art fairs

The Fundação Bienal de São Paulo is one of the most important international institutions to foster contemporary art, and its impact on the development of Brazilian visual arts is widely recognized. The Arts Biennial, its most significant accomplishment, not only presents to diverse audiences the output of Brazilian and foreign artists, but also attracts the gaze of the world to our country’s contemporary art.

The art fair Arte SP in São Paulo is a relatively new event just entering its fourth year. In these first couple of years several foreign art galleries have taken part, from Spain, Portugal and Argentina. The plan is for the fair to grow into an international event. It may even become interesting to Dutch art galleries, because in Brazil spending power does not seem to have been as severely affected by the credit crisis. The fair is held in May.