This year, alongside Art Basel Paris, the France–Brazil Cultural Year celebrates the bicentennial of diplomatic relations between the two nations, under the curatorship of diplomat Emilio Khalil. At the same time, the Brazil–UK Year 2025 and the 60th Venice Biennale, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, further spotlight Brazil on the international stage, reaffirming the vitality and growing recognition of Brazilian art within contemporary Europe.
Cultural ties between Brazil and France trace back to the colonial era, when French expeditions brought artists and intellectuals who documented Brazil’s landscapes and customs, initiating an enduring artistic exchange. This dialogue reached a milestone with the 1922 Modern Art Week and the 1924 Pau-Brasil Manifesto, when figures such as Oswald de Andrade and Tarsila do Amaral introduced Brazil’s modern vision to Parisian audiences. In a letter to Monteiro Lobato, Oswald wittily recalled, “I lectured Jeca Tatu at the Sorbonne,” capturing both the boldness and resonance of his presence in the French capital. Over the decades, artists like Candido Portinari, Sérgio Camargo, Antonio Bandeira, Alberto Guignard, and Lygia Clark studied and lived in Paris, absorbing influences that profoundly shaped their artistic journeys
In 2025, this long-standing relationship comes full circle, offering a vibrant flashback of Brazil’s artistic influence through a series of major exhibitions across France. The year’s program featured the Tarsila do Amaral retrospective at the Musée du Luxembourg, Ernesto Neto at the Grand Palais, Lucas Arruda at the Musée d’Orsay, Ana Maria Maiolino at the Musée Picasso, and the collective show Aberto at Le Corbusier’s Villa La Roche. Beyond Paris, institutions in Provence and other regions have also showcased leading Brazilian artists, including José Antonio da Silva (Musée Fabre, Montpellier), Carlos Vergara (Mucem, Marseille), Sebastião Salgado (Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon), Marina Rheingantz (Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur), Tadaskia (Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence), and Sonia Gomes (Musée Regards de Provence, Marseille).
Among the exhibitions still open, Lygia Pape at the Bourse de Commerce, Amazonies at the Musée du Quai Branly, and Cosmogonias Brasileiras at Galerie Natalie Seroussi stand out as must-sees, continuing to illuminate the depth and diversity of Brazilian art in France. As Paris prepares for Art Basel, let’s take a closer look at the Brazilian galleries participating in the fair, and explore how this exceptional cultural season has shaped their curatorial perspectives.
Galleries at Art Basel Paris
Brazilian Galleries
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Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel – Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel is pleased to present a vibrant group presentation at Art Basel Paris 2025. Bringing together artists whose works engage with notions of materiality, intimacy, and monumentality, both personal and collective, the selection creates a dialogue that spans geographies and generations. Established as a leading name in Brazilian contemporary art, the gallery works with both established and emerging artists, showcasing diverse artistic practices and visual languages. The exhibition features works by Leda Catunda, Márcia Falcão, Lucia Laguna, Sophia Loeb, Ivens Machado, Ernesto Neto, Antonio Társis, Janaina Tschäpe, Erika Verzutti, Luiz Zerbini, among others.
A Gentil Carioca – The gallery proposes a fresh approach: inviting artists to create works inspired by books that have profoundly influenced their lives and artistic trajectories. This theme encourages reflection on the transformative power of books, not merely as vessels of knowledge, but as essential tools for social, political, and cultural change. By fostering new ideas, reading transcends the written word, forging deep connections between thought and its translation into visual form. Among the exhibited artists, we highlight Arjan Martins, Laura Lima, Agrade Camíz, Denilson Baniwa, and Miguel Afa.
Mendes Wood DM – In celebration of the fair’s return, the gallery presents a constellation of works that resonate across generations and geographies, reflecting Mendes Wood DM’s ongoing commitment to supporting innovative and boundary-pushing artistic voices. Recognized for its international program, the gallery promotes Brazilian artists globally and engages with contemporary trends. Featured artists include: Lygia Pape, Jaider Esbell, Sonia Gomes, Lais Amaral, Eunnam Hong, Sanam Khatibi, Paul Tabouret, Julien Creuset.
Luisa Strina – They bring a selection of artists whose practices engage with materiality, space, and sociopolitical narratives. Spanning multiple generations and artistic languages, the presentation reflects the gallery’s commitment to fostering dialogue between conceptual rigor and formal innovation, with works by Anna Maria Maiolino, Brisa Noronha, Fran Chang, Fernanda Gomes, Jorge Macchi, Marcius Galan, and Mira Schendel.
International Galleries
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Mennour – Highlights Sidival Fila, a Franciscan friar whose artistic research is rooted in discarded materials, primarily fabrics such as linen, cotton, silk, hemp, brocade, and other reclaimed textiles. Fila seeks to liberate objects from their “material” condition, allowing them to express themselves. His aesthetic practice is a continuous exploration of matter, giving it back its “voice” and enabling each artwork to reveal its history, often spanning centuries.
François Ghebaly Gallery – Features Paulo Nimer Pjota, a Brazilian artist who merges symbols and narratives from multiple cultural contexts. Working on large-scale canvases and found metal sheets, Pjota creates intricate compositions that blend mythology, archaeology, pop culture, and everyday life. His paintings function as a visual archaeology of contemporary experience, reflecting on identity, collective memory, and the fluid circulation of images in today’s global culture.
The Approach Gallery – Presents Anderson Borba, who expands the material and conceptual possibilities of wood, producing both autonomous totems and hanging wall reliefs. His practice blends traditional techniques with contemporary expression, integrating digitally manipulated images with physical interventions such as carving, burning, painting, pressing, and other textural manipulations.
Emanuela Campoli – Reveals the work of Leda Catunda, a pioneering Brazilian artist known for her vibrant explorations of color, texture, and form. Transforming everyday materials into tactile, immersive compositions, her practice challenges traditional notions of painting, combining playful sensibility with a strong material awareness.
Victoria Miro – Presents Maria Nepomuceno and Adriana Varejão. Nepomuceno creates vibrant, tactile sculptures and installations, combining traditional craft techniques with contemporary forms to explore memory, identity, and cultural heritage. Varejão works across painting, sculpture, and installation, incorporating ceramics, tiles, and architectural motifs to reflect on Brazil’s colonial history, cultural identity, and the complex intersections of beauty, violence, and memory.
Lisson Gallery – Exhibits Hélio Oiticica and Tunga. Oiticica, a central figure of Brazilian Neo-Concrete art, is celebrated for immersive, participatory installations and vibrant color experiments that challenge conventional notions of space and viewer interaction. Tunga creates enigmatic sculptures, drawings, and installations, exploring transformation, tension, and the interplay between materiality and metaphysical concepts.
Luhring Augustine – Showcases works by Lygia Clark, a pioneering Brazilian artist whose trajectory moved from geometric abstraction to immersive, participatory experiments. Her investigations into perception, touch, and collective experience transformed the very notion of what art could be.
Alfonso Artiaco – Brings to their booth a table work by Maria Thereza Alves, a Brazilian artist known for her research-based practice that intertwines ecology, history, and decolonial narratives. Her work often investigates the social and environmental consequences of colonialism, giving visibility to overlooked histories and Indigenous knowledge systems. Through this piece, Alves continues her exploration of how material culture and botanical memory reveal complex global connections.
David Nolan Gallery – The gallery is delighted to present a salon-style installation of master works on paper for its debut at Art Basel Paris. Featuring pieces spanning nearly a century, from the 1920s to the present, the presentation reflects the gallery’s enduring commitment to the medium. Among the highlights is a work by Paulo Pasta, whose refined abstractions explore color, structure, and light through a meditative approach to painting.
Art Basel Paris does not merely celebrate an abundant artistic heritage: it places it in a contemporary dynamic, reaffirming Paris as a reference point in the global cultural scene. But the fair’s influence extends beyond the Grand Palais. During the event, the entire city moves around art, with parallel exhibitions in galleries, museums, and institutions that expand the reach of the shows and create an integrated experience of contemporary production.
Parallel Events
Art Fairs
Design Miami Paris
October 15, 2025 (Preview Day)
October 16 – 20, 2025 (Show Days)
L’hôtel de Maisons
The third edition of Design Miami Paris is dedicated to collectible design, bringing together contemporary and historical pieces that reflect the hotel’s historic surroundings. The event offers a curatorial experience that combines exhibitions, installations, and discussions with designers, highlighting the relationship between architectural heritage and innovative design. Establishing itself as an international benchmark, the fair attracts collectors, curators, and industry professionals interested in unique works of high aesthetic value.
THEMA Art + Design
October 22 – 26, 2025 (Show Days)
Palais Brongniart
The fair proposes a dialogue between contemporary art and design, bringing together a curated selection of galleries, designers, and independent creators in a setting that values both aesthetic innovation and the intersection of disciplines. The vernissage (by invitation only) takes place on the 22nd, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., and the event remains open to the public daily from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The fair’s format prioritizes an immersive experience, featuring installations, avant-garde works, and collectible design, fostering exchanges between artists, collectors, and industry professionals. Held in one of the French capital’s most iconic architectural landmarks, THEMA has established itself as a space that unites tradition and contemporaneity in the international art and design scene.
Asia Now – Paris Asian Art Fair
October 21 (Preview Day)
October 22 – 26, 2025 (Show Days)
Monnaie de Paris
This year’s curatorial theme is “Grow,” which invites the public to observe how perceptions take root and transform, stimulating reflections on the boundaries between East and West, culture, history, and identity. The proposal also emphasizes the concept of affective communities (inspired by the studies of Leela Gandhi) and emphasizes shared narratives, collaboration, and cultural hybrids.
Paris Internationale
October 21 (Preview Day)
October 22 – 26, 2025 (Show Days)
Rond-point des Champs-Élysées
The 2025 edition of Paris Internationale maintains its format, characterized by an experimental and collaborative approach, bringing together 66 galleries from 19 countries. Unlike a purely commercial structure, the fair prioritizes innovative curatorial projects, including solo or duo shows, installations, videos, and performances that provide a deep immersion in artistic practices. The space will be reorganized by the architectural firm Christ & Gantenbein, which creates open layouts and less compartmentalized exhibitors, enhancing the existing building with minimal interventions. Concurrently, the public program will include talks, performances, book launches, and “daily dérives” led by curators and artists, fostering dialogue between the public, galleries, and creators.
AKAA – Also Known As Africa
October 23 (Preview Day)
October 24 – 26, 2025 (Show Days)
Carreau du Temple
The fair will bring together approximately 30 galleries and nearly 50 artists, highlighting the richness and diversity of contemporary African and diasporic art. The program includes exhibitions, installations, and curatorial projects that explore the theme of matter in current artistic practices, reflecting on materiality and creative processes. The event establishes itself as a space for visibility and dialogue for African and international artists, fostering exchanges between galleries, collectors, and the public interested in contemporary art.
Menart Fair
October 24 (Preview Day)
October 25 – 27, 2025 (Show Days)
Galerie Joseph
The 2025 edition will bring together 40 galleries from 18 countries, showcasing over 100 artists who explore delicacy as a form of resistance and expression, addressing themes such as memory, identity, politics, and everyday life. The curatorial concept proposes a reflection on subtlety as strength, offering a sensitive and immersive experience to the public. In addition to the exhibitions, the fair will include performances, installations, and side events that promote intercultural dialogue and reflection on the complexities of the MENA region.
Moderne Art Fair
October 22 (Preview Day)
October 23–26, 2025 (Show Days)
Place de la Concorde
The fair stands out for its reimagined architectural layout, providing a unique experience for visitors. Focusing on modern and contemporary art, the event offers a platform for collectors and enthusiasts to explore innovative works in a historic setting. The program includes exhibitions, installations, and artist talks, fostering a dynamic dialogue between the public and creators. Moderne Art Fair 2025 has established itself as one of the leading events in the Parisian art scene, attracting professionals and art lovers from around the world.
Galleries
Brazilian Artists
Cosmogonias Brasileiras
October 4, 2025 – January 10, 2026 | Gallery Natalie Seroussi
The exhibition, a partnership between Sophie Su Art Advisory and Galerie Natalie Seroussi, itertwines modern and contemporary voices to explore how myths, memory, and identity continue to be shaped by the scars of colonization and the power of cultural reappropriation. Structured around cosmogonies, symbols, and vital forces, Brazilian Cosmogonies resonates with Indigenous cosmologies, Afro-descendant legacies, modernist reinterpretations, and contemporary expressions of ancestry.
It proposes a visual and conceptual dialogue in which ancestral mythologies converge with avant-garde experimentation and living artistic practices. But to grasp the true stakes of this exhibition, one must return to the roots of Brazil itself. Read more about the exhibition here and learn more about the artists, and their market, here.
Sergio Camargo
October 20 – December 20, 2025 | Temple
Mitterrand | Temple, in collaboration with Galeria Raquel Arnaud (São Paulo), presents an exhibition dedicated to Sergio Camargo (1930–1990), a seminal figure in twentieth-century abstract sculpture. The show spans more than three decades of his career, from early white-painted wooden reliefs to refined marble and black stone works, highlighting his exploration of light, shadow, rhythm, and materiality. Camargo’s sculptures create vibrant, meditative spaces, inviting viewers into a sensory and spiritual experience, and affirming his legacy as one of the most innovative voices in abstract art.
Fernanda Gomes
October 11–13, 2025 | Galerie Peter Kilchmann and Peter Freeman
Galerie Peter Kilchmann and Peter Freeman, Inc. present a new exhibition by Fernanda Gomes, marking her first solo project in Paris in over a decade and her second with Galerie Peter Kilchmann. The show unfolds across two venues, highlighting the artist’s subtle and contemplative practice, in which everyday materials, wood, paint, string, and tape, are transformed into delicate, thoughtful compositions.
Bruno Novelli: Onde Nasce o Rio
October 24 – November 8, 2025 | Baró Galeria Pop-Up, 12 Galerie Véro-Dodat, Paris
Baró Galeria presents Onde Nasce o Rio, the first solo exhibition in Paris by Brazilian artist Bruno Novelli, curated by fellow Brazilian Chico Soll. The exhibition features a new series of small-format paintings alongside a large-scale work, revealing fresh directions in Novelli’s pictorial research. The canvases explore brighter, more luminous colors, portraying fragments of landscapes where his characteristic bestiary comes to life. Each composition balances intricate detail with a radiant solar circle, unifying the work and infusing it with warmth, mystery, and expansive spatial depth.
Ayla Tavares & Celeida Tostes: Anthologies of a Receptacle
October 20 – November 29, 2025 | Hatch Gallery, 1 Place du Louvre, Paris
Hatch Gallery presents Anthologies of a Receptacle, curated by Simone Coscarelli Parma, bringing together two Brazilian artists from different generations—Celeida Tostes (1929–1995) and Ayla Tavares (b. 1990), whose work explores clay as vessel, memory, and transformation. The exhibition juxtaposes Tostes’s iconic performances and sculptures, including Passagem (1979), with Tavares’s contemporary installations, drawing on personal and collective narratives to create spaces that contain, hold, and invite reflection on cycles of life, ritual, and the intimate interplay of form and emptiness.
Museums
Amazônia: Indigenous Creations and Futures
September 30, 2025 – January 18, 2026 | Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
Presented from the perspective of Indigenous peoples, Amazônia offers a new understanding of the region as a living cultural whole, where human, natural, and spiritual worlds are intertwined. Featuring over 200 objects from the museum’s collections and private lenders—alongside contemporary artworks, songs, languages, and installations—the exhibition highlights Amazonian cosmologies, gender fluidity, and the interconnections between humans, animals, and the forest. Far from stereotypes, Amazônia envisions the region as a source of future possibilities, where ancestral knowledge and scientific inquiry coexist in balance.
Lygia Pape: Weaving Space
September 10, 2025 – January 26, 2026 | Pinault Collection, France
Pinault Collection presents the first solo exhibition in France of Lygia Pape (1927–2004), a pivotal figure of the Brazilian avant-garde. Weaving Space centers on the light installation Ttéia 1, C (2003–2025), a major work in the collection. Composed of copper wires stretched across the space, the piece immerses visitors in a dynamic sensory experience, shifting with the angle of light and movement, exemplifying Pape’s concept of “weaving space.”
Favorita: Leda Catunda
20 October – 21 November 2025 | Emanuela Campoli Gallery
Leda Catunda constructs a visual lexicon that navigates between mass culture and craft, merging abstract painting, sculpture, and the collage and appropriation strategies of pop art. Her haptic works, stuffed, frilled, and sewn on domestic materials, transform the very support into content, creating a tactile and immersive experience. Through an insistence on manual making, Catunda evokes an intimate, familiar atmosphere, while subtly critiquing identity formation within consumer culture. By reworking textile waste and engaging with the processes of commercial production, her “soft world” reflects both the materiality and the symbolic traces of contemporary life.
Brazilian Sculptures
Tuileries Garden
The Tuileries Garden presents works by three Brazilian artists, José Resende, Raul Mourão, and José Bechara. Through distinct approaches to sculpture and spatial perception, their works engage in a dialogue between matter, balance, and movement. José Resende’s SuperOxy explores the tension between gravity and stability through stainless steel structures that transform emptiness into substance. Raul Mourão’s kinetic pieces invite reflection on urban space, gesture, and play, revealing the latent energy within material forms. Together, these works underscore the vitality and diversity of contemporary Brazilian sculpture in dialogue with the historical landscape of the Tuileries.
Minimal
Until January 19, 2026 | Bourse de Commerce
The exhibition traces the global evolution of Minimalism from the early 1960s onward, revealing how artists across Asia, Europe, and the Americas redefined the status of the artwork and its relationship to the viewer. Through a radical economy of form and material, Minimalism invited direct, bodily engagement, dissolving boundaries between object, space, and audience. From Japan’s Mono-ha and Brazil’s Neo-Concretism to Europe’s Zero and Arte Povera movements and the U.S. Minimalist pioneers, the exhibition highlights a simultaneous worldwide shift toward simplicity and material presence. Organized around seven themes, Light, Mono-ha, Balance, Surface, Grid, Monochrome, and Materialism, and curated by Jessica Morgan (Director, Dia Art Foundation), it brings together exceptional works from the Pinault Collection, with loans from the Dia Art Foundation and major public and private collections.
Gerhard Richter
October 17, 2025 – March 2, 2026 | Fondation Louis Vuitton
The Fondation Louis Vuitton presents a landmark retrospective dedicated to Gerhard Richter (b. 1932, Dresden), one of the most influential living artists. Spanning over six decades, the exhibition brings together 275 works, from early paintings of the 1960s to recent pieces from 2024, encompassing oil on canvas, glass and steel sculptures, drawings, watercolors, and overpainted photographs. Richter’s practice, oscillating between figuration and abstraction, questions the nature of perception, memory, and image-making. Following his inclusion in the Fondation’s inaugural show in 2014, this comprehensive survey reaffirms Richter’s central place in postwar art, celebrating his relentless exploration of the possibilities of painting.
Exposition Générale
October 25, 2025 – August 23, 2026 | Fondation Cartier, Place du Palais-Royal
The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain inaugurates its new Paris gallery opposite the Louvre with Exposition Générale, presenting over 600 works by more than 100 artists from its 40-year collection. Housed in the former Louvre des Antiquaires and redesigned by architect Jean Nouvel, the space highlights the foundation’s rich holdings, offering a comprehensive view of its commitment to contemporary art. The inaugural exhibition, designed by the Italian studio Formafantasma, opens the collection to the public, celebrating the diversity and depth of the Fondation Cartier’s acquisitions while marking a major moment in Paris’s contemporary art scene.
Renoir and Love
March 17 – July 19, 2026 | Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Renoir and Love explores Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s depiction of human relationships and romantic interaction, highlighting his unique vision of modern life in 19th-century France. Between the mid-1860s and 1880s, Renoir developed a luminous, fluid painting style, portraying men and women in theaters, restaurants, gardens, and other public spaces. His works capture tender, joyful moments of love without sentimentality or drama, recalling the elegance of Watteau, Boucher, and Fragonard while reflecting contemporary social norms. Through these scenes, Renoir examines desire, consent, and the evolving freedoms of courtship in an era governed by bourgeois morality.
Kandinsky: La Musique des Couleurs
October 15, 2025 – February 1, 2026 | Musée de la Musique – Philharmonie de Paris
The Musée de la Musique – Philharmonie de Paris, in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, presents a major exhibition exploring the central role of music in Vassily Kandinsky’s work. Featuring nearly 200 works alongside studio objects, scores, records, and books, the show examines how music shaped Kandinsky’s daily life, artistic vision, and his revolutionary move toward abstraction, highlighting the interplay between sound, color, and form in his practice.
Jacques-Louis David
October 15, 2025 – January 26, 2026 | Musée du Louvre
To mark the bicentennial of his death, the Louvre presents a major exhibition on Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), the father of the French School and a central figure of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era. The show spans his long career, featuring around 100 loans, including The Death of Marat and the incomplete Tennis Court Oath, highlighting his mastery of composition, expressive power, and political engagement. David’s work, from monumental history paintings to intimate portraits, reflects both the artistic innovation and social activism that defined his life, offering a comprehensive view of his enduring influence on European art.
George Condo
October 10, 2025 – February 8, 2026 | Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris presents a major exhibition of George Condo, tracing his inventive dialogue with the history of Western art. The show highlights Condo’s bold reworkings of past masters, from Rembrandt to Picasso, alongside his concept of Artificial Realism, blending classical techniques with graffiti, cartoon imagery, and temporal ambiguity. Across paintings, collages, works on paper, and immersive installations, the exhibition examines Condo’s exploration of the human psyche through imaginary “humanoid” portraits, psychological duality, and abstraction, culminating with recent works that continue to push and redefine his pictorial language.
Otobong Nkanga – I dreamt of you in colours
October 10, 2025 – February 22, 2026 | Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
I Dreamt of You in Colours, Otobong Nkanga’s first solo museum exhibition in Paris. Since the late 1990s, Nkanga (born 1974, Kano, Nigeria; based in Antwerp, Belgium) has explored the relationships between body, territory, and ecology through multidisciplinary works including paintings, installations, tapestries, performances, and poetry. Drawing on personal and collective histories, her practice examines exploitation of soil and labor, the circulation of materials and goods, and the layered interactions between humans and landscapes. Central to the exhibition is Nkanga’s concept of strata, which informs both the materiality of her works and her vision of exchange and transformation.
Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Pontus Hultén
Until January 4, 2026 | Grand Palais
This exhibition explores the extraordinary creative and personal partnership between Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002) and Jean Tinguely (1925–1991) through the vision of Pontus Hulten (1924–2006), first director of the Musée National d’Art Moderne. Highlighting their revolutionary, participatory approach to art, the show draws from the Centre Pompidou’s collections and major international loans to present iconic works, including monumental sculptures and kinetic pieces. The exhibition celebrates a dynamic trio, artists and curator, whose passion, friendship, and commitment reshaped the landscape of 20th-century art, blending playfulness, innovation, and rebellion.
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