The Fundação Bienal de São Paulo continues the traveling exhibitions program of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, which will head to more than ten cities in Brazil and abroad in 2026. In partnership with the Government of the State of Paraná, through the State Secretariat for Culture, Museu Oscar Niemeyer (MON) once again hosts the program, consolidating a partnership now renewed for the third time.
For this stage of the program, the Fundação brings to the capital of Paraná a selection from the exhibition that gathered more than 784,000 visitors at the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion. The opening will take place on March 19, from 6 pm to 9 pm, and the exhibition will remain on view until June 7. Organized programmatically since 2011, the traveling exhibitions have become a fundamental extension of the Bienal de São Paulo, allowing works and debates originally presented at the Bienal Pavilion to be reconfigured in dialogue with diverse local contexts, activating new regards and relations with audiences beyond the main exhibition venue.
In Curitiba, the traveling exhibition selection is curated by Anna Roberta Goetz, co-curator of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, together with co-curator André Pitol, and brings together works by eighteen participants: Adjani Okpu-Egbe, Alain Padeau, Ana Raylander Mártis dos Anjos, Emeka Ogboh, Ernest Cole, Forensic Architecture / Forensis, Gervane de Paula, Helena Uambembe, Julianknxx, Leiko Ikemura, Mao Ishikawa, Maria Auxiliadora, Ming Smith, Nádia Taquary, Olu Oguibe, Raukura Turei, Ruth Ige, and Sertão Negro. Tiago Guimarães is the architect responsible for the exhibition design.
For Andrea Pinheiro, president of the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, returning to the Museu Oscar Niemeyer for the third time is an important step for the Fundação. “Curitiba and MON are fundamental allies in our commitment to decentralizing the Brazilian art circuit. With each edition of the Bienal de São Paulo, we seek to expand our reach and ensure that what was presented at the Pavilion continues to resonate in other cities across the country,” she says.
The chief executive officer of MON, Juliana Vosnika, comments that art should reach as many people as possible, breaking barriers and engaging all audiences. “That is why, for the second consecutive time, we are hosting the Bienal de São Paulo, one of the most important art exhibitions in the world, which leaves its headquarters, exceeds geographic limits, and amplifies its voice,” she says.
Vosnika also highlights art’s ability to communicate without words, offering for many people a pause amid the accelerated digital world. In this way, it creates a deep and present connection that might not be possible otherwise. “By participating in the traveling shows of this important event, MON reaffirms its mission to bring art to everyone,” she adds.
Beyond the circulation of artworks, the traveling exhibitions program is structured around a transversal educational axis, including training sessions for local teams, online and in-person meetings, pedagogical support, and activities for different audiences, such as guided visits, lectures, teacher laboratories, and educational activities for students. On April 18, one day before the official opening of the show, at 7 pm, the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo will hold an educational event at the mini-auditorium of the Museu Oscar Niemeyer, with free admission. The meeting will feature curator Anna Roberta Goetz and will engage with the work of Olu Oguibe presented in the exhibition.
“Each of the traveling exhibitions is a synthesis of the original Bienal and of its multiplicity of interconnected thematic axes. Each has been developed in response to a specific local sociopolitical context, incorporating cultural, ecological, and historical particularities, as well as the multifaceted implications these have for people and their ways of practicing humanity,” explains Anna Roberta Goetz, co-curator of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo and curator of the traveling exhibition in Curitiba. “As Paraná is one of Brazil’s main agricultural centers, the selection for the Museu Oscar Niemeyer focuses on a broad range of themes related to soil and land. The exhibition explores the origin and foundation of all life in relation to soil and land from biological, ecological, and spiritual perspectives. It also raises questions about property rights, as well as the responsibilities and accountability that arise from our dependence on soil and land.”
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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 Curitiba – Museu Oscar Niemeyer
curator: Anna Roberta Goetz
co-curator: André Pitol
exhibition design: Tiago Guimarães
opening: Mar 19, 6 pm – 9 pm
on view: Mar 20 – Jun 7, 2026
Tue – Sun, 10 am – 6 pm
Museu Oscar Niemeyer (MON)
Rua Marechal Hermes, 999 – Centro Cívico
Curitiba, Brazil
tickets:
full: R$36.00
reduced: R$18.00
Wednesdays: free admission
also available online