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The importance of cultivating a relationship.By Patricia Rousseaux

France-Brazil Season

After months of intense national and international activity, we spoke with Anne Louyot, commissioner of the France-Brazil Season 2025, about the experience and conclusions of the Season's program in Brazil.

A multicultural immersionBy Patricia Rousseaux

France-Brazil Season

How can we build real connections between different cultures and histories? How can we create solutions for intercultural debate when our histories have been parallel, close, and different? How can we bring the debate of a forgotten history into the present?

The critical dimension of Debret and contemporary reinterpretationsBy Luiza Lorenzetti

France-Brazil Season
At the Ipiranga Museum in São Paulo, “Debret in Question – Contemporary Perspectives” brings together engravings by Jean-Baptiste Debret and reinterpretations by contemporary artists, curated by French sociologist and art critic Jacques Leenhardt and Brazilian researcher and curator Gabriela Longman.

Every moment is crucial.By Maria Hirszman

France-Brazil Season

The France-Brazil Season brings to the Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS), in São Paulo, an exhibition with previously unseen photographs by Agnès Varda and investigates the profound relationship between her photography and cinema.

Brazilian artists participated in the Brazil-France 2025 season.By Lara Paiva

Brazil-France International Season

In Brazil, Emílio Kalil, the director-superintendent of the Iberê Camargo Foundation, was appointed as curator for the Brazil-France Season.

Pinacoteca do Ceará rethinks its collection in Parallel ExistencesBy Fabio Cypriano

Institution

The exhibition, curated collaboratively, presents 484 works by 63 artists, many of whom are not part of the institution's collection.

MAM RIO celebrates the centenary of Gilberto Chateaubriand.By Fabio Cypriano

Collecting

With 350 works on display until February 1, 2026, the exhibition honors a collector who died three years ago and left 6.400 pieces on loan to the museum.

Luck, ritual and prayerBy Luiza Lorenzetti

Exhibitions

Antonio Obá presents paintings, drawings, and installations that explore symbols of luck and chance in Brazilian culture at the Mendes Wood DM gallery in São Paulo.

Climate change is already threatening photography collections.By Jotabê Medeiros

Photography

European institutions are identifying the need to change protocols for the maintenance, display, storage, and preservation of historical or artistic photographs as cases of deterioration due to global warming increase.

Art in transitBy Maria Hirszman

Occupation

In an interview, Tadeu Chiarelli discusses the upcoming release of 'Appropriations' and 'Brazilian Art', analyzes the dialogue between past and present in Brazilian art, and the role of the art critic and historian.