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The Sao Paulo Biennial intertwines cultural visions and generations

Contemporary Art | Created in 1951, the 33rd Sao Paulo Biennial, the largest one in South-America, went beyond conventional codes by focusing mainly on the work of seven artists-curators. The edition entitled Afinidades Afetivas (Affective affinities), was curated by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro (director of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros) and advocated an intuitive approach to installations and collective imagination.

Vue générale du Pavillon de la 33e Biennale de Sao Paulo © Renato S. Cerqueira Futura Press Folhapress, 2018
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Vue générale du Pavillon de la 33e Biennale de Sao Paulo
© Renato S. Cerqueira Futura Press Folhapress, 2018

Inaugurated on September 7th, 2018 (Brazil’s Independence Day) the 33e 33rd Sao Paulo Biennial broke away from the event’s traditional format, which relied on choosing a single theme to be developed by the chief curator.
Out of the 600 works belonging to approximately 100 artists that were exhibited in the Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, chief-curator […]

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Vue générale du Pavillon de la 33e Biennale de Sao Paulo © Renato S. Cerqueira Futura Press Folhapress, 2018 Vue d’installation Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Always, never © Leo Eloy / Estúdio Garagem / Bienal de São Paulo Foundation Vue d’installation, Claudia Fontes, The Slow Bird © Pedro Ivo Trasferetti / Bienal de São Paulo Foundation Vue d’installation, Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Always, never © Leo Eloy / Estúdio Garagem / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Vue d’installation, Sofia Borges, The Infinite Story of Things or the End of the Tragedy of One © Leo Eloy / Estúdio Garagem / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo Vue d’installation, Antonio Ballester Moreno, Common/Sense © Pedro Ivo Trasferetti   São Paulo Biennial Foundation L’artiste-curateur Antonio Ballester Moreno pendant l’installation de son oeuvre Vivan los campos libres (2018) © Photo © Pedro Ivo Trasferetti. Image courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo 33a Bienal de São Paulo © Pedro Ivo Trasferetti / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo

Vue générale du Pavillon de la 33e Biennale de Sao Paulo
© Renato S. Cerqueira Futura Press Folhapress, 2018

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