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Vivian Caccuri | Anatomy of Presence
SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen | Sindelfingen, Alemanha 27 Sep 2026 - 18 Jul 2027 Curatorship: Svenja Frank and Jérôme Sans In “ANATOMY OF PRESENCE”, presented at SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen in Germany, Vivian Caccuri presents Overheated System , her largest sound installation to date. The commissioned work investigates the dynamics of energy and infrastructure, inhabiting the fine line between rigor, control, and chaos. Among the references... Read more -
OPAVIVARÁ!: IMAGINALIVRE!
Parque Cultural Casa do Governador | Vila Velha, ES 1 Aug - 13 Dec 2026 'IMAGINALIVRE!' , a new exhibition by the collective OPAVIVARÁ! , produced by Museu Vale and on view from August 1 at Museu Vale, located in Parque Cultural Casa do Governador, Vila Velha (ES, Brazil). Bringing together previously unseen installations and emblematic works from the collective's trajectory, the exhibition invites the... Read more -
Vivian Caccuri: Selva Elétrica
Caixa Cultural de Brasília | Brasília, Brasil 18 Aug - 22 Nov 2026 Curatorship: Bernardo José de Souza In “Selva Elétrica” [Electric Jungle], presented at CAIXA Cultural Brasília, Vivian Caccuri invites the public to wander through environments where sound, video, sculptures, and textile works transform the space into an immersive experience. In the exhibition, listening takes on a central role, just as important... Read more -
João Modé: CHÃO e [and CHAOS] + AQUI
Museu Universitário Solar Grandjean de Montigny | PUC-Rio | Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 27 Aug - 15 Nov 2026 Curated by: Nuno Crespo Co-curated by: Luiz Camillo Osorio and Carlos Eduardo Félix da Costa “CHÃO e|and CHAOS + AQUI”, by João Modé, is part of “Respiração”, the inaugural exhibition of ART CUT’26, currently on view at the Museu Universitário Solar Grandjean de Montigny at PUC-Rio. Created especially for the... Read more -
Arjan Martins | O gesto do poder, o poder do gesto
Centro Cultural do Patrimônio Paço Imperial | Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 26 Sep - 22 Nov 2026 Curatorship: Lucrécia Vinhaes Exhibition design: Carla Marins In “O gesto do poder, o poder do gesto - um recorte da Coleção Instituto PIPA” [The gesture of power, the power of the gesture - a selection from the Instituto PIPA’s Collection], the structural relationship between art, authority, and memory is the... Read more
Past
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Chamada aberta Abre Alas 13+9
8 Oct - 2 Nov 2026 ABRE ALAS 13+9 is an invitation for artists and/or collectives to submit their own projects in a wide variety of languages: paintings, photographs, performances, installations, etc. Up to 13 artists will be selected for a group exhibition at A Gentil Carioca in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Read the... Read more -
Agrade Camíz: Nome Próprio
19 Sep - 31 Oct 2026 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present Nome Próprio , Agrade Camíz’s solo exhibition at the gallery in Rio de Janeiro. In the accompanying critical text, Larry Ossei-Mensah writes: “for Agrade Camíz, painting is a way of thinking through what remains.” Her practice “carries memory, intuition, labor, and lived experience... Read more -
O Bastardo | Ballet Noir: O Pós-Virtuosismo
Centro Municipal de Artes Hélio Oiticica | Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 19 Sep - 24 Oct 2026 Critical text: Osmar Paulino In “Ballet Noir: Post-Virtuosity”, presented at the Centro Municipal de Artes Hélio Oiticica in Rio de Janeiro, O Bastardo investigates the relationships between body, movement, and representation through the figure of the Black ballerina. The exhibition challenges the codes that have historically defined the concepts of... Read more -
Jarbas Lopes: Dia e Noite Em Escorpião
Art Wall Shopping Leblon | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16 Aug - 12 Oct 2026 Curatorship: Christiane Laclau In “Dia e Noite em Escorpião”, Jarbas Lopes presents a new large-scale work from the “Pintura Elástica” series, a research in which the artist investigates the constructive and material elements of painting—stretcher, fabric, elastic, color, and picture plane—expanding the canvas to the dimension of the object. Dyed... Read more -
Mariana Rocha: Espaço Profundo
15 Aug - 24 Oct 2026 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo Mariana Rocha (b. 1988) is a visual artist and teacher. She has a degree in Visual Arts from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (2013) and a Master degree in Visual Arts from the same institution (2021). Her artwork addresses issues related to the body, memory and the feminine,... Read more -
Maria Laet | Só um minuto?
Centro Cultural PGE-RJ | Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 17 Jul - 31 Oct 2026 Curatorship: Cecília Fortes In “Só um minuto?” [Just a minute?], presented at the Centro Cultural PGE-RJ, the perception of the passage of time is the central axis guiding the poetic and conceptual investigations of artists from different generations. It is within this context of temporal reflection that Maria Laet presents... Read more -
Laura Lima & Vinicius Gerheim | Ney Matogrosso: Eu prefiro ser
Solar dos Abacaxis | Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 20 Jun - 17 Oct 2026 Curated by: Bernardo Mosqueira, Matheus Morani, and Pablo León de la Barra Vinicius Gerheim and Laura Lima are part of the exhibition “Eu Prefiro Ser”, currently on view at Solar dos Abacaxis in Rio de Janeiro, celebrating Ney Matogrosso’s 85th birthday. The exhibition brings together works by more than fifty... Read more -
Renata Lucas: a minor course correction
Dortmunder Kunstverein | Dortmund, Alemanha 13 Jun - 4 Oct 2026 Curators: Hendrike Nagel and Rebekka Seubert In “a minor course correction,” Renata Lucas draws on recent transformations in Dortmund’s urban landscape to reflect on the ways in which the city’s spaces are occupied and appropriated. Presented at Dortmunder Kunstverein, the exhibition is directly connected to the history of the institution’s... Read more -
Arjan Martins: O Estrangeiro. 35º30'54" N, 12º34’48” E
Fondazione ICA Milano | Milan, Italy 12 Jun - 24 Jul 2026 A Gentil Carioca announces O Estrangeiro. 35º30'54' N, 12º34’48” E , Arjan Martins' first solo exhibition in Italy, on view at Fondazione ICA Milano and curated by Alberto Salvadori. The exhibition title refers to the geographic coordinates of the island of Lampedusa, an emblematic point in contemporary Mediterranean migration. Bringing... Read more -
Rodrigo Torres: Água mole em pedra dura
rhinoceros Gallery | Rome, Italy 9 Jun - 26 Jul 2026 The artist Rodrigo Torres opens the solo exhibition Água mole em pedra dura (Little strokes fell great oaks), a collaboration between A Gentil Carioca and the Italian gallery rhinoceros, in Rome. Conceived during an artistic residency held between c.r.e.t.a, the city's ceramic arts reference center, and the gallery, the show... Read more -
Maria Nepomuceno: ∞ ∞ infinita infinito
23 May - 1 Aug 2026 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca São Paulo presents ∞ ∞ (infinita infinito ) , a solo exhibition by Maria Nepomuceno , opening to the public on Saturday, May 23, at 2 pm. In new works conceived especially for the exhibition, Nepomuceno creates three-dimensional spiral structures that operate between painting, sculpture, and installation.... Read more -
José Bento: Mão Amiga
23 May - 1 Aug 2026 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo This Saturday, from 2 pm, A Gentil Carioca opens Mão Amiga [Helping Hand] , a new solo exhibition by José Bento . Born from the partnership between A Gentil Carioca and Galeria Sardenberg, the show occupies both galleries' spaces in São Paulo simultaneously. The exhibition takes its name from a... Read more -
Denilson Baniwa: Yawara Akanga
7 Apr - 9 May 2026 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca São Paulo opens a new solo exhibition by Denilson Baniwa, Yawara Akanga (dog’s head, free translation), on April 7, from 4pm. The exhibition brings together 10 new works and continues the artist’s research into non-Indigenous presence in the Rio Negro region and across the Amazon territory. The... Read more -
Miguel Afa: Il tempo che vive in me
rhinoceros Gallery | Rome, Italy 24 Mar - 3 Jun 2026 Miguel Afa opens his solo exhibition Il tempo che vive in me at the Italian gallery rhinoceros in Rome. The paintings were conceived and produced during an artistic residency at the space, specifically for this exhibition, and will be presented for the first time. The series reflects Afa’s everyday experiences... Read more -
Ana Silva: Eau
GAMeC | Bergamo, Italy 25 Feb - 6 Sep 2026 The Angolan-Portuguese artist Ana Silva is inaugurating Eau at the GAMeC in Bergamo. This is her first solo exhibition at the Italian institution. Eau presents a new body of work by the artist, whose practice relies on textiles as a field of memory, social critique, and the reinvention of materials.... Read more -
Abre Alas 21
RJ: 7 Feb - 18 Apr 2026 / SP: 11 Feb - 21 Mar 2026 7 Feb - 18 Apr 2026 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro Gentil Carioca is delighted to present Abre Alas 21 (2026), celebrating the 21st edition of a project that is a fundamental part of the gallery's history and identity. Since 2005, Abre Alas has inaugurated our annual exhibition calendar and reaffirmed, with each edition, the desire to open paths, create encounters,... Read more -
Laura Lima: The Drawing Drawing
ICA London | London, England 27 Jan - 29 Mar 2026 Laura Lima opens The Drawing Drawing, her first solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London. The exhibition brings together performative installations across the ICA’s Upper and Lower Galleries, centred on a new commission that reimagines the traditional life drawing class and blurs the boundaries between artwork and... Read more -
O JARDIM” (Trilogia das Plantas 2)
Denilson Baniwa e Felipe M. Bragança 25 Nov 2025 - 31 Jan 2026 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca São Paulo presents “THE GARDEN” (Plant Trilogy 2) by the Indigenous visual artist Denilson Baniwa in collaboration with filmmaker Felipe M. Bragança. The video installation is organized around a wooden sculpture and three simultaneous video monitors: *The Philosopher’s Voice (Coccia) + *Ritual of Plant-Bodies + *Living Still... Read more -
Concordar em Discordar
RJ: 8 Nov 2025 - 24 Jan 2026 / SP: 13 Nov 2025 - 31 Jan 2026 8 Nov 2025 - 31 Jan 2026 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro, A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present Agree to Disagree, a group exhibition curated by Matheus Morani, occupying both the Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo gallery spaces. Bringing together works by over twenty artists—Brazilian and international, from different regions and generations—the exhibition investigates the notion of difference and its... Read more -
Vivian Caccuri: NOCETRA
13 Sep - 1 Nov 2025 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro By Marielsa Castro Vizcarra Nocetra moans in reverse Eurise swallows wind Ocira shoots and keeps it Nocetra feels irrational Tessia works with blood between her legs Anaíma comes standing still in the hallway Nocetra embodies many women at once NOCETRA is an evocative exhibition that seeks to entangle, from a... Read more -
Carlos Jacanamijoy: Ambi Yaku
3 Sep - 25 Oct 2025 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo “Quechua is a very sweet language. Perhaps I feel this way because it is my ancestral mother tongue in danger of extinction, and because I feel nostalgic about being part of a culture with an ancient language, silenced, forgotten, invisible, and because I feel at the same time that we... Read more -
Ana Silva: Contemplação do vazio
3 Sep - 25 Oct 2025 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo I started with the idea that emptiness is not absence, but potential. An expanding space, like the universe, carries within itself the possibility of creation, transformation, and lightness. Just like breathing — which expands and contracts — emptiness pulsates, resonates, and offers shelter to the movement of existence. Between Silence... Read more -
Miguel Afa: Um céu para caber
31 May - 23 Aug 2025 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present Um céu para caber (A sky to fit) , Miguel Afa 's first solo exhibition in São Paulo . The text accompanying the show is signed by Lorraine Mendes — a critic, curator and researcher who has already followed the artist's career in... Read more -
Mariana Rocha: Desde sempre o mar
24 May - 9 Aug 2025 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro A Gentil Carioca is pleased to announce Desde sempre o mar (Since always the sea) , a solo exhibition by artist Mariana Rocha in building 17 of A Gentil Carioca Rio de Janeiro, opening next Saturday, May 24th, from 6pm to 11pm . Inspired by the vastness of the sea... Read more -
Siwaju: SPECTRUM
24 May - 9 Aug 2025 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro We’re pleased to announce SPECTRUM , Siwaju 's solo exhibition at Building 11 of A Gentil Carioca in Rio de Janeiro, opening this Saturday, 24th May, from 6pm to 11pm . The artist's sculptural practice investigates the relationship between time and different ecologies. By reusing pieces of steel — donated,... Read more -
Pascale Marthine Tayou: BRAZILISM
1 Apr - 10 May 2025 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo BRAZILISM is the first solo show by renowned Cameroonian artist Pascale Marthine Tayou in São Paulo - and his second exhibition with A Gentil Carioca, in collaboration with Galleria Continua. With new works, the show delves into the artist's multifaceted practice, creating a vibrant dialog between cultures and contexts. It... Read more -
ABRE ALAS 20
22 Feb - 26 Apr 2025 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro Join us on Saturday, February 22nd at 6pm for the opening of ABRE ALAS 20 , a historic exhibition that for two decades has inaugurated A Gentil Carioca 's exhibition calendar in Rio de Janeiro , providing an important platform for artists from Brazil and abroad. Each edition, new artists... Read more -
OPAVIVARÁ!: QUEM VIVER VIVARÁ!
15 Feb - 22 Mar 2025 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present the exhibition “QUEM VIVER VIVARÁ!” , celebrating 20 years of the OPAVIVARÁ! collective. The show's critical text is written by curator Pollyana Quintella. Part of the show will present an overview of the collective's work, including works never seen in Brazil or São... Read more -
Kelton Campos Fausto: ÈGBÉ ÒRUN EGBÉ ÀIYÉ
23 Nov 2024 - 1 Feb 2025 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro “Kelton Campos Fausto (1996, São Paulo, Brasil) compreende o seu trabalho de arte como um ponto de indução e criação a espaços espirituais, conjurando outras formas e percepções de vida por corporalidades que somente existem implicadas ao que também é incorpóreo. Em sua obra, a artista vai de encontro a... Read more -
Geometria crepuscular
23 Nov 2024 - 1 Feb 2025 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro The group exhibition proposes a reflection on geometry in contemporary art, exploring an approach that moves away from formal and exact rigidity to incorporate more subtle, sensory and subjective aspects. The group of artists establishes a dialog between geometric rigor and artistic practices, investigating issues such as time, memory and... Read more -
O Bastardo: My black utopia
9 Nov 2024 - 18 Jan 2025 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca is pleased to announce My Black Utopia , the first exhibition by the artist O Bastardo at A Gentil Carioca São Paulo, opening on November 9th, Saturday, from 2pm to 7pm . The critical text is signed by Lilia Schwarcz , who points out: “My Black Utopia... Read more -
Miguel Afa: entra pra dentro
21 Sep - 26 Oct 2024 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro Miguel Afa, Sem título [Untitled] , 2024; foto [photo] Pedro Agilson, cortesia do artista e A Gentil Carioca [courtesy of the artist and A Gentil Carioca] ENTRA PRA DENTRO occupy building 17 with new paintings and a site-specific installation. The result of Afa's recent production, the exhibition brings together reflections... Read more -
Rodrigo Torres: A Safe Place
21 Sep - 26 Oct 2024 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro Rodrigo Torres apresenta a instalação Um Lugar Seguro , composta por sete esculturas inéditas. Criadas a partir do seu interesse por sobras de construções e elementos da natureza encontrados na Floresta da Tijuca, os trabalhos em exposição são o resultado de um longo percurso de experimentações por técnicas diversas, como... Read more -
Marcela Cantuária: The South American Dream
21 Sep - 26 Oct 2024 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro Marcela Cantuária brings to A Gentil Carioca paintings presented at her first solo exhibition in the United States, The South American Dream , held in 2023 at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. In these works, Cantuária brings together stories of South American activists and environmentalists who, through resistance and struggle,... Read more -
Vinícius Gerheim: Tororó
10 Aug - 26 Oct 2024 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo Vinicius Gerheim, Boca, pena e folha , 2024; foto [photo] Pedro Agilson, cortesia do artista e A Gentil Carioca [courtesy of the artist and A Gentil Carioca] Vinicius Gerheim opens the exhibition Tororó at A Gentil Carioca São Paulo, presenting new works. The critical text is signed by Felipe Molitor.... Read more -
Rodrigo Torres: Alterada
24 May - 27 Jul 2024 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo The artist presents his most recent ceramic creations, the fruit of an exploration of the nuances of human perception and its possibilities for expansion. The critical text is written by curator Ana Carolina Ralston, who notes: “Each one of us is the history of the Earth - or at least... Read more -
Rose Afefé: A vergonha quase me tirou a memória
18 May - 24 Aug 2024 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro The works featured in “Shame almost took my memory away” are based on clippings from the many memories Rose has of her life and childhood in the interior of Bahia. The artist, who in 2018 created the work “Terra Afefé” - a microcity built with earth in the Chapada Diamantina... Read more -
Novíssimo Edgar: Arqueologia de si
18 May - 24 Aug 2024 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro For the show, Edgar proposes his own lexicon made up of shapes, symbols and colors. This vocabulary, which dwells at the intersection of historical/cultural productions from different societies, arises from the artist's search for his origins: “I'm doing an archaeology within myself in order to find a lost civilization, which... Read more -
Misheck Masamvu: Mostre-me como ruínas fazem um lar
2 Mar - 18 May 2024 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition by artist Misheck Masamvu (1980, Zimbabwe) in Brazil. Show me how ruins make a home presents Masamvu's artistic practice to the Brazilian public through a series of new paintings, developed during a period of residence in Rio de Janeiro.... Read more -
Abre Alas 19
3 Feb - 27 Apr 2024 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro A Gentil Carioca is pleased to announce the 29 selected artists for the 19th edition of Abre Alas, the first exhibition in the gallery’s calendar of activities in 2024. This year, the selection committee – made up of Agrade Camiz and Daniela Castro – performed a kind of auscultation of... Read more -
Esse ofício de rabiscar sobre as coisas do tempo exige que prestemos alguma atenção à natureza
18 Nov 2023 - 13 Jan 2024 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca is pleased to announce This craft of scribbling about the things of time demands that we pay some attention to nature , a solo show by Maria Laet at our headquarters in São Paulo. The show, which opens on Saturday, November 18, brings together works that refer... Read more -
Ocultas Marés: Ana Silva & Marcela Cantuária
30 Sep - 11 Nov 2023 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present Ocultas Marés: Ana Silva & Marcela Cantuária , the next exhibition at ours headquarters in São Paulo, curated by Raquel Barreto . The opening takes place next Saturday, September 30, from 4 pm to 7 pm. ”In Ocultas Marés ( Hidden Tides) ,... Read more -
Forrobodó
9 Sep 2023 - 13 Jan 2024 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present Forrobodó, a group exhibition that marks the 20th anniversary of the gallery and celebrates the political, poetic, aesthetic and erotic potential of the streets, curated by Ulisses Carrilho. The opening takes place this Saturday, September 9, from 7pm to 00am, at A Gentil... Read more -
Denilson Baniwa: Moqueca de Maridos
26 Aug - 23 Sep 2023 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present Moqueca de Maridos , the solo exhibition by Denilson Baniwa at our headquarters in São Paulo. “In the ‘Husband Moqueca’ series – a delicious title taken from a collection of indigenous erotic myths – Denilson stages the ways of eating, both sexually and... Read more -
Rose Afefé: Rua da Estação, 113
26 Aug - 23 Sep 2023 Since 2005, the gallery inaugurates its annual exhibition calendar with Abre Alas, a group show that was born with the aim of opening space for new artists. This year, with the São Paulo headquarters just over 2 years old, and now with its expansion, A Gentil Carioca takes the opportunity... Read more -
Yanaki Herrera | Tal Como Sementes
26 Aug - 23 Sep 2023 Since 2005, the gallery inaugurates its annual exhibition calendar with Abre Alas, a group show that was born with the aim of opening space for new artists. This year, with the São Paulo headquarters just over 2 years old, and now with its expansion, A Gentil Carioca takes the opportunity... Read more -
Newton Santanna: Identidade
26 Aug - 23 Sep 2023 Since 2005, the gallery inaugurates its annual exhibition calendar with Abre Alas, a group show that was born with the aim of opening space for new artists. This year, with the São Paulo headquarters just over 2 years old, and now with its expansion, A Gentil Carioca takes the opportunity... Read more -
Agrade Camíz: Última Forma
15 Jul - 19 Aug 2023 A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present Última Forma [Last Form] , the solo exhibition by Agrade Camíz at our headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. “ Última Forma [ Last Form] is her current research into form, which de_forms , through dialogues with the History of Art, relations of residence,... Read more -
Novíssimo Edgar: A Invenção do Espelho
27 May - 12 Aug 2023 A Gentil Carioca invites all to the first solo exhibition by Novíssimo Edgar , musician, composer, poet, visual artist and performer. The show A Invenção do Espelho takes place at our gallery in São Paulo, opening on May 27, from 2pm to 7pm. “The show was conceived by Edgar as... Read more -
6 May - 1 Jul 2023 A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present Lua/Luta , the next solo exhibition by Jarbas Lopes at our headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, curated by Catherine Bompuis . The opening takes place next Saturday, May 6, from 5 pm to 10 pm. “ Lua versus Luta (Moon versus Struggle) ,... Read more⠀T
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Maria Nepomuceno e Valentina Liernur I Projeto Condo São Paulo 2023
25 Mar - 20 May 2023 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present Maria Nepomuceno and Valentina Liernur - Condo São Paulo 2023 , opening Saturday, March 25, at the gallery's headquarters in São Paulo. Condo is a collaborative action between international galleries. The hosts share their spaces, welcoming artists from other galleries. On this edition,... Read more -
Abre Alas 18
Openings São Paulo 9 feb | Rio de Janeiro 11 feb 8 Feb - 15 Apr 2023 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro, A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo It is with great joy that A Gentil Carioca invites everyone to Abre Alas 18, an exhibition that takes place in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, opening the gallery’s calendar for the year 2023. The selection and curatorship committee is composed by Bruna Costa, Lia Letícia and Vivian Caccuri... Read more -
João Modé | Enquanto as pedras esperam
19 Nov 2022 - 28 Jan 2023 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca presents Enquanto as pedras esperam , a solo show by João Modé at the gallery in São Paulo. The show presents new works in which the artist thinks of time as an intrinsic material of his creation. Modé's works propose a different rhythm - they experience subtle... Read more -
Denilson Baniwa | Frontera
12 Nov 2022 - 21 Jan 2023 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro A Gentil Carioca invites you to the opening of Frontera , Denilson Baniwa 's first solo exhibition at the gallery in Rio de Janeiro, this Saturday, November 12, from 6pm to 10pm. The artist immerses himself in the history of the “descimentos”, processes of compulsory migration of indigenous people from... Read more -
Arjan Martins | Hemisfério 1
8 Oct - 12 Nov 2022 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca invites you to the opening of Hemisfério 1 , a solo exhibition by Arjan Martins . In the show of new works, Arjan investigates historic racial issues, working for art and also using it as a subsidy. In his paintings, he portrays bodies that suggest the visualization... Read more -
Vinicius Gerheim | Brejo
10 Sep - 22 Oct 2022 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro A Gentil Carioca invites you to the opening of BREJO , solo exhibition by Vinicius Gerheim . In the exhibition, biomes from Minas Gerais’ Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest materialize ex-castrated bodies into new possibilities of freedom. The artist pulls from his memory, touching on patterns and repetitions of an... Read more -
Ana Linnemann | Anotações sobre a prática e outras considerações
6 Aug - 17 Sep 2022 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca invites you to the opening of Anotações sobre a prática e outras considerações , by Ana Linnemann . The show concludes a trilogy protagonized by the artist's internal production relations and presents previous and new works developed during the COVID-19 pandemic and the dismantling of recent years.... Read more -
A Trama da Terra que Treme
21 May - 22 Jul 2022 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo João Modé | Construtivo [Paninho] , 2014 A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present A Trama da Terra que Treme . Curated by Victor Gorgulho , the show brings together works by artists represented by the gallery and guests. They are: Aleta Valente, Cabelo, Ernesto Neto, Jarbas Lopes, João Modé,... Read more -
Rodrigo Torres | Livro de Quartzo
30 Apr - 13 Aug 2022 Rodrigo Torres | Drusaliva , 2022 A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present the solo exhibition Livro de Quartzo [Quartz Book], by Rodrigo Torres . - The artist, an archeologist of the future By VIctor Gorgulho One night, after a sudden bang, he woke up startled, still entangled in a... Read more -
Agrade Camíz | Quitação
2 Apr - 7 May 2022 Agrade Camíz | Últimas oportunidades para você quitar sua dívida , 2022 A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present Quitação , first solo exhibition by Agrade Camíz in São Paulo. The opening takes place on Saturday, April 02, 2022, from 3pm to 8pm. “ Quitação (Discharge) establishes Agrade Camiz as... Read more -
Abre Alas 17
12 Feb - 9 Apr 2022 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro, A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo São Paulo | 12 Feb - 19 Mar 2022 Rio de Janeiro | 19 Feb - 9 Apr 2022 - Adriano Braga de Moraes, Albarte, Allan Weber, Ana Hortides, ANNA, Antonio Tebyriçá, Caio Rosa, Carlos Monaretta, Cipriano, Complexo da Pedreira Paulo Vinicius, Fava da Silva, Florencia Caiazza, Ian Schuler, Jeff... Read more -
Renata Lucas | O Perde
12 Feb - 26 Mar 2022 A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present O Perde , the first solo exhibition by Renata Lucas at the gallery space in São Paulo. If a line drawn on the ground defines a symbolic or representational field, that same line drawn also configures a game, by defining opposite fields. In... Read more -
Maxwell Alexandre | Novo Poder
26 Nov 2021 - 29 Jan 2022 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro, A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo A Gentil Carioca is pleased to announce the show New Power , by Maxwell Alexandre , opening simultaneously at Palais de Tokyo and in both A Gentil Carioca spaces, in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. New Power is a spin-off of Pardo é Papel, made to explore the idea... Read more -
Vinicius Gerheim | Primeiras Estórias
14 Aug - 9 Oct 2021 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro The temporal phenomena between the large gap in living and dying are actions of our senses, of the sensations that embody the cycles, of the emotions that drive the perceptions and experiences that shape our existence. In Primeiras Estórias (First Stories) , a series of paintings by Vinicius Gerheim ,... Read more -
Agrade Camíz | Abusada
14 Aug - 9 Oct 2021 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro Your name is on judas or from suburban to suburban The suburbs are hell, gossip, name on Judas, cable robbery, kite wax in the eyes, teasing, bullying. - Camila, look at this outfit, this hair, this ass! Where is self-love? Own home? Own car? Own life? Packed bus. Packed train.... Read more -
Cibelle Arcanjo | Muvucas
14 Aug - 9 Oct 2021 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro Muvucas Evocation , the series by the artist Cibelle Arcanjo , is about a swarm of seeds that become a forest. Muvuca , an indigenous technology for planting native species with fast, medium, and long growth, is carried out in view of the plurality of plants, interspecific associations, and the... Read more -
Herbert De Paz | Ibirapema
14 Aug - 9 Oct 2021 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro Ibirapema : ‘fighting with Christians is not like eating tortillas’¹ More and more, the way in which canons are operated in the field of art history, seek possibilities for the (re) elaboration of pasts, through a critical position in the traditional regime of the circulation of images. In the research... Read more -
Bum-bum Paticumbum Prugurundum
7 Aug - 9 Oct 2021 A Gentil Carioca | São Paulo Aleta Valente, Ana Linnemann, Arjan Martins, Cabelo, Ernesto Neto, Jarbas Lopes, João Modé, José Bento, Laura Lima, Marcela Cantuária, Maria Laet, Maria Nepomuceno, Maxwell Alexandre, OPAVIVARÁ!, Renata Lucas, Rodrigo Torres, Vivian Caccuri Access viewing room Bumbum paticumbum prugurundum Dear colleagues, Good morning, I believe that you have all already heard,... Read more -
Arjan Martins | Descompasso Atlântico
22 Apr - 25 Jun 2021 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro Access viewing room Read more -
Mirror
5 Mar - 2 May 2021 Access viewing room or Visit online exhibition Read more -
all power to the beach!
27 Nov - 6 Dec 2020 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro Access viewing room Read more -
Encruzilhada Gentil
7 Oct - 31 Dec 2020 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro Access viewing room Read more -
Lost in Translation
23 May - 25 Jul 2020 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro Access viewing room Read more -
Abre Alas 16
15 Feb - 20 Mar 2020 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro André Niemeyer, Andréa Hygino, Darks Miranda, Fátima Aguiar, Gilson Andrade, Juliana dos Santos, Leka Mendes, m. morani, max wíllà moraes, Mulambo, Nathalia Favaro, Reitchel Komch, Val Souza, Yan Copelli Curated by Keyna Eleison, Pablo León de La Barra, Yhuri Cruz By the end of 2004, the first year of the... Read more -
Aleta Valente | Overexposure
9 Nov - 20 Dec 2019 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro In an exercise of exploring the stereotypes associated with the representation of women body, Aleta Valente uses ambiguous strategies in her work, often reiterating the body score of advertising positions that we have all been exposed from an early age - whether by street advertising, magazine covers or on tv... Read more -
Marcela Cantuária | La Larga Noche de los 500 años
9 Nov - 20 Dec 2019 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro In her work, Marcela Cantuária appropriates images from different backgrounds, elaborating a counter-narrative, with the aim of highlighting the flourishing of another future. Her approach highlights symbols that start from the effervescence of themes that involve multiple perspectives, weaving approximations between social spheres, political associations and oneiric wishes. Her works... Read more -
Yellow Fever
21 Sep - 1 Nov 2019 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro Exactly ten years ago I was introduced to Vivian Caccuri by the anthropologist Hermano Vianna who was soon saying that we should do something together and, sure enough, we started working on a project called Pororoca Rave that was inspired by a work of Vivian's that had as its premise... Read more -
Laura Lima | Balé Literal
1 Jul - 30 Aug 2019 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro ACT 01 - BEFORE / Invention and tangent concretion ‘The experimental can not be defined. It is in the very concretion of the invention’, said Hélio Oiticica to Ivan Cardoso in 1979. 2019. It is known - from rehearsals, conversations, messages - that Literal Ballet , under construction, is a... Read more -
OPAVIVARÁ! | PORNORAMA
4 May - 7 Jun 2019 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro A sort of memories Contemplate! See how art can be, touch, feel, enter, let yourself be penetrated by it, come alone, come to receive, come ... Come until contemplation is not enough, then ... Do We must not forget that we were taught to forget. That is the point. The... Read more -
Abre Alas 15
23 Feb - 30 Mar 2019 A Gentil Carioca | Rio de Janeiro Cecilia Cavalieri, Erika Malzoni, Estúdio IMERSIVA, Fabíola Morais, Felipe Carnaúba, Fernanda Andrade, Fernanda Figueiredo, Hariel Revignet, Jeane Terra, Lair Uaracyl, Laura Carvalho, Luciana Mattioli, Natalie Braido, Pri Fiszman, Raoni Azevedo, Raoni Iarin, Roberta Paiva, Rodrigo D’Alcântara, Thiago Ortiz, Xikão Xikão, Yhuri Cruz Selection committee: assume vivid astro focus, OPAVIVARÁ!, Renato... Read more