N. J. L. Collection
A curated online gallery dedicated to giving artistic work international visibility through a digital exhibition experience.
About the Collection
The N. J. L. Collection is one of Portugal’s most significant private contemporary art collections, bringing together works by Portuguese and international artists across different generations and mediums.
Created by Norlinda and José Lima, it reflects a long-term commitment to contemporary art, cultural preservation and artistic visibility.
8876’s Role
8876 supports the international visibility of the collection by bringing it into a curated digital gallery experience.
Through this online presence, the collection becomes accessible to wider audiences, reinforcing its cultural value beyond its original context.
The goal is not commercialisation, but projection: positioning 8876 as a bridge between Portuguese contemporary art and international visibility.
Explore the gallery.
Traço Descontínuo: Norlinda and José Lima Collection – A Selection
19 October 2013 — 3 May 2014
Curatorship: Miguel Amado
Traço Descontínuo: Norlinda and José Lima Collection – A Selection (Part II)
31 May 2014 — 10 May 2015
Curatorship: Miguel Amado
Everywhere Is the Same Sky – A Landscape Perspective in the NJL Collection
25 April — 25 October 2015
Curatorship: Raquel Guerra
All Rights Reserved. Things of the World in the Norlinda and José Lima Collection
16 May 2015 — 8 May 2016
Curatorship: Miguel Amado
Paradoxes of the Ivory Tower: Painting and the Pictorial in the Norlinda and José Lima Collection
14 May — 25 September 2016
Curatorship: David Barro
There Is No Why, There Is No I – Body and Physicality in the Norlinda and José Lima Collection
25 April — 30 October 2016
Curatorship: Raquel Guerra
Un Certain Regard – Norlinda and José Lima Collection
29 April — 10 September 2017
Curatorship: Albano Silva Pereira
The Collection “(Reloaded)”
11 May — 30 December 2017
Curatorship: João Silvério
Interstitial: Dialogues in the Space Between Events I – Portuguese Art in the Norlinda and José Lima Collection
24 May — 7 October 2018
Curatorship: Miguel von Hafe Pérez
For I Is Another: Works from the Norlinda and José Lima Collection
26 May — 28 October 2018
Curatorship: Miguel Amado
Interstitial: Dialogues in the Space Between Events II – Portuguese Art in the Norlinda and José Lima Collection
19 October 2018 — 24 March 2019
Curatorship: Miguel von Hafe Pérez
The Chaotic Deposit: Social Life in the Norlinda and José Lima Collection
11 May — 17 November 2019
Curatorship: Miguel Amado
Art in São Bento 2019 – Norlinda and José Lima Collection
5 September — 29 December 2019
Curatorship: Isabel Carlos
Capital Labour # Essay on Gestures and Fragments
13 April 2019 — 8 March 2020
Curatorship: Paulo Mendes
Capital Labour # General Strike
7 — 8 March 2020
Curatorship: Paulo Mendes
European Dream: Works from the Norlinda and José Lima Collection
14 December 2019 — 20 September 2020
Curatorship: Miguel Amado
Continuous Present: Recent Acquisitions of the Norlinda and José Lima Collection
31 July — 6 September 2020
Curatorship: Andreia Magalhães
RED LIGHT: Sexuality and Representation in the Norlinda and José Lima Collection
26 September 2020 — 4 July 2021
Curatorship: Sandra Vieira Jürgens
Images, Signs and Writing in the Collections of the Oliva Art Centre
19 March — 15 September 2021
Production: Oliva Art Centre and the Municipal Library of São João da Madeira
The Observer Effect
19 June 2021 — 13 February 2022
Curatorship: Pablo Berástegui Lozano
Immersion and Hypnosis
22 March — 23 May 2021
Curatorship: Helena Mendes Pereira
Drawing in the Norlinda and José Lima Collection
(A Selection)
8 April — 7 May 2021
Curatorship: João Silvério
Insertions. Works from the Norlinda and José Lima Collection at the University of Aveiro
19 April — 15 July 2021
Curatorship: Sérgio Mah
Between Words and Silences – Works from the Norlinda and José Lima Collection
30 October 2021 — 6 February 2022
Curatorship: Luísa Soares de Oliveira
Between Words and Silences – Works from the Norlinda and José Lima Collection
18 March 2022 — 15 January 2023
Curatorship: Luísa Soares de Oliveira
Human, Still All Too Human
30 March — 30 September 2023
Curatorship: Miguel von Hafe Pérez
Neglected. Works from the Norlinda and José Lima Collection
1 April — 17 September 2023
Curatorship: Sara & André
The Revolution at Night
21 October 2023 — 2 June 2024
Curatorship: Ana Anacleto
Amazement – the Norlinda and José Lima Collection (NJL) in Dialogue with MHNC-UP
21 March — 31 August 2024
Curatorship: Fátima Marques Pereira and Ana Anjos Mântua
On the More Visible Side of Images
30 March — 23 June 2024
Curatorship: José Maças de Carvalho and Daniel Madeira
Manuscript Found in a Bottle
28 June — 25 August 2024
Curatorship: Helena Mendes Pereira
Glória Elevator
17 May — 31 December 2024
Curatorship: Helena Mendes Pereira