Continuing the series of Invocations, a sequence of programs traveling through four cities worldwide in anticipation of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, the project arrives in Guadeloupe, a territory in Central America. This edition, titled “Bigidi mè pa tonbé!” [Totter, but never fall!], will be held from December 5 to 7 at La FABRI’K, a space led by choreographer, anthropologist, and educator Dr. Léna Blou, with dance as its central theme.

The first Invocation of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice will take place in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 14 and 15. Titled Souffles: On Deep Listening and Active Reception, the Invocation  focuses on the circularity as well as the precarity of breath, Gnawa music as a way of being, Sufi cultures, and listening as a practice of coexistence, as well as place- and space-making. 

Naine Terena, artist educator and curator, talks about the realization and conception of the exhibition Ka’a Pûera: we are walking birds, Brazil’s official participation in the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, and about the permanence of indigenous artists in this space.

With Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung as chief curator, the 36th Bienal de São Paulo announces its title, curatorial concept, partners and visual identity, as well as an important change in its exhibition period

Naymare Azevedo, director and coordinator of the Afrotonizar platform, which promotes the connection and multiplication of experiences of racialized people, explains how her initiatives connect artists, curators and researchers, offering training and an exchange of experiences.

The psychoanalyst and researcher Flavia Corpas relates different editions of the Bienal to what is understood as madness at that time. Read more.

Artist Fabio Morais reflects on the use of texts – sometimes small, sometimes gigantic – in works of art and how the word merges with the image, using works by artists such as Leonilson, Carmela Gross, Rubens Gerchman and Regina José Galindo to exemplify the use of words and poetry in art.

Livia Benedetti and Marcela Vieira, creators of the art projects website aarea, comment on the challenges of conservating and creating a platform for digital art.

Journalist, literature curator and writer Joselia Aguiar recounts her experience of coming across and studying the life of Djanira (1914-1979), an artist whose career has been revalued in recent years, in order to prepare a biography of the painter.

The conceptual team assembled by chief curator Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung is made up of five professionals. The team is currently working on the curatorial project, which will be unveiled in the second half of this year

Fundação Bienal de São Paulo is pleased to announce that Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung will be the chief curator of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, scheduled for the second half of 2025

Brazil renews its presence at the Venice Biennale with the exhibition Ka’a Pûera: we are walking birds. The exhibition features the resistance and artistic production of Brazil’s native peoples, updating the problematic issues of colonization

After critical and public success at the Bienal Pavilion, the choreographies of the impossible are ready to travel to fifteen cities, both in Brazil and abroad

The new president will begin on January 2, 2024 with a proposal to restructure the way the curatorial team of the Bienal de São Paulo is appointed; Maguy Etlin is elected first vice-president of the Board, which is also made up of seven other members

For the first time, the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo is collaborating with the iconic Italian brand Bulgari to launch a podcast produced by Trovão Mídia: Em obras. The podcast marks the closing of the 35th Bienal de São Paulo at the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion and the start of its tour of Brazil and the world.