Videobrasil Celebrates 40 Years with 22nd Biennial, Online Platform, and Major Exhibitions

institutional · 2026-04-23

The Associação Cultural Videobrasil marks its 40th anniversary with a prolific period of activity, overcoming recent institutional paralysis. The 22nd Bienal Sesc_Videobrasil, postponed from 2023 due to the pandemic, is now confirmed for 2023, curated by Raphael Fonseca and Renée M’boya at Sesc 24 de Maio. A major exhibition of its vast archive opens in Vitória, Espírito Santo, in March, occupying the Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo and Galeria Homero Massena. The association launched the Videobrasil Online platform in September 2020, which has presented nine exhibitions, including works by Gabriela Golder and a partnership with KADIST. Founder and director Solange Farkas reflects on the organization's history, from its first festival at the Museu da Imagem e do Som in August 1983 during Brazil's military dictatorship to its focus on the Global South. The archive, which includes commissioned works and collections from artists like Rosangela Rennó and Rafael França, is being considered for transfer to institutions with greater conservation resources. The association also participates in the exhibition 'Sonhei em Português!' at the Museu da Língua Portuguesa in São Paulo.

Key facts

The Associação Cultural Videobrasil celebrates 40 years since its first festival in 1983.
The 22nd Bienal Sesc_Videobrasil is scheduled for 2023 after a two-year pandemic delay.
A major archive exhibition opens in Vitória, Espírito Santo, in March.
The Videobrasil Online platform launched in September 2020 and has hosted nine exhibitions.
Founder Solange Farkas started the festival after encouragement from her father-in-law, photographer Thomas Farkas.
The association's archive includes works by Akram Zaatari, Bouchra Khalili, and Walid Raad, among others.
The organization faced institutional paralysis and returned its São Paulo headquarters in 2019 due to funding difficulties.
Videobrasil has focused on artistic production from the Global South since the 1990s.

Entities

Artists

Solange Farkas
Thomas Farkas
Regina Silveira
Wesley Duke Lee
Carmela Gross
Julio Plaza
José Roberto Aguilar
Walter Zanini
Rosangela Rennó
Rafael França
Marina Abs
Moysés Baunstein
Akram Zaatari
Barbara Wagner
Benjamin de Burca
Enrique Ramirez
Eder Santos
Bouchra Khalili
Cao Guimarães
Jonathas de Andrade
Liu Wei
Marcellvs L.
Maya Watanabi
Sebastian Diaz Morales
Seidou Cissé
Vincent Carelli
Virgínia de Medeiros
Walid Raad
Walter Silveira
Ximena Cuevas
Ximena Garrido-Lecca
Gabriela Golder
Lynn Hershmann Leeson
Abdoulaye Konaté
Ayrson Heraclito
Ayoung Kim
Giselle Beiguelman
Ilê Sartuzi
Calderon y Piñeros
Juliana Borges
Raphael Fonseca
Renée M’boya
Renée Akitelek Mboya
Ali Cherri
Antonio Pichilla Quiacain
Gabriela Pinilla
Maisha Maene
Samuel Fosso
Vitória Cribb
Eduardo de Jesus
Alessandra Bergamaschi
Tirzo Martha
Mella Jarrsma
Ana Sophie Salazar
Isidora Ilić
Teresa Jindrova
Maksaens Denis
Seba Calfuqueo
Ying Kwok
Natalia Lassalle-Morillo
Youqine Lefèvre
Froiid
Nomaduma Masilela
Leila Danziger
Eduardo Montelli
Zé Carlos Garcia
Paula Nascimento
Kent Chan
Raiany Sinara
Vivian Ostrovsky
Anna Bella Geiger
Tomás Toledo
Alana Silveira
Montez Magno
Mari Ra
Zé di Cabeça
Fabio Miguez
Adenor Gondim
Luciano Feijão
Renato Lopes
Elaine Pinheiro
Karenn Amorim
Nicolas Soares
Ronaldo Domingues de Almeida
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
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
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

Institutions

Associação Cultural Videobrasil
Sesc-SP
Museu da Imagem e do Som
Universidade Federal da Bahia
MAC-USP
Fotoptica
arte!brasileiros
Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo
Galeria Homero Massena
Museu da Língua Portuguesa
Videobrasil Online
KADIST
Governo do Estado do Espírito Santo
Sesc 24 de Maio
Bienal Sesc_Videobrasil
Galeria Galatea
Nara Roesler
Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo (MAES)
Movimento Grevista Negro
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Sesc Sorocaba
Capela João de Camargo
Clube 28 de Setembro
CAIXA Cultural São Paulo
Phi Projetos
Cinnamon
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Belo Horizonte (CCBB BH)
Ateliê Marlene Barros
Ponto de Cultura Coletivo ZBM
Universidade de Aveiro
MASP
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
Livraria da Travessa
Simões de Assis
Galeria Estúdio Reverso
NND|Azeco
NONADA SP
DAN Galeria
Casa de Cultura do Parque
Instituto de Cultura Contemporânea (ICCo)
Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin - USP
Instituto Hercule Florence
Documenta Pantanal
Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS)
Centro Maria Antônia da USP
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
Itaú Cultural
Ilê Asipá
Pina Luz
Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc
Secretaria da Cultura (Secultes)
Fundo de Cultura do Estado do Espirito Santo (Funcultura)
Política Nacional Aldir Blanc (PNAB)
Ministério da Cultura (MINC)
Midiateca Capixaba
Governo do Estado
SP-Arte
Lei Rouanet
Ministério da Cultura
banco BV
Laranjinha
Banco Itaú
Empire Russo
Carmo Johnson Projects

Locations

São Paulo
Brazil
Vitória
Espírito Santo
Salvador
Bahia
São Francisco
Paris
France
Mali
Coreia do Sul
Colômbia
Rio de Janeiro
Recife
Pernambuco
Olinda
Guatemala
República Democrática do Congo
Camarões
Sorocaba
Nova York
United States
Tóquio
Japan
Mumbai
India
Pequim
China
Jacarta
Indonesia
Belo Horizonte
Minas Gerais
Maranhão
Portugal
Aveiro
Santiago
La Puntana
Argentina
Gran Chaco
Paraguai
Miami
EUA
Campo Grande
Mato Grosso do Sul
Itu
Amsterdã
Netherlands
Los Angeles
Madri
Spain
Lorena
Jardim Paulista
Vila Nova Conceição
Alto de Pinheiros
Centro
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
Fortaleza
Ceará
Switzerland
Zurich

Sources

ARTE!Brasileiros — 2023-10-18
ARTE!Brasileiros — 2021-12-16