There’s no shortage of culture in São Paulo! The city always has something interesting on, so we’ve put together the exhibitions in São Paulo that you can’t miss this month. Check out our guide!
Exhibitions in SP to see this month
Photography AGNÈS VARDA Cinema
The exhibition reveals Agnès Varda’s extensive and lesser-known photographic production, bringing together around 200 images, many previously unseen, taken on trips to China, Cuba and the USA, as well as Paris. The exhibition investigates the connections and constant dialog between her career in photography and her cinematographic work.
Until 12/04/2026
🕓 Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays (except Mondays), 10am to 8pm
🎫 Free of charge
📍 IMS Paulista
FRAME – Silkscreen posters by João Ruas
This unprecedented exhibition presents, for the first time in Brazil, more than 30 rare pieces – including drafts and final poster art – created for studios such as A24, Warner Bros. and Mosfilm. Brazilian artist João Ruas is exhibiting works that are no longer just promotional but become works of art, combining the wabi-sabi aesthetic with a unique mastery of screen printing.
Until 31/01/2026
🕓 3pm to 9pm
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Casa Osten: Rua Henrique Schaumann, 170 – Pinheiros
Cheops Horizon: Journey to Ancient Egypt
This immersive virtual reality experience offers a journey back in time 4,500 years to the Pyramid of Giza. The exhibition, which was created in collaboration with Egyptologists from Harvard University, offers the chance to explore forbidden corridors, burial chambers and even navigate the Nile.
📅 Until 22/03/2025
🕓 Monday to Friday, weekends and holidays, from 10 a.m. to 9:15 p.m.
🎫 From R$29
📍 Shopping Cidade São Paulo (Espaço Cultural CNP): Avenida Paulista, 1230 (2º Subsolo) – Bela Vista
Grande Othelo Occupation
In honor of the 110th anniversary of the artist’s birth, the exhibition brings together more than 160 pieces, including poems, scores, scripts, trophies and personal objects. The exhibition celebrates Grande Othelo’s career in film, theater and music, highlighting his resistance to racism and his fight against structural erasures in Brazilian culture.
Until 08/03/2026
🕓 Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sundays and public holidays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Itaú Cultural: Avenida Paulista, 149 – Bela Vista
The human soul, you and Jung’s universe
The immersive and unprecedented exhibition celebrates the 150th anniversary of Carl Gustav Jung’s birth. Through educational and sensory installations, the show invites the public to self-knowledge, exploring in an accessible way the main concepts of Analytical Psychology, such as the Unconscious, Archetypes, Persona and Jung’s relationship with psychiatrist Nise da Silveira.
Until 18/01/2026
🕓 Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sundays and public holidays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
🎫 From R$15 (Tuesdays and Wednesday B3 – 3rd Wednesday of the month – free)
📍 Museum of Image and Sound – MIS
CONTEMPORÂNEO – International Exhibition of Contemporary Textile Art
The international textile art exhibition brings together 25 works by renowned artists from Brazil and around the world. Focusing on the central female axis, the show addresses urgent social issues such as feminicide, labor exploitation and reflections on women’s bodies, identities and everyday life in today’s society.
Until 18/01/2026
🕓 Tuesday to Sunday, 8am to 7pm
🎫 Free of charge
📍 CAIXA Cultural São Paulo
Zuilla – Green Flags, by Pedro Neves
The Maranhão artist’s first solo show in São Paulo traces a map of traces and memories from his family’s migratory trajectories. The paintings interweave Afro-Atlantic, indigenous and Catholic references, proposing an “Encante ethic” that reflects on belonging, displacement and ancestral strength.
Until 10/01/2026
🕓 Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Mitre Gallery SP
Tybyras: Paths of a Queer Amazon
The exhibition by Para artist Henrique Montagne celebrates the human and cultural diversity of the Amazon region. Through art, the show challenges colonial and patriarchal norms, proposing that the forest is a collective and living body, inseparable from the ancestral memories and queer identities that inhabit and build this territory.
📅 Until 11/01/2026
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Museum of Sexual Diversity
Imbued with the strength of Japan’s forests – Masters of carpentry: skill and spirit
The exhibition reveals the ancient technique of Japanese carpentry, which uses perfect joints without nails, highlighting the artisans’ deep respect for nature. The show, with 87 traditional tools, looks at the crafts of temple and teahouse builders, including a replica of a teahouse to demonstrate structural ingenuity.
Until 05/04/2026
🕓 Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Japan House São Paulo
Fake news: the power of lies
The exhibition offers a historical and contemporary immersion in the universe of fake news, tracing the manipulation of narratives from Ancient Rome to the digital age. With visual and interactive resources, the exhibition invites the public to reflect on political influence and the impact of disinformation in times of artificial intelligence.
Until 31/01/2026
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Instituto Cervantes de São Paulo
CORPO MANIFESTO, by Sérgio Adriano H
Sérgio Adriano H ‘s first major solo show in São Paulo celebrates 25 years of his career, bringing together more than 100 works. The exhibition uses the black body as a manifesto, questioning historical narratives about blackness and identity, addressing issues of structural racism and decoloniality with poetic and political power.
📅 Until 09/02/2026
🎫 Free
📍 CCBB São Paulo
Debret in question – contemporary views
The exhibition establishes a critical dialog between 35 engravings of the work of Jean-Baptiste Debret and re-readings by 20 contemporary artists, such as Rosana Paulino and Jaime Lauriano. The show rewrites the history of Imperial Brazil, questioning the violence of slave society and promoting a symbolic dispute over national iconography.
Until 17/05/2026
🕓 Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Ipiranga Museum
Titanic: An Immersive Journey
Get ready to embark on a fascinating journey through the history of the Titanic, in an exhibition that is unprecedented in Latin America! The experience offers visitors the chance to explore the legendary ship, from its construction to its sinking, through original objects, life-size recreations, 3D experiences and virtual reality tours.
📅 Until 30/01/2026
🎫 From R$45, available here
📍 Shopping Eldorado: Avenida Rebouças, 3970 – Pinheiros
Fake news: the power of lies
The exhibition traces a timeline of fake news, from Ancient Rome to the digital age, reflecting on how fake news has become a tool for political and social manipulation. It is part of the program “AI, fake news and the truth in the digital age”, which also includes workshops, round tables and a documentary screening.
Until 31/01/26
Monday to Friday, from 10am to 8pm; Saturday, from 10am to 4pm
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Instituto Cervantes de São Paulo: Avenida Paulista, 2439 – Consolação
A woman always smiling
The female experience, its struggles and achievements are highlighted in this exhibition, with works by Carol Ambrósio and Elvira Freitas Lira. Through objects, paintings and poetry, “A woman always smiling” reflects on the trajectory and protagonism of women in the arts.
Until 24/01/26
🕓 Tuesday to Friday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
🎫 Free of charge
📍 WG Galeria – Rua Araújo, 154
Ecology stories
Through works by 116 artists, the exhibition investigates the relationship between humans and non-human beings, such as rivers, forests and animals. Organized into five sections, “Histories of Ecology” proposes rethinking the future as a collective responsibility.
Until 01/02/2026
🕓 Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
🎫 R$ 75 | Free on Tuesdays all day, and Fridays from 6pm onwards
📍 MASP: Avenida Paulista, 1578 – Bela Vista
Dopamine Land
An unprecedented immersive, multi-sensory experience has landed in São Paulo! Dopamine Land will activate your “happiness hormone” through playful and interactive environments that stimulate all five senses. A success in cities such as London and Madrid, the show guarantees fun for all ages, bringing together attractions such as a pillow war arena, a ball pond with sunset projections and a relaxing forest.
Until 31/01/26
🎫 From R$ 55, available here
📍 Shopping Eldorado: Avenida Rebouças, 3970 – Pinheiros
CONTEMPORARY
The exhibition features a collection of textile works that debate the feminine and urgent issues such as femicide. Curated by Zeca Medeiros and Otavio Avancini, the show brings together 25 works from different nationalities and invites you to a sensory and reflective experience.
Until 18/01/2026
🕓 Tuesday to Sunday, 8am to 7pm
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Caixa Cultural São Paulo: Praça da Sé, 111 – Centro
ART FOR PETS
The project spreads sculptures of dogs and cats created by various artists around MorumbiShopping and then occupies the streets and parks of São Paulo, encouraging responsible adoption. In addition to the central show, it includes children’s workshops and interactive activities as part of the exhibitions on display aimed at the whole family, with part of the proceeds going to the animal cause.
📅 Until 20/01/2026
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Various points in the city
Napoleon Experience
The immersive exhibition combines history and technology to transport visitors to the universe of the French emperor. Highlights include replicas of historical objects, interactive battles and an artificial intelligence environment that allows you to talk to Napoleon, making it one of the most innovative exhibitions in the city!
📅 Until 21/12
🕓 Tuesday to Friday, 1pm to 9pm; Saturday, 10am to 10pm; Sundays and public holidays, 12pm to 8pm
🎫 From R$30
📍 Shopping Vila Olímpia : Rua Olimpíadas, 360 – 2nd Floor – Vila Olímpia
HIP-HOP 80’sp – São Paulo in the Break Wave
Following on from our guide to exhibitions in São Paulo, we have “HIP-HOP 80’sp”. The exhibition recalls the history of Hip-Hop in São Paulo in the 1980s, with more than 3,000 historical pieces and an unprecedented collection, curated by names such as OSGEMEOS.
📅 Until 29/03/2026 | Tuesday to Saturday, 9am to 9pm; Sunday and public holidays, 9am to 6pm
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Sesc 24 de Maio: Rua 24 de Maio, 109 – República
Marga Ledora: The house line
See more than 120 works by the artist made between 1987 and 2023. The show highlights trajectories between the figurative, the abstract and experimentation with line, color and materials.
Until 15/03/26 | Wednesday to Monday, 10am to 6pm
🎫 From R$15 | Free on Saturdays
📍 Pinacoteca Estação: Largo General Osório, 66 – Luz
About Experiences
Among the long-term exhibitions on show in São Paulo is “Sobre Vivências”. The show 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.
🗓️ Until 31/12
🕓 Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Favelas Museum
Poetic Fluxus – Sergio Vaz: Poet of the Periphery
Celebrates the life and work of Sergio Vaz with installations, videos, objects and documents. The exhibition delves into the artistic and social universe of the poet, recognized for his peripheral literature and cultural transformation.
Until 25/01/2026
Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Favelas Museum: Largo Páteo do Colégio, 148 – Historic Center
Flávio Império: you have the will and it is free
This retrospective of Flávio Império brings together around 300 works that reveal his work in the arts, scenography and political activism between the 1960s and 1980s. The exhibition sheds light on the artist’s original character when, for example, depicting popular culture.
Until 01/02/2026
🎫 From R$15 | Free on Saturdays and the 2nd Sunday of each month
📍 Pinacoteca de São Paulo: Praça da Luz, 2 – Luz
IlustraDELAS
The 5th edition of IlustraDELAS features 12 works by cis, trans and non-binary women artists from all over Brazil. The exhibition proposes reflections on love as care and resistance, with paintings, woodcuts, drawings and photographs.
Until 07/05/2026
🎫 Free admission
📍 Pátio Metrô São Bento: Largo São Bento, s/n – Centro
Art in the Consolation Cemetery
The Consolação Cemetery now has 228 historic tombs equipped with QR Codes, where visitors can check out information about the great personalities who rest there. Using your cell phone, you can find out more about Tarsila do Amaral and Mário de Andrade, for example, as well as iconic works of art.
📅 Permanent
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Rua da Consolação, 1660 – Consolação
Brasiliana: Modern and Contemporary Art
The Milú Villela Space, recently opened at Itaú Cultural, presents 185 works by 154 artists of modern and contemporary Brazilian art. The public can see works by Tarsila do Amaral, Portinari and Lygia Clark, as well as works by marginalized groups and native peoples.
📅 Permanent
🕓 Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 8pm; Sunday, 11am to 7pm
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Itaú Cultural: Avenida Paulista, 149 – Bela Vista
Art on Money
It offers an overview of Brazil’s monetary history, with more than 2,900 pieces, including rare coins, medals and stamps. Visitors can enjoy an interactive and educational experience about the construction of Brazilian identity, integrating the exhibitions on history and heritage.
📅 Permanent
🕓 Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
🎫 Free of charge
📍 Itaú Cultural – Av. Paulista, 149 – Bela Vista
Permanent exhibition of the Bardi couple
Also on show in São Paulo is the Bardi Institute’s permanent exhibition, focusing on popular art and textiles by Lina Bo and P.M. Bardi.
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.
🗓️ Permanent
🎫 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.
🗓️ Permanent
🎫 Free
📍 São Paulo Energy Museum
