: Museum Architecture in the Digital Age". Paper presented in Museum and Design Disciplines #3 Relations, Veneza, 2011. Published Barranha, Helena. "Beyond the Landmark: the effective contribution of museum architecture to urban renovation". Paper presented in City Futures in a Globalising World, 2009. Published Barranha, Helena. "Views from above: cinema and urban iconography after Google Earth". Paper presented in Architecture, Urban Space and the Moving Image, Liverpool, 2008. Published Barranha, Helena; Tostões, Ana. "Museums and centres of contemporary art inside historical buildings: three cases in Portugal". Paper presented in 10th International Conference on Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture, Praga, 2007. Published • 10.2495/STR070041 Heitor, Teresa; Tostões, Ana; Barranha, Helena; Pessoa, António. "Inside-Out and Outside-In: when setting and content interact". Paper presented in 5th International Space Syntax Symposium, Delft, 2005. Published Tostões, Ana; Barranha, Helena. "Museus e centros de arte contemporânea em edifícios históricos: alguns casos em Portugal [Museums and contemrporary art centres in historical buildings: some cases in Portugal]". Paper presented in Seminário Internacional de Museografia e Arquitectura de Museus 2005, Rio de Janeiro, 2005. Published Barranha, Helena. "A arquitectura do museu, entre a invenção do presente e a (re)construção da memória [Museum architecture, between the invention of the present and the (re)construction of memory]". Paper presented in Colóquio - Adaptação de edifícios históricos a museus, 2003, Faro, 2005. Published Barranha, Helena; Heitor, Teresa. "Flexibilidade do espaço museológico: o caso do Museu do Chiado, em Lisboa [The flexibility of museum space: the case of the Chiado Museum, in Lisbon]". Paper presented in Seminário Internacional NUTAU 2004, São Paulo, 2004. Published Barranha, Helena. "The Contemporary Art Museum - a dynamic and interactive space". Paper presented in 15th UIA/UNESCO International Seminar (on Learning in Public Spaces), Porto, 2001. Published
Dictionary entry	Barranha, Helena; Lorente, Jesús Pedro. "Museum (Modern and Contemporary Art)". In Dictionary of Museology, edited by Mairesse, François. ICOM & Routledge, 2023. Published Barranha, Helena. "Original". In Dictionary of Museology. ICOM & Routledge, 2023. Published Barranha, Helena; Lorente, Jesús Pedro. "Musée d’art moderne et contemporain". In Dictionnaire de Museologie, edited by Mairesse, François. ICOM & Armand Colin, 2022. Published Barranha, Helena. "Original". In Dictionnaire de Museologie, edited by Mairesse, François. ICOM & Armand Colin, 2022. Published
Exhibition catalog	Barranha, Helena. Um edifício, muitos museus. Alcino Soutinho e o Museu do Neo-Realismo [One building, many museums. Alcino Soutinho and the Neorealism Museum]. Câmara Municipal de Vila Franca de Xira, 2019. Barranha, Helena; Ruivo, Marina Bairrão; Santos, Sandra. Património e Biografia - Vieira da Silva e o Jardim das Amoreiras [Heritage and Biography - Vieira da Silva and the Amoreiras Garden]. Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva, 2009.
Journal article	Barranha, Helena. "Espaços de transição – um percurso entre edifícios, no Museu Louisiana [Transition Spaces – A Journey between Buildings at the Louisiana Museum]". Midas 18 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/12ej3. Open access • Published • 10.4000/12ej3 Barranha, Helena. "A arquitectura de museus na viragem democrática: dois projectos de referência para a arte contemporânea [Museum architecture in the democratic turn: two reference projects for contemporary art]". Arte e Cultura Visual 4 (2024): 119-138. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/96074. Open access • Published Barranha, Helena. "Visionárias [recensão crítica a exposição / Visionaries - exhibition review]". Midas 16 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/midas.4302. Open access • Published • 10.4000/midas.4302 Barranha, Helena. "Arquitectura de museos en Portugal: temáticas y proyectos recientes [Museum architecture in Portugal: recent themes and projects]". RdM - Revista de Museología 83 (2022): 114-131. Published Barranha, Helena. "Museus a várias velocidades e museus à beira da estrada [Museums at different speeds and museums on the roadside]". Arte e Cultura Visual 1 (2020): 47-57. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/47031. Open access • Published Barranha, Helena. "Museus que (re)constroem paisagens [Museums that (re) build landscapes]". RP - Revista Património 7 (2020): 56-65. Published Barranha, Helena. "Stalder, F. (2018). The digital condition. Cambridge: Polity Press. [Recensão Crítica / Book Review]". Revista Lusófona de Estudos Culturais 7 1 (2020): 293-299. http://dx.doi.org/10.21814/rlec.2679. Open access • Published • 10.21814/rlec.2679 Barranha, Helena. "Fora do algoritmo. A relativa (in)visibilidade da arte digital nos museus de arte contemporânea [Out of the algorithm. The relative (in)visibility of digital art in contemporary art museums]". Revista de Museus 2 (2019): 94-109. Published Barranha, Helena. "Derivative Narratives: The Multiple Lives of a Masterpiece on the Internet". Museum International 70 1-2 (2018): 22-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/muse.12190. Published • 10.1111/muse.12190 Monteiro, Rita Xavier; Barranha, Helena. "What Can and Cannot Be Felt: The Paradox of Affectivity in Post-Internet Art". Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts 10 1 (2018): 3-3. Open access • Published • 10.7559/citarj.v10i1.380 Barranha, Helena; Caldas, João Vieira; Silva, Rita Nobre Neto da. "Translating heritage into museums: two architectural strategies inside Lisbon Castle". Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development 7 1 (2017): 33-47. Published • 10.1108/JCHMSD-05-2016-0033 Barranha, Helena; Ribeiro, António Pinto; Pereira, Raquel. "Towards the metaphorical transformation of urban space: digital art and the city after the web 2.0". Revista Digital do {LAV 9 3 (2016): 003-014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/1983734824572. Open access • Published • 10.5902/1983734824572 Barranha, Helena. "Cien años, un mismo lugar: Museo Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo en el barrio histórico de Chiado (1911-2011) [One hundred years, the same place: The National Museum of Contemporary Art in the historical district of Chiado (1911-2011)]". Arte y Ciudad. Revista de Investigación 3.1 (2013): 289-308. http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=4704497. Open access • Published • 10.22530/ayc.2013.N3.1.283 Barranha, Helena. "Farol-Museu de Santa Marta: redesenhar um muro para revelar um sítio [Santa Marta Lighthouse-Museum: Redesigning a wall to reveal a site]". Monumentos 31 (2011): 148-155. Published Barranha, Helena. "O museu, espaço de encontro entre a arte e a arquitectura do presente [The museum as a meeting place for present art and architecture]". Margens e Confluências 6 (2003): 9-15. Published Barranha, Helena. "Arquitectura de museus de arte moderna e contemporânea [Architecture of modern and contemporary art museums]". Revista da Faculdade de Letras, Departamento de Ciências e Técnicas do Património 2 (2003): 311-333. http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/2921.pdf. Published
Journal issue	Barranha, Helena; Axel, Nick; Gadanho, Pedro; Hirsch, Nikolaus; Vidokle, Anton. "Post-Internet Cities". e-flux architecture (2017): http://www.e-flux.com/architecture/post-internet-cities/147174/editorial-digital-realism/. Coeditor Barranha, Helena; Crespo, Nuno. "Museus, utopia e urbanidade [Museums, utopia and urbanity]". MIDAS – Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares 4 (2014): http://midas.revues.org/624. Published • Invited editor Barranha, Helena; Dias, Manuel Graça; Figueira, Jorge. "Da identidade de Arquitectura Portuguesa [On the Identity of Portuguese Architecture]". 22 (2013): http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/conhecer/biblioteca-digital-camoes/revistas-e-periodicos/revista-camoes/revista-camoes-22.html. Published • Invited editor
Magazine article	Barranha, Helena. "Património e tecnologias digitais, entre a generalização e a especificidade [Heritage and digital technologies, between generalisation and specificity]", Pedra & Cal, 2022 Barranha, Helena. "Museus e tecnologias digitais: a importância de formular questões antes de encontrar repostas [Museums and digital technologies: the importance of asking questions before finding answers]", CulturAçores - Revista de Cultura, 2021 Barranha, Helena. "Espacio Byte: um museu online que não é virtual \| Espacio Byte: an online, but not virtual, museum [bilangual publication]", Umbigo, 2020 Barranha, Helena. "Espaços para a arte contemporânea em Lisboa: um mapa em construção \| Spaces for contemporary art in Lisbon: a map under construction [bilangual publication]", Contemporânea, 2018 Barranha, Helena. "Net Art Anthology e a complexa historiografia da arte em rede \| Net Art Anthology and the complex historiography of net art [bilangual publication]", Umbigo, 2018 Barranha, Helena. "Retrato da cidade na linha do horizonte: 'Cadê as girafas de Brasília?' [Portrait of the city on the horizon: ‘Where are Brasilia’s giraffes?’]", Contemporânea, 2014 Barranha, Helena. "Rui Toscano, São Paulo 24 Set 01", Paralelo / Fundação Luso-Americana, 2013 Barranha, Helena. "Utopia, simulação e realidade. Arquitectura de museus de arte na era digital [Utopia, simulation and reality. Architecture of art museums in the digital age]", Arqa. - Arquitectura e Arte, 2013 Barranha, Helena. "No rasto do efémero [On the trail of the ephemeral]", L+arte, 2010 Barranha, Helena. "Objectos singulares, lugares reconhecíveis: breve olhar sobre a arquitectura de museus no território ibérico \| Objetos singulares, lugares reconocibles: breve mirada sobre la arquitectura de museos en el territorio ibérico [bilangual publication Portuguese \| Spanish]", Arquitectura Ibérica, 2009 Barranha, Helena. "O edifício como 'blockbuster'. O protagonismo da arquitectura nos museus de arte contemporânea [The building as a 'blockbuster'. The role of architecture in contemporary art museums]", ArteCapital, 2007, http://www.artecapital.net/opiniao-44-helena-barranha-o-edificio-como-blockbuster-o-protagonismo-da-arquitectura-nos-museus-de-arte-contemporanea. Barranha, Helena. "Do casino ao Museu, Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna [From Casino to Museum, Sintra Museum of Modern Art]", Arquitectura e Vida, 2002 Barranha, Helena. "Levantamento de fachadas em Faro [Façade survey in Faro]", Centros Históricos, 2002
Online resource	Barranha, Helena. O Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, seis anos depois [The Museum of Contemporary Art in Elvas, six years later]. 2013. https://www.patrimonio.pt/post/2013/05/30/o-museu-de-arte-contempor%C3%A2nea-de-elvas-seis-anos-depois. Barranha, Helena. Os museus como requalificação do património [Museums as heritage requalification]. 2012. https://www.patrimonio.pt/post/2012/11/23/os-museus-como-requalifica%C3%A7%C3%A3o-do-patrim%C3%B3nio.
Preface / Postscript	Barranha, Helena. "Enquadramento, denúncia e empatia [Framing, denounciation and empathy]". Preface to Adelino Lyon de Castro. O Fardo das Imagens (1945-1953), edited by Tavares, Emília, 5. Lisboa, Portugal: Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea Museu do Chiado / Publicações Europa América. 2011. Published Barranha, Helena. "A perspectiva da dupla distância [The double distance perspective]". Preface to D’Après Nuno Gonçalves, edited by Quaresma, José, 18-19. Lisboa, Portugal: CIEBA – Centro de Investigação e de Estudos em Belas-Artes, Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Universidade de Lisboa. 2011. Published Barranha, Helena. "Falemos de Arquitectura \| Let’s talk about Architecture". Preface to Falemos de Casas: Quando a Arte fala Arquitectura / Let’s Talk About Houses: When Art Speaks Architecture, edited by Sardo, Delfim, 21-22. Lisboa, Portugal: Athena/Babel. 2010. Published Barranha, Helena. "Nota prévia [Foreword]". Preface to Arte Portuguesa do Século XIX, 1850-1910, edited by Lapa, Pedro; Silveira, Maria de Aires, IX. Lisboa, Portugal: Leya e Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea - Museu do Chiado. 2010. Published Barranha, Helena. "Prefácio \| Foreword [bilingual publication]". Preface to Nadir Afonso: Sem Limites / Without Limits, edited by Ginga, Adelaide, 46. Lisboa, Portugal: Instituto dos Museus e da Conservação / MNAC - Museu do Chiado. 2010. Published Barranha, Helena. "Repensar o Chiado: vários espaços, o mesmo lugar [Rethinking Chiado: several spaces, the same place]". Preface to Chiado: efervescência urbana, artística e literária de um lugar, edited by Dias, Fernando Rosa; Quaresma, José, 18-19. Lisboa, Portugal: CIEBA – Centro de Investigação e de Estudos em Belas-Artes, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa. 2010. Published

Artistic / Performance

Curatorial / Museum exhibition

2019. "Um edifício, muitos museus. Alcino Soutinho e o Museu do Neo-Realismo | One building, many museums. Alcino Soutinho and the Neorealism Museum.". In Museu do Neorealismo, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, 09.02.2019 -26.05.2019. Curadora | Curator: Helena Barranha..
2016. "Unspoken Dialogues. Post-Screen Festival 2016.". In Galeria Millennium, Lisboa, 12.11.2016 - 11.03.2017. Coord. Ana Moutinho, Ana Teresa Vicente, Ana Velhinho & Helena Ferreira. Helena Barranha - Membro do Conselho Curatorial | Member of the of the Curatorial Commission.
2015. "arte em rede: lugares-entre-lugares | networked art: places-between-places". In Online, 19.06.2015 - 19.11.2015. Curadores | Curators: António Pinto Ribeiro & Rita Xavier Monteiro, com a colaboração de | with the collaboration of: Helena Barranha, Susana S. Martins & Raquel Pereira. Website: http://unplace.org/exhibition.
2012. "O Modernismo Feliz: Art Déco em Portugal. Pintura, Desenho, Escultura 1912-1960 | The Happy Modernism: Art Deco in Portugal. Painting, Drawing, Sculpture". In Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea – Museu do Chiado, Lisboa, 28.06.2012 - 25.11.2012. Curador | Curator: Rui Afonso Santos. Coord. e Projecto Expositivo | Coord. and Exhibition Design: Helena Barranha.
2012. "Clemens von Wedemeyer: Against Death (From: The Fourth Wall)". In Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea - Museu do Chiado, 18.05.2012 - 17.06.2012. Em parceria com | In partnership with: Goethe-Institut Portugal. Curadora | Curator: Helena Barranha..
2012. "Noé Sendas: Long Distance Relationships {German Diaries}". In Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea - Museu do Chiado, 28.02.2012 - 01.04.2012. Curadora | Curator: Helena Barranha..
2011. "Outros Olhares – Novos Projectos | Other Perspectives - New Projects.". In Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea – Museu do Chiado, Lisboa, 30.06.2011 - 01.04.2012. Programa de Instalações Site-Specific | Site-Specific Programme. Curadora | Curator: Adelaide Ginga. Conceito e Coord. | Concept and Coord.: Helena Barranha.
2011. "100 Anos do MNAC | 100 Years of MNAC. Ciclo de três exposições - Arte Portuguesa dos Séculos XIX e XX | Cycle of three exhibitions - Portuguese Art of the 19th and 20th centuries". In Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea – Museu do Chiado, Lisboa, 07.04.2011 - 17.06.2012. Curadoras | Curators: Maria de Aires Silveira, Adelaide Ginga & Emília Tavares. Conceito e Coord. | Concept and Coord.: Helena Barranha.
2010. "Um percurso, dois sentidos: a Colecção do MNAC - Museu do Chiado, da actualidade a 1850 | One way, two directions: MNAC – Museu do Chiado Collection from the present back to 1850". In Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea – Museu do Chiado, Lisboa, 18.03.2010 - 13.06.2010. Curadora | Curator: Helena Barranha.
2009. "Património e Biografia – Vieira da Silva e o Jardim das Amoreiras | Heritage and Biography - Vieira da Silva and the Amoreiras Garden". In Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva, Lisboa, 01.10.2009 - 21.02.2010. Curadoras | Curators: Helena Barranha & Marina Bairrão Ruivo.