If there’s one thing that São Paulo residents love, it’s art, whether in iconic museums or hidden galleries around the city. That’s why we’ve selected the best exhibitions on display in São Paulo this month. Choose your favorite and enjoy!
Debret in question – contemporary perspectives
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The exhibition establishes a critical dialogue between 35 engravings from the work of Jean-Baptiste Debret and reinterpretations by 20 contemporary artists, such as Rosana Paulino and Jaime Lauriano. The exhibition rewrites the history of Imperial Brazil, questioning the violence of slave society and promoting a symbolic dispute over national iconography.
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An unprecedented immersive and multisensory experience that promises to activate your “happiness hormone” through playful and interactive environments that stimulate the five senses. A success in cities such as London and Madrid, the exhibition guarantees fun for all ages, bringing together attractions such as a pillow fight arena, a ball pit with sunset projections, and a relaxing forest.
Photography AGNÈS VARDA Cinema
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The exhibition reveals the extensive and lesser-known photographic production of Agnès Varda, bringing together around 200 images, many of them unpublished, taken on trips to China, Cuba, and the US, as well as Paris. The exhibition investigates the connections and constant dialogue between her career, which began in photography, and her cinematographic work.
Horizon of Cheops: Journey to Ancient Egypt
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This immersive virtual reality experience offers a 4,500-year journey back in time to the Pyramid of Giza. The exhibition, which was created in collaboration with Egyptologists from Harvard University, offers the opportunity to explore forbidden corridors, burial chambers, and even navigate the Nile.
Grande Othelo Occupation
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In honor of the 110th anniversary of the artist’s birth, the exhibition brings together more than 160 pieces, including poems, sheet music, scripts, trophies, and personal objects. The exhibition celebrates Grande Othelo’s career in cinema, theater, and music, highlighting his resistance against racism and his fight against structural erasure in Brazilian culture.
Imbued with the forces of Japan’s forests – Masters of carpentry: skill and spirit
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The exhibition reveals the ancient technique of Japanese carpentry, which uses perfect joints without nails, highlighting the craftsmen’s deep respect for nature. The exhibition, with 87 traditional tools, addresses the crafts of temple and tea house builders, including a replica of a tea house to demonstrate structural ingenuity.
HIP-HOP 80’s – São Paulo on the Breakbeat Wave
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Following our guide to exhibitions currently on display in São Paulo, we have “HIP-HOP 80’sp.” The exhibition recovers the history of São Paulo Hip-Hop in the 1980s, with more than 3,000 historical pieces and an unprecedented collection, curated by names such as OSGEMEOS.
Marga Ledora: The Line of the House
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Check out more than 120 works by the artist created between 1987 and 2023. The exhibition highlights trajectories between the figurative, the abstract, and experiments with line, color, and materials.
Ònà Irin: railroad
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Get ready for a powerful immersion in Afro-Brazilian ancestry. The exhibition “Ònà Irin: caminho de ferro”(Ònà Irin: railroad), by Bahian artist Nádia Taquary, arrives in São Paulo with breathtaking sculptures and installations. The exhibition explores black female strength through cowrie shells, metals, and beads, transforming the space into a meeting place for memory, myth, and spirituality.
ANTONIO DIAS / IMAGE + MIRAGE
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Avenida Paulista hosts a historic exhibition that revisits the creative peak of one of the biggest names in Brazilian art. “ANTONIO DIAS / IMAGE + MIRAGE” occupies Gomide&Co with rare paintings made by the artist between 1968 and 1971. The exhibition highlights Dias’ transition to a conceptual and sober language, where monochromatic fields and words function as self-reflective comments on art.
Leonardo Finotti – São Paulo, Multiplicidade at CAIXA Cultural
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A true ode to the metropolis, the exhibition “Leonardo Finotti – São Paulo, Multiplicidade” brings together ten photographic series that explore the interaction between brutalist architecture, urban memory, and contemporary forms of occupation in the capital. A must-see for anyone who loves photography and wants to see the city from a new perspective.
Abre Alas 21
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São Paulo’s artistic calendar gets a touch of revelry with “Abre Alas 21, “ an iconic exhibition by A Gentil Carioca that reaches its second edition in São Paulo, also celebrating the gallery’s 5th anniversary in the city. As the name suggests, the exhibition functions as a “make way” for Carnival, opening paths for new talents in contemporary art.
Flows – Japan and Water
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The exhibition “Fluxos – o Japão e a água” (Flows – Japan and Water ) is a true immersion in the deep and historical relationship that the Japanese have with this vital element. Curated by Natasha Barzaghi Geenen, the exhibition occupies the second floor of the institution and has already attracted more than 150,000 visitors.
José Antônio da Silva: Painting Brazil
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The exhibition is a deep immersion into the trajectory of one of the most fundamental names in 20th-century Brazilian art. After passing through Grenoble, France, and Porto Alegre, the exhibition arrives in São Paulo with 142 works. The highlight is the unprecedented exhibition, in its entirety, of the book of drawings “Romance da minha vida” (Romance of my life).
Knockout! – Pascale Marthine Tayou
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The Pinacoteca de São Paulo opens its season with the first overview of the Cameroonian artist’s work in Brazil. The public can explore monumental installations that use everyday objects, such as vases and plastic bags, to reflect on global themes and historical conferences.
Notre-Dame de Paris – Sacred and Eternal
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This immersive virtual reality expedition transports visitors inside the world’s most famous cathedral. With state-of-the-art glasses, you can stroll through the history of the monument, from its construction in the Middle Ages to its restoration after the 2019 fire.
Experience for ages 8 and up, with minors under 18 participating only when accompanied by a responsible adult.
Claudia Alarcón & Silät: living by weaving
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The exhibition brings together 25 textile works produced with chaguar fibers by Claudia Alarcón and the Silät collective, formed by one hundred weavers from the Wichí people. The works explore vibrant colors and geometries that narrate ancestral mythologies and the spiritual relationship with the territory, transforming weaving into an act of resistance.
When São Paulo was Piratininga: São Paulo archaeology
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The exhibition reveals a territory with 4,000 years of human occupation through archaeological remains found in the capital. The tour brings together science and history to show how the first inhabitants of the region lived, long before colonization.
It takes time, but there will be time – Gelli Sisters
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The Rio de Janeiro artists present unpublished works made from vegetable wax and recycled materials. The public can touch the materials and observe the process of transformation of the pieces, which celebrate sustainability and contemplation.
OUNJE – Artistic Occupation on Food, Ancestry, and Black Female Management
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This occupation by Capulanas Cia de Arte Negra uses food as a central axis to reflect on the role of black women in community management and cultural resistance. The program includes conversation circles and mediated visits, transforming the space into a territory of memory and affection.
Joaquín Torres García – 150 years
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This is one of the most comprehensive exhibitions ever held on the Uruguayan master, placing his work in dialogue with more than 70 Brazilian and international artists, such as Hélio Oiticica and Rosana Paulino. The exhibition celebrates “Inverted America” and reaffirms the importance of South American identity in the global art scene.
Form and Permanence – Mylene Costa
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The sculptor investigates femininity and silence through ten works in bronze, resin, and marble. The exhibition proposes a pause in the hustle and bustle of the city, inviting the viewer to feel the density and gravity of forms that seem to float!
Minhwa Route: two spaces, one experience
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Traditional Korean painting comes to life in two simultaneous venues, presenting the work of 100 contemporary artists. The exhibition displays symbols of luck, prosperity, and even works created especially for Brazil, combining soccer and Korean tradition in an unmissable cultural exchange.
Régis, Where Are You? – Lucia Lang
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Lucia Lang presents a sensitive essay on downtown São Paulo. Her photos capture the “raw beauty” of streets and alleys, transforming the urban walk into an existential search for belonging and memory.