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Posted inOpinion

Remembering Jaider Esbell and How His Activism Challenged Art Institutions

by Ela Bittencourt December 16, 2021December 16, 2021

Jaider Esbell showed us that future biennials will need to look to art activists and ethnic collectives not as contingent collaborators but as authoring agents.

Posted inArt

The São Paulo Biennial Captures a Perpetually Discontinuous World

by Ela Bittencourt October 18, 2021October 18, 2021

Many works take disruption and repetition as their themes, and many artists resurface in different sections, creating multiple affinities.

Posted inArt

Winds of Change at the São Paulo Biennial’s Introductory Show

by Ela Bittencourt December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

Emphasizing obscured histories, Vento inspires hope that the biennial programs to come will be potent enough to raise some dust in Niemeyer’s drafty halls.

Posted inArt

How Art Fails at the São Paulo Biennial

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney November 2, 2018November 3, 2018

Recognizing that art can and does fail gave me room to think about my own tendencies and predilections as I walked through the exhibition.

Posted inArt

At This Year’s São Paulo Biennial the Curator Prioritizes Feeling Over Discourse

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney September 20, 2018October 2, 2018

Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro discusses the impact of rejecting overwrought political themes in a show that welcomes everyone to slow down and focus on their own experience of the art.

Posted inArt

Art for an Uncertain World at the São Paulo Biennial

Avatar photo by Elisa Wouk Almino October 3, 2016October 3, 2016

SÃO PAULO — Critics in major Brazilian newspapers have been calling the 32nd São Paulo Biennial too “politically correct,” all ideas and no art.

Posted inNews

São Paulo Biennial Removes General Israeli Sponsorship

by Mostafa Heddaya September 1, 2014September 5, 2014

After registering objections from 61 participating artists that were supported by the entire curatorial delegation of its 31st São Paulo Biennial, the Fundaçao Bienal São Paulo has agreed to “clearly disassociate” Israeli funding from the general sponsorship of the exhibition.

Posted inNews

São Paulo Biennial Curators Join Artists in Repudiating Israeli Sponsorship

by Mostafa Heddaya August 29, 2014September 2, 2014

The curators of the 31st São Paulo Biennial have supported the artists’ call on the organization to return Israeli sponsorship funds, a demand they believe “should be a trigger to think about the funding sources of major cultural events.”

Posted inNews

São Paulo Biennial Participants Demand Organizers Return Israel Funding (Updated)

by Mostafa Heddaya August 28, 2014August 29, 2014

Artists participating in the 31st São Paulo Biennial have signed an open letter calling on the organizers to return sponsorship funds accepted from the Israeli state, Hyperallergic has learned.

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