Exhibitors
Galleries
SP-Arte approached 2019 as Brazil’s main platform for arts dissemination and commerce. In order to celebrate our fifteen years in the market, we gather the most renowned exhibitors from Brazil and all over the world at the Bienal Pavilion during five days. The art galleries was divided in three sectors: Main, Solo, Masters, Performance and OpenSpace.
Main
This is the most extensive sector of the Festival, presenting important galleries from countries such as Argentina, Chile, Portugal, Uruguay and United States. Works by established and rising artists take over the curves of the epic building designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
Solo
Dedicated to galleries interested in developing projects focused on a single artist, 2019’s Solo sector exhibited works by Latin-American artists reflecting upon the continent’s multiple identities. Chilean Alexia Tala was responsible for the curatorship.
Masters
This sector’s main purpose is to create a historical exhibition and to present relevant names for the development of the Brazilian art scenario. In 2019, curator Tiago Mesquita focused on 20th Century artists, who produced in the post-war period (1950–1980).
Performance
Curated by Marcos Gallon, the acts of this 15th edition took turns at different times leaving traces in the Bienal Pavilion. One of these works was purchased by SP-Arte and donated to Pinacoteca de São Paulo, supporting the insertion of perfomance in the commercial and institutional realms of art.
Openspace
Curated by Cauê Alves, the new sector OpenSpace worked as an artworks park, inviting the Festival’s visitors to explore the exterior of Oscar Niemeyer’s building. In the ‘Praça das Bandeiras’, one of the main points of entry to the Pavilion, other pieces completed the exhibition.
