Traveling exhibition 36th Bienal – Fortaleza
Sat, 12 pm – 8 pm
Sun, 10 am – 5 pm
The Fundação Bienal de São Paulo announces the traveling exhibition of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice at the Pinacoteca do Ceará, in Fortaleza, from May 23 to August 16, 2026. This marks the third time the capital of Ceará hosts the Bienal’s traveling exhibitions program, consolidating the exhibition’s presence in Northeastern Brazil and debuting at the Pinacoteca do Ceará, a museum of the Secretariat of Culture of the State of Ceará, managed by the Instituto Mirante. The traveling exhibition is curated by Thiago de Paula Souza, co-curator of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, with exhibition design by Tiago Guimarães. The exhibition is signed by Petrobras.
The exhibition in Fortaleza brings together works by Antonio Társis, Berenice Olmedo, Gê Viana, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Manauara Clandestina, Márcia Falcão, Marlene Almeida, Ming Smith, Théodore Diouf, and Wolfgang Tillmans. The selection includes photographs, videos, installations, paintings, and sound works that investigate processes of migration, collective memory, resistance, and the construction of identities in territories undergoing transformation.
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36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice
chief curator: Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung
co-curators: Alya Sebti, Anna Roberta Goetz, Thiago de Paula Souza
co-curator at large: Keyna Eleison
strategy and communications advisor: Henriette Gallus
deputy co-curators: André Pitol, Leonardo Matsuhei
Traveling exhibition Fortaleza – Pinacoteca do Ceará
curator: Thiago de Paula Souza
exhibition design: Tiago Guimarães
May 23 – Aug 16, 2026
Wed – Fri, 10 am – 6 pm
Sat, 12 pm – 8 pm
Sun, 10 am – 5 pm
Pinacoteca do Ceará
Rua 24 de Maio, 34, Praça da Estação s/n – Centro
Fortaleza, Brazil
free admission