On April 2 of this year, the Galeria Raquel Arnaud inagurated a group exhibition of the artists it represents—along with an exhibition at the Instituto Tomie Othake that will run concurrently—to celebrate 40 years of existence and its work as promoter of the visual arts in Brazil. The exhibition includes historic pieces that are a referent for contemporary artistic production at the national and international level. Some of the artists called to participate in the celebration are: Frida Baranek, Waltercio Caldas, Sergio Camargo, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Sérvulo Esmeraldo, Daniel Feingold, Iole de Freitas, Geórgia Kyriakakis, Carlos Nunes, Maria-Carmen Perlingeiro, Arthur Luiz Piza and José Resende, among others. Gallery owner Raquel Arnaud has been a presence in the art world for the last 40 years—a period during which the art circuit has become more professional—and one of the pioneers in the discovery and promotion of the names and movements in art that are today icons in the Brazilian art scene. Raquel Arnaud opened her first gallery in 1973, the Gabinete de Artes Gráficas, where she remained until 1976. At that time, she received an invitation from the television network Rede Globo de Televisión to direct the Galeria Arte Global, where she had the opportunity of establishing a closer relationship with artists like Iole de Freitas, Anna Maria Maiolino, Lygia Pape, Roberto Magalhães and Carlos Vergara, among others. In six years at Galeria Arte Global, she organized around 100 exhibitions. In 1980, with the creation of the Gabinete de Arte, Arnaud focused her attention on geometric abstraction. She was surrounded by artists/partners/friends such as Sergio Camargo, Lygia Clark, Amilcar de Castro, Mira Schendel, Arthur Luiz Piza, Waltercio Caldas, Tunga, José Resende, Nuno Ramos and Hércules Barsotti. This particular group of artists nourished the growth of Gabinete de Arte, whose catalogs, invitations and publications—produced by designers and artists as renowned as Fernando Lemos, Willys de Castro and Waltercio Caldas—have become a trademark of Raquel Arnaud's work. In 2011, when Gabinete de Arte changed its name to Galeria Raquel Arnaud and moved to a new address, Raquel entered a new phase—both professional and personal—that would allow for a closer relationship with the public and clients and that also permitted her to explore new supports. More information is available at homepage of the Galeria Raquel Arnaud: http://raquelarnaud.com/