FAAP Opens Two Flávio de Carvalho Exhibitions in Ribeirão Preto and São Paulo

Key facts

• FAAP is holding two exhibitions on Flávio de Carvalho in October 2026, curated by Marcos Moraes.
• In São Paulo, 'Flávio de Carvalho: 70 anos da Experiência nº 3' runs from October 18 to November 15, 2026, at MAB FAAP.
• The São Paulo show marks 70 years since Carvalho's October 18, 1956, performance in downtown São Paulo.
• Carvalho's 1956 action involved wearing a self-designed summer outfit of blouse and skirt to challenge tropical dress norms.
• The performance followed 39 articles on fashion history he published in Diário de São Paulo.
• In Ribeirão Preto, 'Flávio de Carvalho: a cidade como palco' runs from October 19, 2026, to February 26, 2027, at Colégio Ribeirão Preto FAAP.
• The Ribeirão Preto exhibition includes 34 photographs from the 1999 MAB FAAP show 'Flávio de Carvalho: 100 anos de um revolucionário romântico.'
• It also features four replicas of masks and gloves related to 'Bailado do Deus Morto,' a 1933 modernist rite-spectacle that faced persecution and censorship at its premiere.