Brazil: Popular Art
22/08/2025 — 23/11/2025
Farol Santander São Paulo, SP
The exhibition occupies two floors of the Farol Santander building in São
Paulo, with over 400 works—including sculptures, ceramics, masks, and
garments—that attest to the inventiveness and symbolic power of the
creativity of the people.
Who’s afraid of a stick insect?
09/05/2025 — 19/08/2025
Cultural Park, Governor’s Residence, Vila Velha, Espírito Santo
A world of wooden sculptures by Hiorlando was featured in Who’s afraid
of a stick insect? The artistic legacy of this artist, born in Água Doce do
Maranhão, is further enhanced by this exhibition.
Milton Santos Occupation
10/05/2025 — 08/08/2025
Galpão Bela Maré, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Following its first edition in São Paulo, the Milton Santos Occupation is
brought to Galpão Bela Maré in partnership with Itaú Cultural. The show
proposes dialogue between the ideas of the geographer and the work
produced by artists and social and cultural organizations.
Path
12/07/2024 — 01/26/2025
MUHCAB - Museu da História e Cultura Afro-Brasileira, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
In its fifth edition, ELÃ proposed a collective investigation into the concept of "path". The works, which range from installations to paintings, photographs, videos and soundscapes, reflect the encounter between individual and collective trajectories.
From Landscape to Intimacy
11/29/2024 — 01/26/2025
Galpão Bela Maré, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
With a rich diversity of visual narratives, the exhibition reveals the streets, alleys, popular festivals and traditional knowledge, captured from the unique perspective of favela residents, and is a reflection of their stories, struggles and affections.
Transitar o Tempo
12/04/2025 — 03/30/2025
Casa Porto das Artes, Vitória, ES
With previously unseen works and collections from institutions such as GAEU and Galeria Homero Massena, the exhibition proposes a dialogue between generations of artists, exploring art as a moving transformation.
Crossroads of Afro-Brazilian Art11/16/2024 — 02/17/2025
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil,
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Encruzilhadas da Arte Afro-Brasileira [Crossroads of Afro-Brazilian Art] brings together works by 62 artists from different regions of the country. With general coordination and production by Tatu Cultural and local production by Automatica, the exhibition is an offshoot of the Afro Project.
Luiz Zerbini – Ruminated Landscapes
06/19/2024 — 11/10/2024
CCBB
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
/ CCBB Brasília, DF
In this retrospective, curated by Clarissa Diniz, visitors will have the opportunity to dive into the artist's peculiar and thought-provoking universe and immerse themselves in Zerbini's creative process, who describes his art as a journey of rumination, in which landscapes, dreams and memories are crushed and reconfigured in an involuntary way.
Leaf through
06/05/2024 — 09/08/2024
Parque Botânico Vale /
Reserva Natural Vale,
Vitória, ES
With giant sculptures up to 10m wide designed by the artists Felipe Barbosa and Rosana Ricalde, the Folhear [leaf through] exhibition presents a fusion between contemporary art and the exuberance of ecosystems.
Ways of Breathing
04/03/2024 — 04/28/2024
Espaço Cultural Sérgio Porto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
The artists participated in the Public Sector Artists in Residence Program [RASP], which involves a twelve-month immersion in public sector institutions in Brazil to create works of art in collaboration with the employees of these institutions.
Anna presented the dreamlike film Ventário and Rafa Éis a series of photographs and sculptures titled Ways of Breathing.
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