Pinacoteca Celebrates 120 Years as São Paulo's Evolving Art Hub
The Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo marks its 120th anniversary, transforming from a 19th-century institution into a vibrant cultural hub. Established to safeguard Brazilian art, it now showcases modern and contemporary pieces. Noteworthy exhibitions throughout Brazil feature 'Barracas e fachadas do nordeste' at Galeria Galatea and Nara Roesler (Jan 30 - May 30), Luciano Feijão's 'Greve Negra Já!' at MAES (Feb 24 - Apr 26), and Willa Wasserman's 'Purple apple' at Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel (Feb 25 - Apr 18). Additional significant displays include 'Solidão Coletiva' at CAIXA Cultural (Mar 3 - Jul 12) and 'Mestre Didi' at Itaú Cultural (Apr 8 - Jul 5), with various exhibitions continuing into June and August.
Key facts
- Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo celebrates 120 years.
- Founded in the late 19th century with an unfinished architectural project by Ramos de Azevedo.
- Mission to preserve and study Brazilian art, later incorporating modernism and contemporary art.
- Exhibition 'Barracas e fachadas do nordeste' at Galeria Galatea Salvador from January 30 to May 30, 2026.
- Exhibition 'Greve Negra Já!' at MAES from February 24 to April 26, 2026.
- Exhibition 'Arte em todos os sentidos' at MAES from February 24 to April 26, 2026.
- Willa Wasserman's 'Purple apple' at Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel from February 25 to April 18, 2026.
- Frestas – Trienal de Artes 'do caminho um rezo' at Sesc Sorocaba from February 27 to August 16, 2026.
- Júlio Bittencourt's 'Solidão Coletiva' at CAIXA Cultural São Paulo from March 3 to July 12, 2026.
- Marlene Barros's 'Tecitura do Feminino' at CCBB BH from March 4 to June 1, 2026.
- Claudia Alarcón & Silät exhibition at MASP from March 6 to August 2, 2026.
- Deborah Paiva retrospective at Janaina Torres Galeria from March 7 to April 30, 2026.
- Irmãs Gelli exhibition at Casa Seva from March 7 to April 18, 2026.
- Nuno Ramos and Marcos Amaro dialogue at FAMA Museu from March 14 to November 1, 2027.
- Photobook exhibition 'O que elas viram' at IMS Paulista from March 17 to August 2, 2026.
- Thalita Hamaoui's 'Corpo de Vento' at Simões de Assis from March 19 to May 9, 2026.
- Rafael Hayashi's 'A Coragem para Ficar' at NND|Azeco from March 26 to May 23, 2026.
- Lázaro Roberto's 'Zumví Arquivo Afro Fotográfico' at IMS Paulista from March 28 to August 23, 2026.
- Ivald Granato's 'Máscaras' at DAN Galeria from March 28 to June 25, 2026.
- Casa de Cultura do Parque cycle includes three exhibitions from March 28 to June 28, 2026.
- Langsdorff expedition exhibition at BBM-USP from March 31 to June 26, 2026.
- Nara Roesler's 'Festa das falas' from March 31 to May 9, 2026.
- Flavia Renault's 'Casa Corpo' at Fonte from April 1 to 25, 2026.
- Belony Ferreira's 'Alma terra' at Carmo Johnson Projects from April 7 to May 7, 2026.
- Mestre Didi exhibition at Itaú Cultural from April 8 to July 5, 2026.
- Paulo Pedro Leal exhibition at Pina Luz from April 11 to November 8, 2026.
- Lecture on Alberto Henschel at Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc on April 23, 2026.
Entities
Artists
- Ramos de Azevedo
- Montez Magno
- Mari Ra
- Zé di Cabeça
- Fabio Miguez
- Adenor Gondim
- Luciano Feijão
- Nicolas Soares
- Ronaldo Domingues de Almeida
- Adriana Machado
- Paulo Bruscky
- Willa Wasserman
- 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
- Deborah Paiva
- Tadeu Chiarelli
- Walter Benjamin
- Iberê Camargo
- Jasper Johns
- Henri Matisse
- Marie Laurencin
- Alice Gelli
- Gabi Gelli
- Catalina Bergues
- Flávio de Carvalho
- 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
- Rafael Hayashi
- Lázaro Roberto
- Hélio Menezes
- Ivald Granato
- Maria Alice Milliet
- Christian-Jack Heymès
- Felipe Rezende
- Claudio Cretti
- Guilherme Teixeira
- Andrea Brazil
- Ana Avelar
- Darks Miranda
- Flávia Metzler
- Ivan Cardoso
- Yuli Yamagata
- José Augusto Ribeiro
- Maria Noujaim
- 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
Institutions
- Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
- Galeria Galatea
- Nara Roesler
- Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo
- Secretaria da Cultura
- Fundo de Cultura do Estado do Espirito Santo
- Política Nacional Aldir Blanc
- Ministério da Cultura
- Midiateca Capixaba
- Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel
- Sesc Sorocaba
- CAIXA Cultural São Paulo
- Phi Projetos
- Cinnamon
- Governo do Brasil
- Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Belo Horizonte
- Ateliê Marlene Barros
- Ponto de Cultura Coletivo ZBM
- Universidade de Aveiro
- MASP
- Janaina Torres Galeria
- Casa Seva
- FAMA Museu
- IMS - Instituto Moreira Salles
- 10x10 Photobooks
- Biblioteca de Fotografia
- 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
- Galeria Estúdio Reverso
- NND|Azeco
- NONADA SP
- DAN Galeria
- SP-Arte
- Casa de Cultura do Parque
- Instituto de Cultura Contemporânea
- 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
- Império Russo
- Fonte
- Carmo Johnson Projects
- Itaú Cultural
- Ilê Asipá
- Pina Luz
- Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc
Locations
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Salvador
- Bahia
- Vitória
- Espírito Santo
- Sorocaba
- Nova York
- United States
- Tóquio
- Japan
- Mumbai
- India
- Pequim
- China
- Jacarta
- Indonesia
- Belo Horizonte
- Minas Gerais
- La Puntana
- Argentina
- Gran Chaco
- Paraguai
- Portugal
- Recife
- Pernambuco
- Olinda
- Itu
- Amsterdã
- Netherlands
- Madri
- Spain
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- Alto de Pinheiros
- Jardim Paulista
- Vila Nova Conceição
- Centro
- Jardins
- Boaçava
- Vila Madalena
- Bela Vista
- Bom Retiro
- Cidade Universitária
- Porto Feliz
- Mato Grosso
- Grão-Pará
- Amazônia
- Pantanal
- Algarve
- Santo Antônio da Patrulha
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Rio de Janeiro