Videobrasil Partnership Showcases Vernacular Architecture, Feminist Textiles, and Historical Photobooks in Brazil

exhibition · 2026-04-23

ARTE!Brasileiros has joined forces with Associação Cultural Videobrasil, established in 1991 by Solange Farkas, to release biweekly selections from Videobrasil's extensive 30-year archive. The first issue features critic Fabio Cypriano's insights on Nurit Sharett's 2011 piece H2. Numerous exhibitions are set to launch throughout Brazil, such as 'Barracas e fachadas do nordeste' at Galeria Galatea Salvador (January 30–May 30), 'Greve Negra Já!' and 'Arte em todos os sentidos' at MAES (February 24–April 26), and Frestas – Trienal de Artes at Sesc Sorocaba (February 27–August 16). Additional noteworthy exhibitions include 'Solidão Coletiva' (March 3–July 12) and 'Mestre Didi' (April 8–July 5), alongside various shows at IMS, CCBB, and other locations until June.

Key facts

ARTE!Brasileiros partners with Associação Cultural Videobrasil to publish archive selections biweekly.
Solange Farkas founded Videobrasil in 1991 to house a growing collection from the Southern geopolitical sphere.
Fabio Cypriano discusses Nurit Sharett's 2011 video H2 about Hebron in the inaugural publication.
'Barracas e fachadas do nordeste' at Galeria Galatea Salvador runs from January 30 to May 30, 2026.
Luciano Feijão's 'Greve Negra Já!' at MAES is curated by Renato Lopes from February 24 to April 26, 2026.
The 4th Frestas Trienal in Sorocaba features 188 works, with 26 commissioned, from February 27 to August 16, 2026.
MASP's 'Claudia Alarcón & Silät: viver tecendo' marks the collective's Brazilian museum debut from March 6 to August 2, 2026.
IMS Paulista's photobook exhibition includes 106 volumes and is curated by Russet Lederman and Olga Yatskevich.

Entities

Artists

Solange Farkas
Nurit Sharett
Fabio Cypriano
Montez Magno
Mari Ra
Zé di Cabeça
Fabio Miguez
Adenor Gondim
Tomás Toledo
Alana Silveira
Luciano Feijão
Renato Lopes
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
Nêgo Bispo
Julio 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
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
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
Ayrson Heráclito
Rodrigo Moura
Mestre Didi
Abdias Nascimento
Paulo Pedro Leal
Jean Boghici
Carlos Lacerda

Institutions

ARTE!Brasileiros
Associação Cultural Videobrasil
PUC-SP
Galeria Galatea Salvador
Nara Roesler
Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo (MAES)
Movimento Grevista Negro
Secretaria da Cultura (Secultes)
Fundo de Cultura do Estado do Espirito Santo (Funcultura)
Política Nacional Aldir Blanc (PNAB)
Ministério da Cultura (MINC)
Midiateca Capixaba
Sesc Sorocaba
CAIXA Cultural São Paulo
Phi Projetos
Cinnamon
Governo do Brasil
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Belo Horizonte (CCBB BH)
Ateliê Marlene Barros
Ponto de Cultura Coletivo ZBM
Universidade de Aveiro
MASP — Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Janaina Torres Galeria
FAMA Museu
IMS - Instituto Moreira Salles
10×10 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
NND|Azeco
DAN Galeria
SP-Arte
Casa de Cultura do Parque
Projeto 280X1020
Instituto de Cultura Contemporânea (ICCo)
Lei Rouanet
banco BV
Laranjinha
Banco Itaú
Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin - USP
Instituto Hercule Florence
Documenta Pantanal
Centro Maria Antônia da USP
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
Coleção Cyrillo Hercules Florence
Galeria Nara Roesler - SP
Roesler Hotel
Fonte
Carmo Johnson Projects
Itaú Cultural
Ilê Asipá
Pinacoteca de São Paulo
Pina Luz
Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc

Locations

Hebron
Cisjordânia
Palestinian Authority
Israel
Salvador
Bahia
Brazil
Pernambuco
São Paulo
Recife
Olinda
Vitória
Espírito Santo
Sorocaba
Capela João de Camargo
Clube 28 de Setembro
Monumento Pelourinho
Monumento à Mãe Preta
Nova York
Tóquio
Mumbai
Pequim
Jacarta
Maranhão
Portugal
La Puntana
Argentina
Gran Chaco
Paraguai
Campo Grande
Mato Grosso do Sul
Itu
Sala Almeida Jr.
Setor 5
Amsterdã
Netherlands
Los Angeles
United States
Madri
Spain
Alameda Lorena
Jardim Paulista
Miami
Florida
EUA
Praça da Bandeira
Centro
Avenida Paulista
Rua Estados Unidos
Barra Funda
Av. Prof. Fonseca Rodrigues
Alto de Pinheiros
Porto Feliz
Mato Grosso
Grão-Pará
Amazônia
Pantanal
Avenida Europa
Rua Mourato Coelho
Vila Madalena
Santo Antônio da Patrulha
Rio Grande do Sul
Avenida Paulista, 149
Praça da Luz
Bom Retiro
Rio de Janeiro
Passeio Público
Guandu
Rua Dr. Plínio Barreto
Bela Vista

Sources

ARTE!Brasileiros — 2020-08-06