Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme's Venice Biennale work leads to São Paulo solo show in September

exhibition · 2026-04-19

The Venice Biennale showcased the remarkable work 'Until we became fire and fire us' by Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme. This September, they will present a solo exhibition at Coleção Moraes-Barbosa in São Paulo. In Salvador, Galatea and Nara Roesler's exhibition 'Barracas e fachadas do nordeste' is set for January 30 to May 30. Additionally, MAES will feature Luciano Feijão's 'Greve Negra Já!' and 'Arte em todos os sentidos' from February 24 to April 26. Willa Wasserman's 'Purple apple' will be on display at Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel from February 25 to April 18. A variety of other exhibitions are planned at different locations from March 3 to June 28, 2027.

Key facts

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme will have a solo exhibition in São Paulo in September 2025.
'Barracas e fachadas do nordeste' at Galeria Galatea Salvador runs from January 30 to May 30, 2025.
Luciano Feijão's 'Greve Negra Já!' at MAES is curated by Renato Lopes and runs from February 24 to April 26, 2025.
The 4th Frestas – Trienal de Artes in Sorocaba features 188 works, with 26 commissioned, from February 27 to August 16, 2025.
Claudia Alarcón & Silät's exhibition at MASP marks the collective's debut in a Brazilian museum, running from March 6 to August 2, 2025.
'O que elas viram: fotolivros históricos de mulheres, 1843-1999' at IMS Paulista includes 106 photobooks and runs from March 17 to August 2, 2025.
The 'Langsdorff: A expedição fluvial 200 anos depois' project commemorates the bicentennial of an 1826 scientific expedition.
Nara Roesler's 50th-anniversary exhibition 'Festa das falas' features artists from Northeast Brazil and runs from March 31 to May 9, 2025.

Entities

Artists

Institutions

Coleção Moraes-Barbosa
Galatea
Nara Roesler
Galeria Galatea Salvador
Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo (MAES)
Movimento Grevista Negro
Midiateca Capixaba
Secretaria da Cultura (Secultes)
Fundo de Cultura do Estado do Espirito Santo (Funcultura)
Política Nacional Aldir Blanc (PNAB)
Ministério da Cultura (MINC)
Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel
Casa Onze
Sesc Sorocaba
Capela João de Camargo
Clube 28 de Setembro
CAIXA Cultural São Paulo
Phi Projetos
Cinnamon
Governo do Brasil
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Belo Horizonte (CCBB BH)
Ateliê Marlene Barros
Ponto de Cultura Coletivo ZBM
Universidade de Aveiro
MASP — Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Janaina Torres Galeria
Casa Seva
FAMA Museu
IMS - Instituto Moreira Salles
Biblioteca de Fotografia do IMS
10×10 Photobooks
Getty Research Institute
Museo Reina Sofía
Rijksmuseum
New York Public Library
Paris Photo
Livraria da Travessa
Simões de Assis
El Espacio 23
Coleção Jorge M. Pérez
Galeria Estúdio Reverso
NND|Azeco
DAN Galeria
SP-Arte
Casa de Cultura do Parque
Projeto 280X1020
Instituto de Cultura Contemporânea (ICCo)
Lei Rouanet
banco BV
Laranjinha
Banco Itaú
Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin - USP
Instituto Hercule Florence
Documenta Pantanal
BBM-USP
Centro Maria Antônia da USP
Império Russo
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
Fonte
Carmo Johnson Projects
Itaú Cultural
Ilê Asipá
Pina Luz
Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc
PGHEA-MAC/USP

Locations

Veneza
São Paulo
Salvador
Bahia
Brazil
Centro
Vitória
Espírito Santo
Jardins
São Paulo - SP
Nova York
USA
Sorocaba
Tóquio
Japan
Mumbai
India
Pequim
China
Jacarta
Indonesia
Belo Horizonte
Minas Gerais
La Puntana
Argentina
Gran Chaco
Paraguay
Campo Grande
Mato Grosso do Sul
Alameda Lorena
Jardim Paulista
Itu
Los Angeles
Madri
Spain
Amsterdã
Netherlands
Miami
Vila Nova Conceição
Alto de Pinheiros
Vila Madalena
Santo Antônio da Patrulha
Rio Grande do Sul
Boaçava
Bela Vista
Bom Retiro
São Paulo — SP
Rio de Janeiro
Porto Feliz
Mato Grosso
Grão-Pará
Cidade Universitária
Recife
Pernambuco
Ipojuca
Fortaleza
Ceará
Algarve
Portugal
Recôncavo Baiano
Ilha de Itaparica

Sources

ARTE!Brasileiros — 2024-06-28