Exhibitions

Chamada aberta Abre Alas 21

Abre Alas 21 open call 8 Oct - 2 Nov 2025 ABRE ALAS 21 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 25 artists will be selected for a group exhibition at A Gentil Carioca in Rio de Janeiro. Read the open call Read more

Vivian Caccuri: NOCETRA

13 Sep - 1 Nov 2025 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

Ana Silva: Contemplação do vazio

3 Sep - 25 Oct 2025 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

Carlos Jacanamijoy: Ambi Yaku

3 Sep - 25 Oct 2025 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

Miguel Afa: Um céu para caber

31 May - 23 Aug 2025 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

Siwaju: SPECTRUM

24 May - 9 Aug 2025 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

Mariana Rocha: Desde sempre o mar

24 May - 9 Aug 2025 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

Pascale Marthine Tayou: BRAZILISM

1 Apr - 10 May 2025 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 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 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

Geometria crepuscular

23 Nov 2024 - 1 Feb 2025 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

Kelton Campos Fausto: ÈGBÉ ÒRUN EGBÉ ÀIYÉ

23 Nov 2024 - 1 Feb 2025 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