Multiple Exhibitions Across Brazil Highlight Political Art, Vernacular Architecture, and Historical Revisions

exhibition · 2026-04-23

Ricardo Sardenberg is presenting 'Estratégias Conceituais' at Galeria Bergamin & Gomide, featuring approximately 80 pieces focused on political and conceptual art from Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s, with contributions from artists such as Augusto de Campos and León Ferrari. Simultaneously, 'Barracas e fachadas do nordeste,' curated by Tomás Toledo and Alana Silveira, examines the architecture of the Northeast at Galeria Galatea Salvador. At the Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo, Luciano Feijão's 'Greve Negra Já!' critiques historical representations of the Black body. Additional exhibitions include 'Arte em todos os sentidos' at MAES, 'do caminho um rezo' at Sesc Sorocaba, and 'O que elas viram' at IMS Paulista, along with various lectures and exhibitions across different locations.

Key facts

'Estratégias Conceituais' features about 80 works focusing on Latin American political and conceptual art from the 1970s-1980s.
'Barracas e fachadas do nordeste' includes five artists examining Northeastern Brazilian vernacular architecture.
'Greve Negra Já!' at MAES uses art to contest historical paradigms of the Black body.
'Arte em todos os sentidos' displays 41 works from a private collection at MAES.
The 'Frestas' triennial presents 188 works, with 26 commissioned, across Sorocaba.
Julio Bittencourt's 'Solidão Coletiva' comprises eight photographic series from 2016-2023.
Marlene Barros's exhibition at CCBB BH employs crochet and embroidery to explore femininity.
The MASP show features textiles made from chaguar fibers by the Wichí collective Silät.

Entities

Artists

Institutions

Galeria Bergamin & Gomide
Galeria Galatea Salvador
Nara Roesler
Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo (MAES)
Secretaria da Cultura (Secultes)
Fundo de Cultura do Estado do Espirito Santo (Funcultura)
Política Nacional Aldir Blanc (PNAB)
Ministério da Cultura (MINC)
Midiateca Capixaba
Sesc Sorocaba
Capela João de Camargo
Clube 28 de Setembro
CAIXA Cultural São Paulo
Phi Projetos
Cinnamon
CAIXA
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
Museu FAMA
IMS - Instituto Moreira Salles
Biblioteca de Fotografia
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
NND|Azeco
DAN Galeria
SP-Arte
Casa de Cultura do Parque
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
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
Galeria Nara Roesler - SP
Roesler Hotel
Fonte
Carmo Johnson Projects
Itaú Cultural
Ilê Asipá
Pina Luz
Pinacoteca do Estado
Instituto Tomie Ohtake
Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc

Locations

São Paulo
Brazil
Salvador
Bahia
Espírito Santo
Vitória
Sorocaba
Belo Horizonte
Minas Gerais
Argentina
La Puntana
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Miami
United States
EUA
Nova York
Los Angeles
Madri
Spain
Amsterdã
Netherlands
Portugal
Recife
Pernambuco
Olinda
Zona Leste paulistana
Itu
Rio de Janeiro
Fortaleza
Tóquio
Japan
Mumbai
India
Pequim
China
Jacarta
Indonesia
Algarve
Porto Feliz
Mato Grosso
Grão-Pará
Amazônia
Pantanal
Santo Antônio da Patrulha
Rio Grande do Sul
Campo Grande
Ipojuca
Ilha de Itaparica
Recôncavo Baiano
subúrbio ferroviário soteropolitano
Cidade Universitária
Vila Madalena
Boaçava
Alto de Pinheiros
Bela Vista
Bom Retiro
Jardim Paulista
Vila Nova Conceição
Funcionários
Centro
Jardim Faculdade
Barra Funda

Sources

ARTE!Brasileiros — 2018-08-30