Amazing art exhibitions to check out in São Paulo this November!

Embark on an immersive journey through the universe based on real data! For those looking to include a tech-driven attraction in this month’s cultural itinerary, “Smithsonian Journey Through the Cosmos” is a virtual reality adventure that transforms data from agencies such as the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) and NASA into immersive visuals, allowing you to explore Hubble, James Webb, Chandra, and more.

This immersive, high-tech production inaugurates the new cultural space at Conjunto Nacional, celebrating the legacy of the greatest icon of Brazilian modernism. The exhibition revisits approximately 40 classic works by Tarsila do Amaral—including *Abaporu*, *Antropofagia*, and *Operários*—through 360° projections, soundtracks, and sensory experiences.

To spice up this month’s itinerary, this immersive 360° exhibition recreates four marine ecosystems using projections, light, and sound, making it ideal for families and schools. Take an aquatic tour without getting wet!

Visitors can view photographs from notable exhibitions honoring figures such as Clarice Lispector and Machado de Assis, as well as a detailed timeline and video recordings featuring statements by artists such as Maria Bethânia, Xênia França, and Tom Zé. 

In addition to the galleries, the space features an interactive room for workshops on letter-writing and creating narratives from newspaper clippings, making for a rich and dynamic experience.

Another must-see addition to your cultural itinerary is “Miró: Master of Forms.” The exhibition brings more than 140 original works by Joan Miró to FAAP’s Brazilian Art Museum, including paintings, sculptures, tapestries, and items from the artist’s own family.

Visitors can get an up-close look at traditional instruments such as the gayageum and the janggu, as well as costumes and audiovisual content that reveal the influence of centuries-old rituals and techniques on the sound of acclaimed groups like BTS and Stray Kids. 

In addition to interacting with the Dangsan Tree by making wishes on ritual cards, visitors can enjoy a program that includes live performances and hands-on workshops.

The exhibition pays tribute to Luis Fernando Verissimo’s 90th birthday, bringing together more than 300 items that reveal the secret and brilliant universe of the master of Brazilian humor. 

Visitors can get an up-close look at previously unseen drawings, cartoons, manuscripts, childhood notebooks, and personal items preserved by the family, as well as interactive installations featuring iconic characters such as the Bagé Analyst and the Snakes. 

MASP presents the international group exhibition “Latin American Stories,” a comprehensive exhibition spanning five floors of the Pietro Maria Bardi Building, featuring 187 works by 148 artists from 20 countries. 

The exhibition explores the continent’s contradictions, struggles, and transformations through five thematic sections, ranging from the pre-colonial period to commissioned contemporary works. It delves into themes such as colonial heritage, modernization projects, resistance movements, and indigenous knowledge. 

♿ Accessible venue (free admission for people with disabilities and one companion; visits in Brazilian Sign Language and descriptive tours available upon request; texts in large print; and audiovisual content with audio description, subtitles, and interpretation in Brazilian Sign Language)

Visual artist and museologist Verônica Spnela proposes a shift in perspective on art history: looking at painting through the lens of its raw materials. Divided into four interactive and sensory sections, the exhibition connects geology to poetic expression, showing how raw minerals extracted from the earth around the world (from Afghan lapis lazuli to the ochres found in Brazilian soil) have shaped humanity’s aesthetic choices over the centuries.

The exhibition brings together masks and messenger staffs (récades) from the Tasso Gadzanis Collection with the contemporary work of artists A TRANSÄLIEN and Uberê Guelé. 

The exhibition features items from African countries such as Benin, Mali, and Nigeria, linking the transmission of ancestral messages and traditions to contemporary artistic productions.

The exhibition explores the world of textiles and its transformations linked to migration, labor, and identity. Featuring approximately 40 objects (including tools, costumes, photos, and videos), the exhibition highlights how migration remains a living part of everyday urban fashion as it traces the textile history of the Brás and Mooca neighborhoods.

With names like Alexandre Herchcovitch and Amir Slama in the collection, the experience invites the public to understand clothing as an extension of memories and stories.

For the first time in Latin America, the exhibition recreates Nadar’s iconic studio in 3D virtual reality, where masters such as Monet, Renoir, and Degas exhibited their works. Explore the galleries, discover the landscapes that inspired the movement, and feel the energy that changed the course of art in a unique experience, ideal for all ages 8 and up.

Designed especially for children and their families, this interactive installation turns visitors into co-creators of a large-scale art installation. A huge carpet-covered wall comes to life as the audience places and rearranges hundreds of colorful felt figures, creating a living, ever-changing painting.

The attraction is part of the museum’s special holiday program and encourages free play, imagination, and collective creativity among adults and children.

Accessibility: Audio description resources and videos with Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) interpretation

Curated by Diane Lima, the exhibition brings together works by 33 artists from 11 Brazilian states, presenting a radical exercise in imagination across media such as painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and video. 

The works challenge aesthetic, racial, and territorial boundaries by rewriting narratives of the past and envisioning new futures for contemporary art.

♿ Accessible venue (guided tours in Brazilian Sign Language, audio description, and video guides in Brazilian Sign Language)

This immersive virtual reality expedition transports visitors inside the world’s most famous cathedral. Wearing state-of-the-art headsets, you’ll explore the monument’s history, from its construction in the Middle Ages to its restoration following the 2019 fire.

This experience is for ages 8 and up; those under 18 may participate only when accompanied by a guardian.

Brazilian artist Muti Randolph and French artist MAOTIK join forces in this unprecedented exhibition, featuring works that combine imagery, light, sound, and interactive sensors. The digital art exhibition transforms the walls into a living organism, in which the audience’s movements become part of the attraction.

Curated by researcher Antonio Somaini, the exhibition brings together approximately 70 works by 29 artists from 15 countries to investigate what artificial intelligence reveals and what it prefers to conceal. The exhibition explores environmental impact, the behind-the-scenes, often invisible labor that fuels algorithms, and colonial legacies in visual recognition.

The São Paulo edition also features seven exclusive “time capsules” that revisit and critically analyze the history of AI and classification technologies in Brazil.

The exhibition by the duo Pirilampos do Planeta (Lula Duffrayer and Flávio Carvalho), curated by Lara Maia, features nine original installations created from approximately four metric tons of recyclable waste. The exhibition uses light, acrylic cups, packaging, and fiber optics to create scenes that invite visitors to reflect on sustainability, consumption, and the networks of interdependence that connect humans to nature.

Presenting for the first time a solo exhibition by a Kaqchikel Maya artist, MASP brings together 78 paintings brimming with color and memories. On small, delicate canvases, the self-taught painter meticulously captures everyday scenes, festivities, religious ceremonies, and the textiles of her native community in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala.

♿ Accessible venue (visits in Brazilian Sign Language or with descriptive narration; texts and captions in large font; audiovisual content with audio description, subtitles, and interpretation in Brazilian Sign Language)

Delving deep into Japan’s millennia-old tradition, this unprecedented exhibition traces the evolution of ceramic production through Japan’s six great ancient kilns (Rokkoyō). Bringing together 19 unique pieces ranging from historical artifacts to contemporary creations, the exhibition reveals the artistic techniques passed down from generation to generation.

♿ Accessible venue (Brazilian Sign Language, tactile materials, Braille resources, and tactile flooring)

Dedicated to one of the country’s greatest intellectuals and patron of Brazilian public education, this exhibition traces the journey of the man who revolutionized thinking about education in Brazil. Through 150 items, including letters to his family, personal belongings, publications, and photographs, visitors take a chronological journey through the private life and intellectual struggles of Anísio Teixeira.

If you’re looking for new exhibitions to visit in São Paulo, be sure to check out Andre Barion’s debut exhibition in the capital. Exploring the boundaries between painting, sewing, and drawing, the artist presents 27 impressive works, using textiles that have been painted, cut, sewn, layered, and transformed into visual poetry.

This exhibition features real human specimens to help visitors understand how the human body works. Spanning 700 m², it brings together science, art, and education, making anatomy accessible to the general public.

Redefining the relationship between art and memory, this unprecedented exhibition transforms Parque das Cerejeiras into an open-air art trail. Featuring works by 20 contemporary artists, the exhibition invites the public on a reflective walk through nature, engaging with themes such as environmental preservation and the surrounding landscape.