For anyone in São Paulo, there are two unmissable exhibitions to put in the diary:
Under the theme “Sob as cinzas, brasa”, the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM) is showing the 37º Panorama da Arte Brasileira, at its home in Parque do Ibirapuera, with works by 26 artists from various regions of the country – Giselle Beiguelman, Jaime Lauriano, Glauco Rodrigues and Bell Faleiros are among them. The exhibition, which runs until January 2023, has part of its works on show at the Museu Afro Brasil, also located in Ibirapuera.
The curatorship shared by Claudinei Roberto da Silva, Vanessa Davidson, Cristiana Tejo and Cauê Alves takes as its starting point two important anniversaries of the year 2022: the bicentenary of Independence and the centenary of the Semana de Arte Moderna. “The exhibition proposes to deconstruct paradigms that have become naturalised in relation to colonial Brazil (…) and emphasises the research that results in questions and possible artistic solutions arising from the confrontation with a setting in which barbarity is manifested in various forms”, says the museum.
One of the works that has already caught the public's attention and appears in many images on social media is the series “Cupinzeiro”, by Lídia Lisboa, a series of clay sculptures that recall the termite mounds common in Brazilian rural areas, occupying a large wing of the museum.
At MASP
And on Avenida Paulista, opening on 26/8, is the exhibition Dalton Paula: Retratos Brasileiros, with paintings the artist has been making since 2018 portraying black historical figures – men and women – who have been under-represented in Brazilian history. “With them, Dalton Paula gives dignity, visibility and recognition to these figures, a process that is expanded by the presence of these works in collections and by the exhibition itself”.
Dalton Paula's solo show takes place in the context of the group exhibition Histórias Brasileiras, organised jointly by all of MASP's curators, which opens on 26/8.
Transport of the artworks
Both the 37º Panorama da Arte Brasileira at MAM and Dalton Paula's solo exhibition had works transported by Art Quality, the logistics company that is a partner of Clé Reserva Contemporânea. Specialising in artworks, Art Quality has a climate-controlled fleet, its own joinery workshop and an international network of partners, making complete and bespoke solutions possible for museums, galleries and private collectors. Find out more.
