Fernando Pernes (Lisbon, 1936 - Porto, October 2, 2010) was a Portuguese essayist, professor and art critic.
Fernando Pernes completed his art studies in France and Italy, granted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, first at the Sorbonne Paris, with the historian and art critic Pierre Francastel (1900-1970), then in Rome and Florence with Giulio Carlo Argan (1900-1992).
The relevance of his work in that area was recognized early, having been awarded the Art Criticism Prize, given by The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in 1965.
After the April 25, 1974, he became director of the Contemporary Art Center National Museum Soares dos Reis.
Since the end of the 1960s he was the author of monographs on Portuguese artists and numerous texts and essays on national and international art .