Heroines of the Arts is a collection of books for everyone who believes that heroines exist. Drawing on the modern and contemporary art collection of the CAM – Gulbenkian Modern Art Centre, we tell the stories of courageous, adventurous, bold, and fearless women who, through art, transform our world.

Madalena was born next to the beach. She preferred swimming to sunbathing. She liked cows, baking and making music. She was also unquiet and, sometimes, she saw the future.

Madalena Perdigão (1923-1989) played a fundamental role in the history of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and in the Portuguese artistic and educational panorama of the second half of the 20th century. Unquiet is a biography book for children, that conveys some of what Madalena Perdigão’s life and work was about.

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CATARINA SOBRAL (Portugal) is an award-winning author and illustrator. Besides books, she makes animated films, creates theater shows for children, and has produced a children’s radio program. She thinks, communicates, and protests better through drawing.