Brazil is moving towards an increasingly significant role on the world art circuit, the result of a consistent movement towards internationalization and appreciation of national production.
This new wave of recognition will continue in 2025, with solo exhibitions of historic Brazilian artists in renowned international museums, such as the Tarsila do Amaral retrospective at the Guggenheim Bilbao, the Lygia Clark show at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin and the eagerly awaited Beatriz Milhazes exhibition at the Guggenheim in New York. In addition, bilateral initiatives, such as the France-Brazil “projet-croisés” 2025, will reinforce the value of contemporary Brazilian production on the global stage, further expanding the reach of national art.
The Brazil-France Season 2025, the result of the meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will promote cultural and artistic exchange with a focus on sustainability, diversity with African dialog and democracy with social justice. Under the direction of Emilio Kahlil, from the Iberê Camargo Foundation, the event will strengthen ties between the two countries through exhibitions, performances and innovative projects.
Discover the main events and exhibitions of Brazilian art on the international scene, including those highlighted in the Brazil-France Season, identified with the flag 🇧🇷 – 🇫🇷.
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Ongoing Exhibitions
September 20, 2024 – March 27, 2025
Luana Vitra: My rosary beads are artillery shells
Kunstinstituut Melly – Rotterdam, Netherlands
In her solo exhibition at the Kunstinstituut Melly, curated by Gabi Ngcobo, the artist, represented by Galeria Mendes Wood, reflects on the relationship between manual labor and prayer, inspired by memories of hands running through the beads of a rosary, repeating prayers. For Luana, spirituality is also a tactile journey, where materials lead the body to the invisible, uniting cultures and highlighting the energetic properties of metals and historical patterns.
October 25, 2024 – February 17, 2025
Tunga: Yo, Vos y la Luna
Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires – Argentina
In 2025, MALBA, with Rodrigo Moura, former chief curator of El Museo del Barrio in New York and the Inhotim Institute in Minas Gerais, as its new curator, presents the exhibition Yo, Vos y la Luna, by Tunga, one of the great names in contemporary Brazilian art, represented nationally by Galeria Millan and internationally by Luhring Augustine.
Curated by María Amalia García and Nancy Rojas, and coming from the Sarina Tang Collection, the installation explores themes such as time and transformation, using elements such as stones, mirrors, crystal and a fossilized trunk. The exhibition also includes a 2015 documentary and 36 drawings from the Tunga Institute, which delve into the central concepts of the artist’s work.
November 16, 2024 – March 02, 2025
Antonio Obá, Rituals of Care
Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève – Switzerland
Antonio Obá’s first major retrospective in Europe, curated by Andrea Bellini, brings together paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos and performances that re-examine spiritual practices and confront stigmas linked to racism.
With a focus on reappropriating African heritage, Antonio Obá, represented in Brazil by the Mendes Wood gallery, challenges social structures that have historically diluted black culture, proposing new narratives for Afro-Brazilian traditions. The artist’s body, a central element in his work, questions the eroticization and construction of the black man’s identity, generating powerful reflections on history, identity and resistance.
December 04, 2024 – April 06, 2025
The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century
Art Gallery of Ontario – Canada
Celebrating 50 years of hip-hop, the exhibition highlights its global impact on visual culture through works by renowned artists, including Brazilian Bruno Baptistelli, represented by Galeria Luisa Strina. Exploring themes such as activism, racial identity, gender and style, the show brings together diverse artistic expressions, from paintings to multimedia installations. Co-organized by the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) and the Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM), it is curated by Asma Naeem, Gamynne Guillotte, Hannah Klemm and Andréa Purnell.
December 15, 2024 – March 30, 2025
Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica
The Art Institute of Chicago – United States
Brazilian artists Conceição dos Bugres and Bruno Baptistelli are taking part in the exhibition Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica, which brings together around 350 works produced between the 1920s and the present. The show features works by artists from four continents – Africa, North America, South America and Europe – and is curated by Antawan I. Byrd, Elvira Dyangani Ose, Adom Getachew and Matthew S. Witkovsky.
The exhibition explores Pan-Africanism as a cultural and artistic vision, addressing themes such as decolonization, solidarity and freedom. As well as works of art, the project includes books, magazines, records and other materials that, throughout the 20th century, spread ideas of resistance and reinvention.
January 2025
January 23 – April 13, 2025
Future Fossils
MassArt Art Museum – Boston, United States
Presenting a speculative vision of the present as a moment frozen in time and culture, the exhibition brings together works by artists from North America, Latin America and Europe. Although each artist explores different paths and issues, together their creations suggest the traces of a possible apocalypse.
The artist Clarissa Tossin, represented by Galeria Luisa Strina, participates in the exhibition, reinforcing the Latin American perspective in the global dialog proposed by the show. Future Fossils was organized by the MassArt Art Museum and curated by c² curatorsquared, a curatorial partnership between Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox.
January 28 – April 21, 2025
Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism
Royal Academy of Arts – London, England
The exhibition brings together more than 130 works by ten important Brazilian artists of the 20th century, covering the period from 1910 to 1970, a milestone of modernism in Brazil. Most of the works come from Brazilian public and private collections, many exhibited for the first time in the UK.
Curated by Fabienne Eggelhöfer, Roberta Saraiva Coutinho and Adrian LockeHighlights of the show include Anita Malfatti, pioneer of the movement, Tarsila do Amaral, internationally recognized, as well as Alfredo Volpi, Djanira da Motta e Silva (of indigenous descent), Rubem Valentim (Afro-Brazilian artist) and Flávio de Carvalho, known for his performances.
January 28 – April 21, 2025
Rubem Valentim is part of the Edges of Ailey exhibition
Whitney Museum – New York, United States
The exhibition, curated by Adrienne Edwards, celebrates the legacy of choreographer Alvin Ailey with more than 80 works that connect visual arts, performances, music and archival materials that explore the influences of the Afro-descendant diasporas and celebrate the rich cultural legacy of the southern United States, the Caribbean, Brazil and West Africa.
Among the highlights is Brazilian artist Rubem Valentim, whose works evoke Afro-Brazilian spirituality and cultural traditions, contributing to the global dialog on identity and cultural heritage.
January 9 – March 1st, 2025
Jaider Esbell
Gladstone 64 – New York, United States
Jaider Esbell’s first U.S. exhibition features paintings and drawings from his final years from 2018 to 2021. A Macuxi artist, activist and educator, Esbell’s art reflects indigenous cosmology and pressing socio-political issues, blending intricate patterns with mythological narratives. Highlights include his visual translations of Macuxi myths and depictions of Kanaimé spirits.
The exhibition highlights Esbell’s fundamental role in promoting indigenous art in contemporary contexts, emphasizing his concept of “artivism” to defend indigenous rights and territories.
February 2025
February 07 – February 17, 2025
From the inequality of Leonor Antunes’ days
Gulbenkian Center for Modern Art – Lisbon, Portugal
The artist Leonor Antunes, represented by Galeria Luisa Strina, is presenting a project at CAM that reflects on sculpture, architecture, design and material culture, in dialog with the museum’s space and collection. Curated by Rita Fabiana, the project is based on an investigation into modernist women artists, whose contributions have been historically invisibilized. The intervention includes a floor sculpture and other pieces that expand through the space, creating a multi-sensory and organic experience that transforms the gallery and the visitor’s perception.
February 12 – May 25, 2025
Madalena Santos Reinbolt: A Head Full of Planets
American Folk Art Museum – New York, United States
Curated by Valérie Rousseau and Dylan Blau Edelstein, the exhibition features 42 textile works and oil paintings by Madalena Santos Reinbolt, represented by Galeria Estação. This is the artist’s first major international show and her solo debut in a museum outside Brazil. The exhibition is an adaptation of the original show organized by MASP. Recently, several of Reinbolt’s works have been donated to important institutions, including one to the Centre Pompidou, another to the Guggenheim in New York and two to MASP.
The exhibition focuses on the production of Madalena Santos Reinbolt between the 1950s and 1960s, when she created her wool paintings, addressing themes of gender, race and socio-economic dynamics. Divided into four sections, the show covers her career as a domestic worker and black migrant woman, exploring scenes of celebrations, rural and urban life, as well as fauna and flora.
February 21 – June 1, 2025
Tarsila do Amaral: Painting Modern Brazil
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao – Spain
The exhibition curated by Cecilia Braschi and Geaninne Gutiérrez-Guimarães focuses on Tarsila do Amaral’s influential career between the 1920s and 1960s, emphasizing her fundamental role in Brazilian modernism and her contributions to the Pau-Brasil and Anthropophagic movements, which reshaped national art and culture.
Tarsila’s works, marked by a uniquely “Brazilian” iconography influenced by Cubism and the European avant-garde, explore themes of identity, multiculturalism and social change. Her art reflects activism, engaging with the complexities of Brazil’s cultural heritage and its transformations throughout the 20th century.
February 21 – May 11, 2025
Alberto Pitta at Collective Joy – Learning Flamboyance!
Palais de Tokyo – Paris, France
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Curated by Amandine Nana, the exhibition explores vibrant cultures of encounters and group dynamics that inspire joy in everyday life. The show celebrates collaborative practices in public spaces, highlighting collective creation, community organization and themes linked to social justice and cultural rights.
Among the artists featured is Alberto Pitta, represented by Galeria Nara Roesler. Renowned for his block prints, Pitta celebrates and promotes Afro-Brazilian identity and resistance. A key figure in Bahia’s Carnival, he is the visionary behind Afro blocks like Cortejo Afro, which serve as powerful expressions of cultural identity and pride.
March 2025
March 07 – September 07, 2025
Beatriz Milhazes: Rigor and Beauty
Guggenheim Museum – New York, United States
The exhibition by Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes, represented nationally by Galeria Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel and internationally by Pace, highlights her vibrant abstract paintings created using the “monotransfer” technique. Inspired by Tarsila do Amaral, Matisse, Mondrian and Burle Marx, Milhazes combines organic forms, geometric patterns and references to folklore, popular culture and nature. Curated by Geaninne Gutiérrez-Guimarães, the show includes works from the Guggenheim and important loans.
March 27 – June 22, 2025
Adriana Varejão: Don’t Forget, We Come From the Tropics
The Hispanic Society Museum & Library – New York, United States
The exhibition highlights the latest works from Adriana Varejão’s acclaimed Plate series, represented by the Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel and Gagosian galleries. Inspired by historical ceramics and enriched with the vibrant flora and fauna of the Amazon, these large-scale pieces, made of fiberglass, combine elements such as Spanish Valencian designs and Ming dynasty porcelain, exploring themes of ecology and culture. A partnership with the Gagosian Gallery that connects historical and contemporary art.
April 2025
April 08 – July 20, 2025
Lucas Arruda
Musée d’Orsay – Paris, France
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The Musée d’Orsay will host an exhibition dedicated to Brazilian artist Lucas Arruda, represented by the Mendes Wood gallery in Brazil and internationally by the David Zwirner gallery, as part of the France-Brazil Season 2024. Curated by Sylvain Amic and Nicolas Gausserand, the show will feature small canvases from the Desert-Model series, which depict imaginary, luminous landscapes created from the artist’s memory.
This is the first solo exhibition by an artist from the southern hemisphere at the Musée d’Orsay. The proposal explores the relationship between light and introspection in Arruda’s work, establishing dialogues with the Impressionists. At the same time, a selection of his multimedia works will be exhibited at the Carré d’Art in Nîmes.
April 11 – September 15, 2025
Adriana Varejão and Paula Rego Monteiro
Gulbenkian Center for Modern Art – Lisbon, Portugal
The exhibition brings together artists Paula Rego and Adriana Varejão, exploring themes such as violence and power dynamics, both in the political and private spheres. With around 80 works, Paula Rego’s rare painting A Primeira Missa no Brasil (The First Mass in Brazil), 1993, belongs to an English private collection. It is curated by Adriana Varejão, Helena de Freitas and Victor Gorgulho. The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication co-published with Lenz Press.
April 12 – July 6, 2025
José Antonio da Silva
Grenoble Museum – France
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Brazilian artist José Antônio da Silva is featured in an exhibition that brings together 40 paintings from private and institutional collections. Curated by Gabriel Perez-Barreiro (University Museum of Navarre) and Emilio Kahlil (Iberê Camargo Foundation), the exhibition highlights the work of the “Brazilian Van Gogh”, whose self-taught works mix vibrant colors with criticism of rural social reality, environmental destruction and globalization.
May 2025
May 15 – June 15, 2025
ABERTO Exhibition Platform
Villa La Roche – Paris, France
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ABERTO, founded by Felipe Asis, is a platform dedicated to traveling exhibitions held in unusual locations, outside the traditional circuit of museums and galleries. Each edition is guided by a unique curatorial approach, developed collaboratively by a multidisciplinary artistic committee made up of independent curators, collectors and galleries.
May 23 – October 12, 2025
Lygia Clark: Retrospective
Neue Nationalgalerie – Berlin, Germany
The Neue Nationalgalerie presents Lygia Clark’s first retrospective in Germany, curated by Irina Hiebert Grun and Maike Steinkamp, bringing together around 150 works produced between 1950 and 1980. The show highlights the artist’s interactive approach, allowing visitors to interact with replicas created especially for the exhibition, as well as take part in performances and workshops. The retrospective is accompanied by a bilingual catalog in German and English, the first publication dedicated to the artist in this language.
May – November 2025
A Casa do Povo
São Paulo, Brazil – Paris, France
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Casa do Povo, in São Paulo, presents a series of curatorial projects throughout the year as part of its Brazil-France program. In Brazil, it holds its traditional neighborhood festival in Bom Retiro, with the Khta collective presenting street theater in partnership with SESC SP.
In November, Black Awareness month, it promotes workshops and performances by Afro-diasporic and African artists, in collaboration with Passages Transfestival (Metz, France), SESC SP and MITSP.
In France, the institution is taking part in festivals in Metz (May) and Paris (October). In the French capital, it will occupy a space for three weeks with activities, works and installations, reinforcing the cultural exchange between the two countries.
June 2025
June 13 – September 2025
Anna Maria Maiolino
Musée National Picasso – Paris, France
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This will be Anna Maria Maiolino’s first retrospective at the Picasso Museum in France and explores central themes in her production, such as exile, social and political conditions in Brazil, gender issues and censorship.
Awarded the Golden Lion at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Of Italian origin, Maiolino studied at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas Cristóbal Rojas, in Venezuela, and in Brazil, at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, connecting with movements such as New Figuration and New Objectivity during the 1960s, in the shadow of the military dictatorship. From the 1980s onwards, his research delved deeper into materiality and gesture, consolidating a continuous and interconnected experimental process.
June 2025
Ernesto Neto
Grand Palais – Paris, France
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Ernesto Neto’s exhibition for the 2025 France-Brazil season will feature his sculpture The Earth Drum Boat. Created last year, the work symbolizes a journey and represents the vital energy of the Earth through a boat carrying drums from different parts of the world. The installation celebrates the power of drums in different cultures. Neto is working carefully to ensure that the work reaches Paris, overcoming the challenges of maritime transportation.
June 2025
The Black Baroque
Saint Eustache Church – Paris, France
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The Black Baroque exhibition, the brainchild of Emílio Khalil, director of the Iberê Camargo Foundation and head of the France-Brazil project, in partnership with Sophie Su Art Advisory, will be held in the historic Saint Eustache Church in Paris.
The event proposes a symbolic and striking gesture: the replacement of the white saints with Brazilian Baroque saints from Emanoel Araújo’s collection, currently belonging to the Lia Maria Aguiar Foundation, which acquired the collection in a single lot at the Art Exchange. The initiative highlights the richness and diversity of Afro-Brazilian sacred art, reviving its historical and cultural importance.
The program will include a recital on the church organ performed by a string quartet from the city of São Paulo, creating a unique atmosphere that dialogues with the space and the theme of the exhibition.
September 2025
September 18th, 2025
Brazilian Cosmogonies
Galerie Natalie Seroussi – Paris, France
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The opening, scheduled for September 18, 2025, at the renowned Galerie Natalie Seroussi (34 rue de Seine), co-curated by Sophie Su Art Advisory, offers a dive into Brazilian roots. Bringing together ancestral spirituality, original mythologies and contemporary visions, the exhibition explores Brazil’s relationship with nature, presenting the country as a microcosm of global diversity.
As part of the Journées du Patrimoine program on September 20 and 21, the opening of the exhibition at André Bloc’s Villa in Meudon will feature a Roda de Samba performance that celebrates the cultural richness of Afro-Brazilian music with historical archives. The musical event will be deeply connected to the rue de Seine fine arts exhibition, creating an immersive and complete experience that reflects the depth of the Brazilian soul.
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