In a context still largely shaped by Asian narratives, Brazilian artists are increasingly asserting their presence. This report seeks to examine how Latin American and more specifically Brazilian practices resonate with parallel socio-historical questions across Asia. Histories of colonialism, resistance, appropriation, and reappropriation unfold differently across these regions, yet reveal striking conceptual affinities. Artists from both contexts engage with layered identities, contested narratives, and the rewriting of cultural memory, creating unexpected dialogues across continents.
At the intersection of these exchanges, Sophie Su Art Advisory brings a distinct European perspective, attentive to the subtle forms of “exoticism” that emerge in the encounter between these two seemingly distant worlds. While geographically and culturally divergent, Brazil and Asia share a capacity to generate powerful new imaginaries each, in its own way, offering profound sources of inspiration that continue to reshape and challenge Western artistic frameworks.
Brazilian Galleries
Almeida & Dale
Lang Jingshan
Autumn Settings, n.d
Gelatin silver print
39.4 x 29.4 cm
Sold
Mendes Wood
Lygia Pape
Ttéia 1A, Plana Dourada, 2000
Golden thread, nails, and light,
292 x 390 x 190 cm
Internacional Galleries
White Cube (London, United Kingdom)
A central figure in Brazilian contemporary art, Vik Muniz is known for constructing images from unconventional materials, such as sugar, chocolate, or waste, which he then photographs. His work critically engages with image-making, perception, and material hierarchies.
Represented in Japan by NCA | Nichido Contemporary Art, the artist structures the distribution of the Dez Fotos editions across key markets. Two works are placed in the United States with Sikkema Jenkins & Co and Rena Bransten Gallery; two in Latin America with Galeria Nara Roesler and Xippas Montevideo; two in Europe with Galerie Xippas and Galeria Elba Benítez; and two in Asia with NCA | Nichido Contemporary Art and Ben Brown Fine Arts. Two editions remain unplaced, allowing for future strategic positioning.
In 2024, he presented an exhibition at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, reaffirming his role in bridging contemporary art with social engagement.
Marina Rheingantz
Rosemary, 2026
Oil on linen
150 x 130 cm
Sold: $150.000
Luhring Augustine (New York, USA)
Lygia Clark
Espaço Modulado, 1958
Cardboard collage
26 x 30,5 cm
Polígrafa Obra Gràfica (Barcelona, Spain)
A central figure in Brazilian contemporary art, Vik Muniz is known for constructing images from unconventional materials, such as sugar, chocolate, or waste, which he then photographs. His work critically engages with image-making, perception, and material hierarchies.
Represented in Japan by NCA | Nichido Contemporary Art, the artist structures the distribution of the Dez Fotos editions across key markets. Two works are placed in the United States with Sikkema Jenkins & Co and Rena Bransten Gallery; two in Latin America with Galeria Nara Roesler and Xippas Montevideo; two in Europe with Galerie Xippas and Galeria Elba Benítez; and two in Asia with NCA | Nichido Contemporary Art and Ben Brown Fine Arts. Two editions remain unplaced, allowing for future strategic positioning.
In 2024, he presented an exhibition at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, reaffirming his role in bridging contemporary art with social engagement.
Vik Muniz
After Sonia Delaunay, 2025
Portfolio of 6 photographs
49,8 x 38,1 cm. (each)Edition: 20
Asking Price: €6.000
Carlos Ishikawa (London, United Kingdom)
Asking Price: $20.000.00
Esther Schipper (Berlin, Germany)
Rafa Silvares operates at the intersection of sculpture, architecture, and digital image-making. His installations investigate perception, simulation, and spatial experience, often engaging immersive and hybrid environments.
His work has recently been presented in international contexts, including European exhibitions and fairs in 2024, consolidating his position within a discourse on new materialities and expanded spatial practices. On April 21, 2026, the exhibition Double Two opened at 47m Contemporary, featuring works by Jac Leirner and Rafa Silvares, further reinforcing his growing presence on the European scene.
Meyer Riegger Wolff (Seoul, South Korea)
A key figure in contemporary Brazilian art, Paulo Nazareth develops a practice grounded in displacement, colonial memory, and invisible histories. Often working through performance and long-distance walks, he positions the body as a living archive of transatlantic narratives linking Latin America, Africa, and the diaspora.
His recent institutional exhibition Paulo Nazareth: Melee at the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami (2024) reinforced his presence in the North American context. In 2026, he further expands this trajectory with a major exhibition at the Punta della Dogana (March 29 – November 22, 2026), curated by Fernanda Brenner, where his long-term performative journeys across the Americas and Africa, often undertaken barefoot, are presented as a critical reflection on colonial histories, systemic racism, and the embodied nature of movement and memory.
Lisson Gallery (London, United Kingdom)
Mennour (Paris, France)
The gallery Mennour brings the Brazilian artist Sidival Fila, whose practice unfolds at the intersection of spirituality, materiality, and memory. A former Franciscan friar, Fila works with reclaimed ecclesiastical textiles, antique vestments and worn fabrics, which he transforms into austere, contemplative compositions through stitching and layering, activating the latent histories embedded in the material.
Rooted in a meditative approach to time and gesture, his textile practice resonates with principles close to Zen philosophy, particularly in its attention to repetition, impermanence, and silence, creating a subtle dialogue with Asian sensibilities and reinforcing the relevance of his work within this context. His work has recently been presented internationally, notably in the exhibition “Sidival Fila” at Galerie Mennour, Paris (2024), reflecting the growing recognition of his practice within the European art scene.
Sidival FilaI
Metafora Avorio 20, 2025
20th century linen, sewn on canvas, on stretcher
170 x 171 cm
David Zwirner (New York, USA)
Lucas Arruda develops an introspective painting practice situated between abstraction and landscape. His small-scale works, often based on memory, evoke subtle atmospheres where light becomes the primary subject.
Represented by David Zwirner, he recently exhibited in New York (2023–2024), consolidating his position within major international collections.
Lucas Arruda
Untitled (from the Deserto-Modelo series), 2025
Oil on canvas
18 x 22 cm
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