Raquel Arnaud Celebrates 50 Years as a Leading Brazilian Gallerist with Archival Exhibition
Raquel Arnaud, a trailblazing gallerist from Brazil, marks her 50-year journey in the art scene with the exhibition "Galeria Raquel Arnaud – 50 anos," curated by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti and Marina Schiesari. This showcase highlights more than 500 exhibitions spanning from 1974 to 2023, creating a visual history of various artists and shows. Arnaud's artistic journey began in Guaratinguetá before she relocated to São Paulo, inspired by her art history studies at MASP and her time with modernist painter Lasar Segall. In 1973, she co-founded Gabinete de Artes Gráficas and launched her gallery in 1980, focusing on geometric abstraction and artists like Willys de Castro and Tomie Ohtake. The exhibition's design mimics a Möbius strip and will culminate in 2023, accompanied by a book set for release in May 2024.
Key facts
- Raquel Arnaud has been a gallerist for 50 years.
- The exhibition "Galeria Raquel Arnaud – 50 anos" documents over 500 shows from 1974-2023.
- Curators are Jacopo Crivelli Visconti and Marina Schiesari.
- Arnaud founded her own gallery, Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, in 1980.
- She is a key proponent of geometric abstraction in Brazil.
- She published "Caixa Preta" in 1977 with Julio Plaza and Augusto de Campos.
- She founded the Instituto de Arte Contemporânea (IAC) for artist documentation.
- A companion book from the exhibition will be published in May 2024.
Entities
Artists
- Raquel Arnaud
- Jacopo Crivelli Visconti
- Marina Schiesari
- Wolfgang Pfeiffer
- Lasar Segall
- Jenny Segall
- Oscar Segall
- Alcântara Machado
- Pietro Maria Bardi
- Lina Bo Bardi
- Max Bill
- Mônica Filgueiras
- Willys de Castro
- Sérgio Camargo
- Franz Weissmann
- Tomie Ohtake
- Hércules Barsotti
- Arthur Luiz Piza
- Anna Maria Maiolino
- Leon Ferrari
- Carmela Gross
- Julio Plaza
- Augusto de Campos
- Caetano Veloso
- José Resende
- Waltercio Caldas
- Tunga
- Denise René
- Cruz-Diez
- Jesus Soto
- Regina Silveira
- Nuno Ramos
- Carlito Carvalhosa
- Frida Baraneck
- Antônio Manoel
- Regina Vater
- João Trevisan
Institutions
- Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud
- Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP)
- Museu Lasar Segall
- Collectio
- Gabinete de Artes Gráficas
- Arte Global
- Rede Globo
- Instituto de Arte Contemporânea (IAC)
- Bienal de São Paulo
Locations
- Guaratinguetá
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Paris
- France
- Venezuela