“Inauguration of the 1^st Bienal” – 1^st Bienal. O Diário de São Paulo (newspaper), 21 October 1951.

“2^nd Bienal inaugurated tomorrow” – 2^nd Bienal. A Gazeta (newspaper), 11 December 1953.

“Inauguration of the 3^rd Bienal of Modern Art” – 3^rd Bienal. Correio Paulistano (newpaper), 3 July 1955.

“4^th Bienal de São Paulo inaugurated tomorrow” – 4^th Bienal. Diário Popular (newpaper), 21 September 1957.

“5^th Bienal de São Paulo officially open to the public” – 5^th Bienal. A Gazeta (newspaper), 22 September 1959.

“6^th Bienal inaugurated” – 6^th Bienal. A Tribuna de Santos (newspaper), 3 October 1961.

“7^th Bienal inaugurated formally at Ibirapuera yesterday” – 7^th Bienal. Diário de São Paulo (newpaper), 29 September 1963.

“São Paulo inaugurates the 8^th  Bienal today – Thirty six thousand paintings as well as drawings, sculptures and other works of art..” – 8^th Bienal. O Jornal (newspaper), 4 September 1965.

“President opened the 9^th Bienal yesterday” – 9^th Bienal. O Estado de São Paulo (newspaper), 23 October 1967.

“10^th Bienal inauguration today”– 10^th Bienal. Folha de São Paulo (newspaper), 27 September 1969.

“SP: 11^th Bienal leaves thousands in awe” – 11^th Bienal. Última Hora (newspaper), 6 September 1971.

“Art of 50 countries inaugurated at the Bienal” – 12^th Bienal. Diário de São Paulo(newspaper), 6 October 1973.

“13^th Bienal opens to day at 11 o’clock” – 13^th Bienal. O Estado de São Paulo (newspaper), 17 October 1975.

“Inauguration of the 14^th Bienal” – 14^th Bienal. Diário da Noite (newspaper), 3 October 1977.

“The 15^th Bienal Internacional de SP opens today at Ibirapuera” – 15^th Bienal. Folha da Tarde (newspaper), 3 October 1979.

“Bienal is opened amidst appeals and protest” – 16^th Bienal. Folha de São Paulo (newspaper), 17 October 1981.

“Irreverence and politics at the inauguration of the Bienal” – 17^th Bienal. Jornal do Brasil (newspaper), 15 October 1983.

“The Bienal opens to the public” – 18^th Bienal. Shopping News SP (newspaper),  6 October 1985.

“19^th Bienal. What does it mean to be contemporary at the end of this century? – With three thousand works from 53 countries, the 19^th Bienal begins today at the Pavilhão do Ibirapuera, letting the Utopian dogs loose on the foxes of Reality. But be careful with the quantity. Watch out for the quality.” – 19^th Bienal. O Estado de São Paulo (newspaper), 2 October 1987.

“Celebration of the new form – The 20^th Bienal begins today with more than 150 artists” – 20^th Bienal. O Globo (newspaper), 14 October 1989.

“21^st Bienal – A celebration of art – today Paulistas will begin to see works from over more than 500 artists across 32 nationalities” – 21^st Bienal. Correio Braziliense (newspaper), 21 September 1991.

 

“Samba and parangolé open the Bienal today – Passistas da Mangueira wear work by Hélio Oiticica for the inauguration of the biggest art exhbition in the country” – 22^th Bienal. Folha de São Paulo (newspaper), 12 October 1994.

 

“Opening of the 23^th Bienal takes advantage of public holiday – Considered the third largest in the world, the great international art exhibition in São Paulo, which opens to the public from Sunday onwards, tops the list of this week’s cultural attractions” – 23^th Bienal. O Estado de São Paulo (newspaper), 4 October 1996.

“The cannibal party begins. The 24^th Bienal, opens to the public today and takes anthropophagy as its theme and includes works by Bacon, Tarsila, Magritte, Van Gogh, Bourgeois and Giacometti” – 24^th Bienal. Folha de São Paulo (newspaper), 3 October 1998.

“25^th Bienal begins: surprises and smiles. Open for four hours yesterday, the event, which brings together around 200 artists, received a small crowd. Those who went had fun among the installations, videos, performances and paintings  but left asking whether what was on show was art. The exhibition is closed today and opens tomorrow.” – 25^th Bienal. Jornal da Tarde (newspaper), 25 March 2002.

 

“Free, the 26^th Bienal opens to the public today” – 26^th Bienal. Folha de São Paulo (newspaper), 26 September 2004.

“Bienal begins today with elogies from curators” – 27^th Bienal. Folha de São Paulo (newspaper), 7th October 2006.

“28^th Bienal de São Paulo opens on Sunday with performances and an empty floor.” – 28^th Bienal. Jornal da Manhã (newspaper), 28 October 2008.

“Bienal in a new light – The 29^th Bienal de São Paulo is inaugurated today with bills paid, recovering global prestige and calling on society to appoint politics as a theme.” – 29^th Bienal. Istoé (magazine), 24 September 2010.