Beatriz Milhazes 100 Sóis
30/01/2026 — 26/04/2026Museu de Arte da Bahia
Salvador, BA
100 Sóis is Beatriz Milhazes’s first solo exhibition in Salvador. The show brings together a selection of historical paintings, new works, recent collages, and a stained-glass installation conceived by the artist for the museum’s windows. Curated by Tiago Mesquita, the exhibition is produced by Arte3, with executive production collaboration by Automatica and support from Galeria Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel.
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Olhares Negros
25/11/2025 — 10/12/2025
Museu de Arte do RioPraça Mauá, RJ
The exhibition Olhares Negros [Black Perspectives], held at the Rio Art Museum, presented the results of photography workshops conducted by the NGO Luta pela Paz [Fight for Peace] with young people from the Maré Complex. The exhibition highlighted the narratives and perspectives of black youth, articulating identity, territory, and collective memory through photography. As part of the institution's 25th anniversary celebrations and produced by Automatica, the exhibition showcased the formative process and the protagonism of the participants.
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Línguas africanas que fazem o Brasil
12/11/2025 — 11/01/2026
Centro Cultural TCU
Brasília, DF
The exhibition Línguas africanas que fazem o Brasil, curated by Tiganá Santana, investigates the presence of African languages and cultures in the shaping of Brazilian Portuguese language in the country. Sound installations, Adinkra symbols, audiovisual productions, and works by Brazilian artists reveal the Afro-diasporic heritage in oral tradition, writing, and the arts. In this edition, the exhibition also highlights works from Brasília’s artists, with pieces by Antonio Obá, Leni Vasconcellos, and Dalton Paula. Organized by the TCU Cultural Center, in partnership with the Museum of the Portuguese Language, and produced by Automatica.
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Línguas africanas que fazem o Brasil
09/09/2025 — 14/12/2025
Palácio Anchieta
Centro, Vitória, ES
The exhibition Línguas africanas que fazem o Brasil, curated by Tiganá Santana, investigates the presence of African languages and cultures in the shaping of Brazilian Portuguese language in the country. Sound installations, Adinkra symbols, audiovisual productions, and works by Brazilian artists reveal the Afro-diasporic heritage in oral tradition, writing, and the arts. In this edition, the exhibition also highlights Espírito Santo production, with works by Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro, Natan Dias, and Jaíne Muniz. Presented by Museu Vale in partnership with Museu da Língua Portuguesa and produced by Automatica.
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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. With 21 States represented, the show features masters such as Nino, Zé do Chalé, and Mestre Cunha, alongside such key figures as Mestre Vitalino, Ana das Carrancas, and Conceição dos Bugres. The curators, Leonel Kaz and Jair de Souza, invite visitors to move through works, sounds and rhythms that put us in touch with our origins.
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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 at Gabinete Gallery in the Cultural Park of the Governor’s Residence in Vila Velha. The show was presented in partnership with Vale Cultural Center Maranhão.
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Milton Santos Occupation
Bela Maré
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, touching on his trajectory as a Black intellectual, his philosophy of space, and his belief in grassroots futures. Curated by Ana V. Lopes, Gleyce Heitor, and Osmar Paulino, the exhibition has deep roots in the Maré and weaves together archives, contemporary art, and community activism.
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From Landscape to Intimacy
11/29/2024 — 01/26/2025
Galpão Bela Maré,
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Da paisagem à intimidade [From Landscape to Intimacy] brings together images by artists and photographers who, over the past 20 years, have participated in the Escola de Fotografia Popular [School of Popular Photography]— a project that has been fundamental in shaping new perspectives on popular spaces, through the lenses of the communities themselves.
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. The images on display are living testimonies of transformations, achievements and memories that permeate the daily life of these territories, building a collective trajectory of resistance and affirmation of identity.
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Transitar o Tempo
12/04/2025 — 03/30/2025
Casa Porto das Artes, Vitória, ES
The exhibition, presented by Museu Vale, curated by Nicolas Soares and Clara Pignaton and locally produced by Automatica, brings together 30 artists from Espírito Santo (BRA) in a reflection on changes, artistic practice and path. 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.
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Path
12/07/2024 — 01/26/2025
MUHCAB - Museu da História e Cultura Afro-Brasileira, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Caminho [Path] is the result of the artistic-pedagogical residency of ELÃ – Escola Livre de Artes [Free School of Arts], a project by Observatório de Favelas in partnership with Automatica. 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, interspersed with favela, Afro-diasporic and original references.
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