Arte!Brasileiros International Seminar in Espírito Santo and Multiple Exhibitions Across Brazil
In late March 2025, the Arte!Brasileiros International Seminar was held at the Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo (MAES) and Casa de Música Sônia Cabral in Vitória, Espírito Santo. This event, backed by the Capixaba Culture Incentive Law and supported by Espírito Santo Secretary of Culture Fabricio de Noronha, EDP, ATMO, and Arte!Brasileiros, convened researchers and artists to explore overlooked Brazilian narratives. Concurrently, exhibitions such as 'Barracas e fachadas do nordeste' in Salvador (Jan 30–May 30), 'Greve Negra Já!' at MAES (Feb 24–Apr 26), and 'Purple apple' in São Paulo (Feb 25–Apr 18) are ongoing. Additional exhibitions are taking place throughout Brazil, including significant events at CAIXA Cultural São Paulo, CCBB Belo Horizonte, and Itaú Cultural. A lecture on April 23 will focus on the African diaspora in photography.
Key facts
- The Arte!Brasileiros International Seminar took place in late March 2025 in Vitória, Espírito Santo.
- The seminar was supported by the Espírito Santo Secretary of Culture, Fabricio de Noronha, and sponsored by EDP.
- Over twenty national and international guests participated in the seminar at MAES and Casa de Música Sônia Cabral.
- The exhibition '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 at Sesc Sorocaba, titled 'do caminho um rezo', is curated by Luciara Ribeiro, Naine Terena, and Khadyg Fares.
- MASP's exhibition 'Claudia Alarcón & Silät: viver tecendo' features works made with chaguar fibers by over one hundred Wichí weavers.
- The IMS Paulista exhibition 'O que elas viram' includes 106 photobooks from women photographers spanning 1843 to 1999.
- The exhibition 'Langsdorff: A expedição fluvial 200 anos depois' at BBM-USP marks the bicentennial of a scientific expedition from 1826.
- Itaú Cultural's exhibition on Mestre Didi opens with a ceremony by the terreiro Ilê Asipá on April 7, 2026.
Entities
Artists
- Montez Magno
- Mari Ra
- Zé di Cabeça
- Fabio Miguez
- Adenor Gondim
- Luciano Feijão
- Júlio Bittencourt
- Marlene Barros
- Willa Wasserman
- Claudia Alarcón
- Deborah Paiva
- Alice Gelli
- Gabi Gelli
- Nuno Ramos
- Marcos Amaro
- Thalita Hamaoui
- Rogério Medeiros
- Rafael Hayashi
- Lázaro Roberto
- Ivald Granato
- Felipe Rezende
- Andrea Brazil
- Darks Miranda
- Flávia Metzler
- Ivan Cardoso
- Yuli Yamagata
- Flavia Renault
- Belony Ferreira
- Mestre Didi
- Paulo Pedro Leal
- 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
- Francisco Brennand
- José Cláudio
- Cao Guimarães
- Marcelo Silveira
- La Chola Poblete
- Sandra Gamarra Heshiki
- Santiago Yahuarcani
- Damián Ortega
- Sol Calero
- Carolina Caycedo
- Pablo Delano
- Rosa Elena Curruchich
- Manuel Herreros
- Mateo Manaure
- Jesús Soto
- Maria Noujaim
- Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff
- Ludwig Riedel
- Néster Rubtsov
- Aimé-Adrien Taunay
- Hercule Florence
- Wilhelmine von Langsdorff
- Lalo de Almeida
- Paula Sampaio
- Miguel Chikaoka
- João Pompeu
- Alberto Henschel
- Nice Nascimento Avanza
- Nicolas Soares
- Ana Luzes
- Waly Salomão
- Omar Salomão
Institutions
- Arte!Brasileiros
- Secretaria de Cultura de Espírito Santo
- EDP
- ATMO
- Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo (MAES)
- Casa de Música Sônia Cabral
- Galeria Galatea Salvador
- Nara Roesler
- Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel
- Sesc Sorocaba
- CAIXA Cultural São Paulo
- Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Belo Horizonte (CCBB BH)
- MASP
- Janaina Torres Galeria
- Casa Seva
- FAMA Museu
- IMS - Instituto Moreira Salles
- Simões de Assis
- Galeria Estúdio Reverso
- NND|Azeco
- DAN Galeria
- Casa de Cultura do Parque
- Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin - USP
- Galeria Nara Roesler - SP
- Fonte
- Carmo Johnson Projects
- Itaú Cultural
- Pinacoteca Luz
- Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc
- Instituto Hercule Florence
- Documenta Pantanal
- Centro Maria Antônia da USP
- 10x10 Photobooks
- Getty Research Institute
- Museo Reina Sofía
- Rijksmuseum
- New York Public Library
- Ilê Asipá
- Movimento Grevista Negro
- Ateliê Marlene Barros
- Coletivo ZBM
- Silät
- Phi Projetos
- Cinnamon
- Instituto de Cultura Contemporânea (ICCo)
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
- Coleção Jorge M. Pérez
- El Espacio 23
- arte!brasileiros
- Parque Cultural Casa do Governador
- Galeria Homero Massena
Locations
- Vitória
- Espírito Santo
- Brazil
- Salvador
- Bahia
- São Paulo
- Rio de Janeiro
- Recife
- Pernambuco
- Olinda
- Sorocaba
- Nova York
- United States
- Tóquio
- Japan
- Mumbai
- India
- Pequim
- China
- Jacarta
- Indonesia
- Belo Horizonte
- Minas Gerais
- La Puntana
- Argentina
- Gran Chaco
- Paraguay
- Aveiro
- Portugal
- Itu
- Algarve
- Porto Feliz
- Mato Grosso
- Grão-Pará
- Amazônia
- Pantanal
- Los Angeles
- Madrid
- Spain
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Miami
- Florida
- Santo Antônio da Patrulha
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Cameroon
- France