For its 18th edition, SP–Arte – São Paulo International Art Festival, happening April 6th through 10th at the São Paulo Bienal Pavilion, in the Ibirapuera Park, presents the confirmed participation of the most important art and design galleries in Brazil. This, which is the most traditional and important art fair in Latin America, will bring together 100 art galleries, eight of which are international, and more than 30 design galleries, a sector returning with full force to the Bienal Pavilion. With the new edition, the Festival consolidates its role as a catalyst for the national visual arts market and a driver of the city’s creative economy. 

To Fernanda Feitosa, founder of SP–Arte, “the entire sector is set into motion for returning to our Festival, which, for many, represents around 30% of the year’s sales. We are happy to see agents in the circuit engaged in holding events and exhibitions around SP–Arte, amplifying the festival’s impact.”

Back at the Bienal Pavilion, SP–Arte will bring together national galleries on the rise, prime Brazilian galleries with solid international reach, as well as foreign exhibitors. Among national exhibitors are Galeria Luisa Strina (SP), Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel (SP – RJ), A Gentil Carioca (RJ – SP), Mendes Wood DM (SP – NY – Brussels), Nara Roesler (SP – NY – RJ) and Galeria Jaqueline Martins (SP – Brussels). Strong participants in the secondary market such as Gomide & Co (SP), Almeida & Dale Galeria de Arte (SP), Dan Galeria (SP), Paulo Kuczynski (SP), Pinacotekhe (SP) and Galeria Ipanema (RJ) will also be present. 

Among the newcomers are Galeria Marco Zero, which has been moving the art scene in Recife (PE), and Galeria Marli Matsumoto (SP), which opened last year, featuring established and emerging artists.

Beyond the Rio-São Paulo axis, SP–Arte counts on the presence of Paulo Darzé and Roberto Alban (Salvador), Amparo 60 (Recife), Referência (Brasília), Celma Albuquerque and Periscópio (Belo Horizonte), Simões de Assis (Curitiba) and Ybakatu (Florianópolis).

International names include Galleria Continua (which operates in Brazil, in addition to Italy, China, Canada, Cuba and France); Galería SUR, which has been present at SP–Arte since its first edition, and Galería de las Misiones, both from Uruguay; Buenos Aires Fine Arts (Argentina); Zielinsky (Spain); and Lamb Arts (UK). In addition to these, two important galleries from the United States will participate in the fair: Opera Gallery and Piero Atchugarry Gallery.

The design sector is back in full force, featuring around thirty studios and galleries specializing in furniture and Brazilian authorial design. Important exhibitors such as Etel, ,Ovo, Loja Teo, Jacqueline Terpins, Atelier Hugo França and Passado Composto Séc. XX (all from São Paulo), apart from many promising newcomers such as Wentz and Diletante 42, also from São Paulo, and the designer collective Cultivado em Casa, from Minas Gerais.