Paul Klee's 'Equilíbrio Instável' Exhibition at CCBB São Paulo Presents Over 120 Works

The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) in São Paulo is hosting 'Paul Klee: Equilíbrio Instável,' a major exhibition featuring more than 120 works by the Swiss-German modernist. Organized by the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, the show avoids a traditional retrospective, instead illuminating diverse facets of Klee's life and art through a thematic, chapter-based approach. It spans from childhood drawings to his mature abstract works, highlighting his academic studies, travels to Italy, France, and Tunisia, family life, and his pivotal role in the Der Blaue Reiter group and the Bauhaus. The exhibition underscores Klee's disciplined daily practice and his profound influence on modernism, despite his work being rarely seen in Brazil. A significant portion comprises drawings, including a powerful group of hastily sketched, acidic commentaries on the tragic events preceding World War II and the rise of Nazism, from which Klee himself suffered, being labeled degenerate and forced to flee to Switzerland in 1933. The show also features his angel drawings, including the iconic 'Angelus Novus' (1920), linked to Walter Benjamin's philosophy. The exhibition runs until April 29 at CCBB São Paulo before traveling to Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte.