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SP-Arte Rotas 2025: Desfiguring to Reconfigure Latin American Art

festival-fair · 2026-08-26

This week, the fifth edition of SP-Arte Rotas commenced at Arca in São Paulo, continuing through Sunday, August 30. The event includes six international galleries, broadening the scope for non-Eurocentric art. Curator Bernardo Mosqueira's exhibition 'Primeiro Estudo: Sobre a Paisagem' encourages galleries to present artists who push the boundaries of Brazilian art. Highlights include Emer Freire's works at Claraboia, Pedro Neves' 'visagens' at Mitre, Rodrigo Bueno's research showcased at Passado Composto Século XX, and Helô Sanvoy's 'Fazendo Ausências (Lucidez Difusa)' at Cerrado. Indigenous artists featured are Pedro Macuxi, Santiago Yahurcani, and Joseca Yanomami. Anthropologist Daniel Jabra emphasizes that Yanomami ontology prioritizes image over representation, reflecting skepticism towards direct representation in the exhibited works.

Key facts

  • The fifth edition of SP-Arte Rotas opened at Arca in São Paulo, running until August 30.
  • Six foreign galleries participate: five from Latin American countries and one from Italy.
  • Bernardo Mosqueira is the curator of the fair and the Mirante sector.
  • Mosqueira's curatorship is titled 'Primeiro Estudo: Sobre a Paisagem'.
  • Emer Freire's works include 'Mal-adaptativo (2026)' and 'Primeira Natureza (IV)'.
  • Freire is represented by Claraboia and will participate in the 39th Panorama do MAM in September.
  • Pedro Neves explores 'visagens' in his work at the Mitre stand.
  • Rodrigo Bueno's research on Jurema is shown at Passado Composto Século XX.
  • Helô Sanvoy's 'Fazendo Ausências (Lucidez Difusa)' uses materials evoking colonial extractive cycles.
  • Antonio Pichillá's 'Abuelas y Abuelos (2025)' weaves traditional Maya Tz'utujil garments.
  • Lucía Pizzani presents photographs from 'Sagrario (2015)' at Marília Razuk.
  • Seo Constante, a self-taught artist discovered at 78, is represented by Karla Osorio.
  • Indigenous artists include Pedro Macuxi, Santiago Yahurcani, and Joseca Yanomami.
  • Anthropologist Daniel Jabra's text 'Tornar-se Imagem' is published in celeste #10.

Entities

Artists

Institutions

  • SP-Arte Rotas
  • Arca
  • celeste
  • Claraboia
  • Mitre
  • Passado Composto Século XX
  • Cerrado
  • Luciana Brito
  • Marília Razuk
  • Karla Osorio
  • Jaider Esbell
  • Flexa Galeria
  • Almeida & Dale
  • MAM
  • ARCA
  • Galeria Jaider Esbell de Arte Indígena Contemporânea
  • Sertão Negro
  • Sur
  • Barro
  • Isla Flotante
  • W-galería
  • Casa Zirio
  • Orma
  • Apartamento 61
  • Boi
  • Casa do Povo
  • Casa Seva
  • Casa Triângulo
  • Errol Flynn
  • Gruta
  • Lucas Recchia
  • Midlej
  • Ocupá
  • Pórtico
  • Refresco
  • DAN
  • Flexa
  • Galatea
  • Gomide&Co
  • Marilia Razuk
  • Vermelho
  • Lima
  • Cave
  • Leonardo Leal
  • Marco Zero
  • Paulo Darzé
  • Karla Osório
  • Galeria Ocupá
  • Aldeia-Escola-Floresta
  • Solar
  • Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA)
  • New Museum
  • GAMeC
  • Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard)
  • Leme
  • Portas Vilaseca
  • Karandash
  • MaPa
  • Galeria de Artistas (GDA)
  • Superfície
  • Aura
  • Frente + James Lisboa
  • Martins&Montero
  • Danielian
  • Janaína Torres
  • ArteRef

Locations

  • São Paulo
  • Brazil
  • Italy
  • Maranhão
  • Minas Gerais
  • Guatemala
  • Caracas
  • London
  • Belém
  • Argentina
  • Colombia
  • Uruguay
  • Salvador
  • Recife
  • Fortaleza
  • Maceió
  • Brasília
  • Goiânia
  • Boa Vista
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Roraima
  • Itamunheque
  • Teófilo Otoni
  • Nova York
  • New York
  • Bérgamo
  • Paraguai
  • Yataity
  • São Luís do Maranhão
  • Ceará
  • Pernambuco
  • Bahia
  • Centro-Oeste
  • Zona Sul carioca
  • Bard College

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