There’s no shortage of culture in São Paulo! The city always has something interesting on, so we’ve put together the exhibitions on in SP that you can’t miss this month. Check out our guide!
Exhibitions in SP to see this month
The FRIENDS™ Experience
Immerse yourself in the universe of Friends in this immersive exhibition, which recreates the most iconic scenes from the series. Sit at Monica and Rachel’s kitchen table, in Joey and Chandler’s chairs and even on the show’s famous orange sofa!
📅 Until 06/04
🎫 From R$39.90, available here
📍 Shopping Cidade São Paulo
re_CURSES – Valter Nu
Sculptures made from electronic waste promote reflection on consumption, memory and sustainability. In this show, cables, wires and keyboards become the protagonists of a journey through the resignification of the obsolete.
🗓️ Until 29/03
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Metal House
A Tribute to King Pelé
This interactive exhibition presents the legacy of one of the world’s greatest footballers. With a collection of medals and original shirts worn by the athlete in his main achievements, ‘A Tribute to King Pelé’ also combines technology and augmented reality to make the experience even more exciting.
📅 Until 23/03
🎫 From R$40, available here
📍 Eldorado Shopping Center
About Experiences
This long-term exhibition offers a panorama of the diverse experiences that exist in Brazil’s favelas. Bringing together works by peripheral artists, it covers everything from the history of the communities to current artistic manifestations.
🗓️ Various dates!
🎫 Free
📍 Favelas Museum
Korean painting: stamp and design
If you’re looking for interactive exhibitions in SP, “Korean Painting: Stamp and Design” is a good tip. The exhibition by Korean artist Suldurumi reinterprets traditional works such as minhwa and bojagi, using contemporary stamp techniques to create a dialog between the past and the present. And as well as admiring the works, you can try your hand at stamp painting and take your creations home with you!
🗓️ From 16/03 to 29/06
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Korean Cultural Center in Brazil
Between Aiyê and Orun
The show is inspired by Afro-Brazilian narratives, bringing together paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs and installations by 14 different artists. The aim is to highlight Afro-Brazilian artistic production influenced by African cosmology.
🗓️ Until 04/05
🎫 Free
📍 Caixa Cultural
A Place – Contemporary Brazilian Chairs
This is one of the exhibitions on show as part of the Design Week program in SP.“Um Lugar – Cadeiras Brasileiras Contemporâneas” brings together around 50 chairs that highlight the diversity of Brazilian design over the last 20 years, including pieces by big names such as Humberto Campana, Paulo Mendes da Rocha and Hugo França.
🗓️ Until 23/03
🎫 Free of charge
📍 3rd floor of Galeria Metrópole: Avenida São Luís, 187 – Centro
Jovem Guarda – 60 Years
The exhibition “Jovem Guarda 60 anos” celebrates the six-decade anniversary of the cultural movement that revolutionized Brazilian music. The exhibition features albums, posters, photographs, magazine covers and personal items from members of the movement, including Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos.
🗓️ Various dates!
🎫 Free
📍 MIS
Ultimate
The exhibition “Derradeiro”, by Marcos Alves, takes a poetic look at the interior of Brazil. By capturing scenes of life in São Roque de Minas, in the Serra da Canastra (Minas Gerais), the artist shows the mixture of ancient traditions with contemporary behaviors, highlighting the disappearance of this way of life.
🗓️ From 17/03
🎫 Free
📍 Kobbi Gallery: Travessa Alonso, 23 – Beco de Batman
A Sea Called Time
The exhibition at the iconic Mercadão celebrates 200 years of technological innovation by the Brazilian Navy. It features a model of the first Brazilian nuclear submarine and an educational series on clean energy, offering an immersion in the country’s naval history. On the 22nd at 1pm, the event will also feature a special performance by the Navy Band!
🗓️ Until 22/03
🎫 Free
📍 Paulistano Municipal Market
Black Paths
This is another of the exhibitions on show as a result of SP Design Week. “Black Paths” highlights Michele Wharton’s textile art, which combines woodcutting and embroidery inspired by the Panamanian Molas. The collection includes cushions, kimonos and six new flags, all printed by hand, reflecting Michele’s connection with the indigenous culture of Panama.
🗓️ Until 16/03
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Alma da Rua II Gallery: Rua Medeirosde Albuquerque, 188 – Vila Madalena
Craft: Clay: Earth Axis
Another tip among the exhibitions on show in São Paulo is “Ofício: Barro: Eixo Terra”, by artist Sallisa Rosa. The show explores the interconnection between human practices and the planet, using materials such as clay and ceramics to reflect on the indiscriminate use of water resources and their environmental consequences.
🗓️ Until 13/06
🎫 Free
📍 Sesc Pompeia
Vectors-Vertentes: Women Photographers from Pará
This unprecedented exhibition, which premiered on Women’s Day, celebrates more than 40 years of female photography in the Amazon. It brings together around 160 works by 11 female photographers, who highlight the strength of the female gaze in contemporary photography, exploring themes such as identity, territory and memory.
🗓️ Until 05/05
🎫 Free
📍 CCBB-SP
Citadel
This interactive installation invites the public to enter an imaginary city, made up of 15 “body-houses” made from the silhouette of visual artist Maria Ezou. Each house contains a fantastic universe with automata, lighting and soundtracks, combining art, nature, the city and technology. In addition, visitors can interact by planting seedlings for environmental restoration and creating self-portraits that become part of the Citadel’s gallery.
🗓️ Until 04/05
🎫 Free
📍 Caixa Cultural
The Boto
The exhibition brings together works by Luciano Maia (PA) and Rafael Paiva (CE), who explore the themes of migration and Brazilian culture through the folkloric narrative of the Boto. The paintings and photographs portray the artists’ memories and experiences after they moved to São Paulo, mixing the mythology of the pink dolphin with everyday practices from their regions of origin.
🗓️ From 15/03 to 18/05
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Ruth Cardoso Youth Cultural Center
All this for nothing
Following on from our guide to exhibitions in São Paulo, we have the solo show by visual artist André Felipe. With more than forty works, it explores the intersection between graphic design, conceptual art and abstraction, deconstructing visual clichés and questioning the essence of making art.
🗓️ From 12/03 to 12/04
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Rua Simpatia, 23 – Vila Madalena
Me, Ayrton Senna da Silva – 30 Years
Take a look at Ayrton Senna’s legacy in this interactive and technological exhibition narrated from the perspective of the driver himself who, using tools such as 3D modeling and artificial intelligence, recreates key moments in the motor racing idol’s career.
🗓️ Until 16/03
🎫 From R$ 25
📍 Shopping Lar Center
“EVERYTHING CAN (get lost)” – Tadeu Jungle
This exhibition is a retrospective and forward-looking look at the work of Tadeu Jungle, a multi-artist with 45 years of experience and a pioneer of video art in Brazil. The show brings together original pieces from the 1980s, videos and new creations that explore various techniques and media, such as tapestry, marble and even unusual objects like banners and papier-mâché sculptures.
🗓️ Until 20/06
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Fiesp Cultural Center
Dream Like a Girl
Dream Like a Girl is another of the free exhibitions available in SP! The exhibition combines art, poetry, humor and science to inspire women and girls to take their place in the world, presenting the stories of 13 influential women in various fields. In an immersive and sensory environment inspired by circus aesthetics, the exhibition features stage interpretations, installations and research into the evolution of female desires.
🗓️ Until 31/03
🎫 Free
📍 Villa-Lobos Park Library
Ney Matogrosso
This unprecedented exhibition is dedicated to Ney Matogrosso, celebrating his five-decade career. The immersive show goes through different phases of the artist’s career, with more than 200 items, such as iconic costumes, props, album covers, photographs and documents, organized into six thematic areas. Texts by journalist Julio Maria, author of Ney’s biography, complement the exhibition’s narrative.
🗓️ Various dates
🎫 From R$ 15
📍 MIS
Get moving! Climate and displacement
With the tragedy that struck Rio Grande do Sul in 2024, the whole country mobilized to help the victims. But it’s also important to reflect on what the reorganization of spaces and social displacement will look like in the future.
The exhibition ‘Move! Climate and displacement’ invites the public to reflect on these movements, raising awareness of how environmental disasters and other climate changes affect migration processes.
🗓️ Until 27/06
🎫 From R$8 (free on Saturdays)
📍Immigration Museum
Gurum Gudum – Between Fairies and Naughty Pillows
The exhibition “Gurum Gudum – Entre Fadas e Travesseiros Travessos” is part of the celebration of Arnaldo Baptista’s 76th birthday, featuring 76 of his works. They include acrylic and mixed media paintings on cardboard, begun during the pandemic, which reflect Arnaldo’s relationship with the universe of play. The exhibition will also include five canvases and explores Arnaldo’s “Exorealism”, which transforms ordinary realities into fantastic experiences.
🗓️ Until 14/03
🎫 Free of charge
📍 CaSa SLAMB
Gaia – The Human Enigma
This is the first solo show by visual artist JCamillo, based on the “psychic figurative” concept of the human being. The show brings together 40 works in graphite, charcoal and dry pastel, creating narratives between chaos and order in the physical and psychic context of the human being.
🗓️ Until 16/03
🎫 Free of charge
📍Olido Cultural Center
We – Art and Science by Women
Highlighting the legacy of women in art and science, this exhibition honors the scientific, intellectual and artistic production of women throughout history. Marie Curie, Bertha Lutz and Sueli Carneiro are some of the many names honored in the show, which debates the oppression and visibility experienced by these figures over the centuries.
🗓️ Until 30/03
🎫 Free
📍Sesc Interlagos
Slim Aarons: The First Exhibition in South America
Known for recording the lifestyle of high society, Slim Aarons presents his first solo exhibition in South America. This is a unique opportunity to see the artist’s collection!
🗓️ Until 30/03
🎫 Free of charge
📍Mario Cohen Gallery
Life Revealed
Exploring everyday life through intergenerational lenses, Japanese photographers Rinko Kawauchi and Tokuko Ushioda are showing an exhibition that has already been featured at the KYOTOGRAPHIE international photography festival and can now be visited in São Paulo.
🗓️ Until 13/04
🎫 Free of charge
📍Japan House São Paulo
Voices of the Floodplain
This temporary exhibition highlights the cultural, social and economic relevance of Várzea soccer in São Paulo. It features photographs, videos, texts, historical objects and installations that portray the history, resistance and community impact of this sport. In addition, the exhibition explores themes such as the local economy, popular culture and the sense of belonging generated by championships and celebrations.
🗓️ Until 27/04
🎫 From R$12 (free on Tuesdays)
📍 Soccer Museum
Myself, Carnival
Like a good reveler, Mário de Andrade was passionate about Carnival, but he also took advantage of the festive period to research the popular festival. This exhibition brings together original parade costumes, photos of the poet and much more.
🗓️ Until 02/05
🎫 Free of charge
📍Mário de Andrade House
Japanese Principles: Design and Resources
With 16 projects by 14 designers, this exhibition explores the sustainable use of resources using traditional Japanese techniques. The collection covers diverse areas such as architecture, design, handicrafts, textiles, sports items and musical instruments to showcase creative solutions.
🗓️ Until 04/05
🎫 Free
📍Japan House São Paulo
Rino Levi, history and utopia – destruction, permanence, renewal
Rino Levi is the Brazilian architect honored in this exhibition. There, visitors will find photos, drawings and models of Levi’s modern projects. In addition, important moments in the architect’s life and career are highlighted in the “Acts and Facts” module.
🗓️ Until 29/06
🎫 Free of charge
📍Chácara Lane: Rua da Consolação, 1024 – Consolação
Permanent exhibition of the Bardi couple
The Bardi Institute’s new permanent exhibition, focusing on popular art and textiles by Lina Bo and P.M. Bardi, is also on display in São Paulo.
The exhibition brings together household objects such as tools, dolls and ceramics that reflect the couple’s taste for human making, especially that of the Brazilian people.
🗓️ Various dates
🎫 From R$ 29
📍 Glass House
Energy and Transformation
From the days of the gas lamp to today’s technological resources, there are more than 150 years of energy in the capital and state of São Paulo. This is the panorama on show at the São Paulo Energy Museum, another option among the exhibitions on show in São Paulo.
The exhibition connects past, present and future, telling the history and evolution of energy, as well as displaying objects from the collection, interactive resources and Instagrammable spaces.
🗓️ Various dates
🎫 Free
📍 São Paulo Energy Museum
Caipiras: From Beatings to Longing
The exhibition analyzes the representation of caipira culture in Brazilian art, highlighting works by Almeida Júnior, such as Caipira Picando Fumo (1893) and Amolação Interrompida (1894). With works by 35 artists, the show explores the creation of the caipira character and his connection with the rural and urban contexts of São Paulo.
🗓️ Until 13/04
🎫 From R$ 15
📍 Pina Luz
Once Upon a Time: Visions of Heaven and Earth
The exhibition brings together works by 33 artists from different generations and backgrounds to reflect on the end of the world and the creation of new worlds. “Once Upon a Time: Visions of Heaven and Earth” explores cosmological perspectives from 1969, such as the arrival of man on the moon and the first UN report on environmental issues, to the present day, addressing the impact of the human relationship with the planet and imagining possible futures.
Until 27/04
🎫 From R$15
📍 Pina Contemporary
