14th Curitiba Biennial Opens with 400 Works by 100 Artists Addressing Sociopolitical Conflicts
The 14th Curitiba Biennial, inaugurated on September 21, presents 400 works by approximately 100 artists under the theme 'Fronteiras em Aberto' (Open Borders). General curators Tereza de Arruda and Adolfo Montejo Navas lead the event, which expands beyond the central Museu Oscar Niemeyer to other cities and countries. The biennial's thematic inspiration stems from the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, reconfiguring perspectives, particularly in Eastern Europe. A curatorial team including Massimo Scaringella, Gabriela Urtiaga, Ernestine White, Esebjia Bannan, and Julie Dumont joins the project. South African artist Sethembile Msezane presents performances denouncing the inviability of Black women in her country, blending ritualism and activism in public spaces. German filmmaker and cyberartist Hito Steyerl contributes with her video game 'Factory of the Sun,' focusing on systemic privilege and forced diaspora. The BRICS segment, curated by Ernestine White-Mifetu, Esenija Bannan, Lu Zhengyuan, and Tereza de Arruda, features the Russian collective AES+F with their multimedia work 'Inverso Mundus.' Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles is represented by his 1969/1970 sculpture 'Cruzeiro do Sul.' The biennial also features a video series projected on municipal buses until March 1, reaching new audiences beyond traditional fair and biennial circuits.
Key facts
- Inaugurated on September 21.
- Features 400 works by about 100 artists.
- Theme is 'Fronteiras em Aberto' (Open Borders).
- Central venue is Museu Oscar Niemeyer.
- Expands to other cities and countries.
- Inspired by 30th anniversary of Berlin Wall fall.
- Includes video projections on city buses until March 1.
- General curators are Tereza de Arruda and Adolfo Montejo Navas.
Entities
Artists
- Tereza de Arruda
- Adolfo Montejo Navas
- Massimo Scaringella
- Gabriela Urtiaga
- Ernestine White
- Esebjia Bannan
- Julie Dumont
- Sethembile Msezane
- Hito Steyerl
- Ernestine White-Mifetu
- Esenija Bannan
- Lu Zhengyuan
- AES+F
- Cildo Meireles
- Arthur Omar
- Regina Vater
- Montez Magno
- Mari Ra
- Zé di Cabeça
- Fabio Miguez
- Adenor Gondim
- Luciano Feijão
- Ronaldo Domingues de Almeida
- Nicolas Soares
- Adriana Machado
- Paulo Bruscky
- Luciara Ribeiro
- Naine Terena
- Khadyg Fares
- Tadeu Kaingang
- Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
- Antônio Bispo dos Santos
- Júlio Bittencourt
- Guilherme Wisnik
- Daniela Thomas
- Hannah Arendt
- Marlene Barros
- Betânia Pinheiro
- Fábio Nunes
- Júlia Martins
- Claudia Alarcón
- Adriano Pedrosa
- Laura Cosendey
- La Chola Poblete
- Sandra Gamarra Heshiki
- Santiago Yahuarcani
- Colectivo Acciones de Arte
- Damián Ortega
- Sol Calero
- Carolina Caycedo
- Pablo Delano
- Rosa Elena Curruchich
- Manuel Herreros
- Mateo Manaure
- Jesús Soto
- Deborah Paiva
- Tadeu Chiarelli
- Walter Benjamin
- Iberê Camargo
- Jasper Johns
- Henri Matisse
- Marie Laurencin
- Nuno Ramos
- Marcos Amaro
- Russet Lederman
- Olga Yatskevich
- Miguel Del Castillo
- Anna Atkins
- Elizabeth B. Brownell
- Eslanda Cardozo Goode Robeson
- Annette Messager
- Angèle Etoundi Essamba
- Hiromix
- Claudia Andujar
- Maureen Bisilliat
- Gretta Sarfaty
- Vilma Slomp
- Claudia Jaguaribe
- Anna Mariani
- Stefania Bril
- Thalita Hamaoui
- Ana Paula Cavalcanti Simioni
- Rogério Medeiros
- Catalina Bergues
- Rafael Hayashi
- Lázaro Roberto
- Hélio Menezes
- Ivald Granato
- Maria Alice Milliet
- Christian-Jack Heymès
- Felipe Rezende
- Claudio Cretti
- Guilherme Teixeira
- Maria Noujaim
- Andrea Brazil
- Ana Avelar
- Darks Miranda
- Flávia Metzler
- Ivan Cardoso
- Yuli Yamagata
- José Augusto Ribeiro
- Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff
- Ludwig Riedel
- Néster Rubtsov
- Aimé-Adrien Taunay
- Hercule Florence
- Wilhelmine von Langsdorff
- Antonio Florence
- Francis Melvin Lee
- Lalo de Almeida
- Paula Sampaio
- Miguel Chikaoka
- João Pompeu
- Mônica Guimarães
- Moacir dos Anjos
- Francisco Brennand
- José Cláudio
- Aracy Amaral
- Cao Guimarães
- Marcelo Silveira
- Flavia Renault
- Paula Borghi
- Belony Ferreira
- Paula Ramos
- Mestre Didi
- Ayrson Heráclito
- Rodrigo Moura
- Abdias Nascimento
- Paulo Pedro Leal
- Jean Boghici
- Carlos Lacerda
- Mônica Cardim
- Alberto Henschel
- Juca Rosa
- Tomás Toledo
- Alana Silveira
Institutions
- 14ª Bienal de Curitiba
- Museu Oscar Niemeyer
- Galeria Galatea Salvador
- Nara Roesler
- 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)
- Sesc Sorocaba
- Frestas – Trienal de Artes
- Capela João de Camargo
- Clube 28 de Setembro
- Monumento Pelourinho
- Monumento à Mãe Preta
- 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
- El Espacio 23
- Coleção Jorge M. Pérez
- Janaina Torres Galeria
- FAMA Museu
- 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
- Galeria Estúdio Reverso
- NND|Azeco
- NONADA SP
- 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
- Centro Maria Antônia da USP
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
- Coleção Cyrillo Hercules Florence
- Fonte
- Carmo Johnson Projects
- Itaú Cultural
- Ilê Asipá
- Pina Luz
- Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc
- PGHEA-MAC/USP
- Curitiba Biennial
- Oscar Niemeyer Museum
- Venice Biennale
Locations
- Curitiba
- Brazil
- Berlin
- Germany
- East Europe
- South Africa
- Cape Town
- Italy
- Argentina
- Russia
- Belgium
- Salvador
- Bahia
- Recife
- Pernambuco
- Olinda
- São Paulo
- Zona Leste
- Vitória
- Espírito Santo
- Sorocaba
- New York
- United States
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Mumbai
- India
- Beijing
- China
- Jakarta
- Indonesia
- Belo Horizonte
- Minas Gerais
- La Puntana
- Gran Chaco
- Paraguay
- Amazon
- Miami
- Florida
- Campo Grande
- Mato Grosso do Sul
- Itu
- Nova York
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Madrid
- Spain
- Los Angeles
- California
- Lorena
- Jardim Paulista
- Vila Nova Conceição
- Alto de Pinheiros
- Porto Feliz
- Mato Grosso
- Grão-Pará
- Pantanal
- Vila Madalena
- Santo Antônio da Patrulha
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Algarve
- Portugal
- Rio de Janeiro
- Bom Retiro
- Bela Vista
- Eastern Europe