Talks at SP-Arte Stage
The conversation program of SP-Arte Rotas 2025 took place, as usual, within the fair at the Palco SP-Arte. The schedule was from Thursday, the 28th, to Saturday, the 30th, and featured informal dialogues between artists, curators, collectors, and cultural agents, both national and international.
Below, check out the participants.
Vivian Caccuri © Courtesy
Karola Braga © Courtesy
August 28th, Thursday
3:00 PM
Rebeca Carapiá (Almeida & Dale) in conversation with Deri Andrade, assistant curator at Instituto Inhotim
4:00 PM
Beyond Vision, with Vivian Caccuri (Almeida & Dale e A Gentil Carioca) and Karola Braga (Luis Maluf), moderated by Felipe Molitor, curator and researcher
5:00 PM
Reunion with Otto Stupakoff, with Bob Wolfenson, photographer, and Rubens Fernandes, researcher and curator
6:00 PM
How a museum is born: the arrival of the Vassouras Museum, with Catarina Duncan, artistic director of the museum, and Laura Rago, curator and jornalist
Tiago Mestre © Courtesy
Edu Silva © Tatiana Mito
August 29th, Friday
3:00 PM
Latin American Art in a Global Context, with Vivian Crockett, curator of New Museum of Contemporary Art, Eugenio Viola, Artistic Director of the Bogotá Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO) and curator of the 24th Bienal de Arte Paiz 2025, Guatemala, Larry Ossei-Mensah, curator and co-founder of ArtNoir, and Margot Norton, Chief Curator of Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive and co-founder of Museums Moving Forward*
4:00 PM
Brazilian Art and Internationalization: the artist’s perspective, with Tiago Mestre (Gomide&Co) and Edu Silva (Luis Maluf), moderated by Brunno Silva, curator and founder of art100.in project
5:00 PM
Manauara Clandestina (Mitre) in conversation with Deri Andrade, assistant curador at Instituto Inhotim
*Discussion in English
Paloma Bosquê © Ramon Martins
Patricia Leite © Isadora Fonseca
August 30th, Saturday
2:30 PM
From the top of Mirante, Rodrigo Moura, curator and artistic director of MALBA, in conversation with Paloma Bosquê (Mendes Wood DM), Patricia Leite (Mendes Wood DM) and Ana Prata (Luisa Strina)
4:00 PM
Folk Art: How to Collect It, with Edmar Pinto Costa, colector and researcher, and Alexandre Martins Fontes, editor and president of Associação Nacional de Livrarias, moderated by Amanda Tavares, curator and researcher
5:00 PM
Trance: Found in Translation, with Lucas Albuquerque, curator, Caio Carpinelli (Yehudi Hollander-Pappi), Emilia Estrada (Portas Vilaseca), Fernão Cruz (Cristina Guerra) and Marlan Cotrim (Amparo 60)
Ana Prata © Sofia Borges
Rodrigo Moura © Courtesy