AppointmentMarch 11, 2022
Fundação Bienal announces team of curators for the 35th Bienal de São Paulo
On March 7, 2022 the Fundacao Bienal announced its 35th edition of the Bienal de São Paulo, set for 2023. This edition will have four curators. Manuel Borja-Villel, art historian; Grada Kilomba, multidisciplinary artist, writer and theorist; Diane Lima, independent curator, writer and researcher; and Hélio Menezes, anthropologist, critic and researcher, will develop the curatorial work of the event in a decentralized manner.
“The collective talents of these individuals have the potential to generate fantastic results,” said José Olympio da Veiga Pereira, president of the Fundação Bienal. “The curatorial team was formed following a joint proposal which captivated us for being ambitious and intriguing.”
This curatorial model, without the figure of a chief curator, has previously been adopted by the Bienal in the past for the 1989, 2010 and 2014 editions. “The idea of forming a group with a horizontal relationship was a suggestion by the team of curators and will be an integral part of the project for the 35th Bienal,” concludes José Olympio.
Initiated by the curators, this edition of the Bienial will not conform to normative categories such as nation, nationality, age and year of birth.
Manuel Borja-Villel – Lives in Madrid, Spain. Following completion of a doctorate in Art History from the City University of New York, since 2008 he has been Director of the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid, Spain), responsible for the development and the reinterpretation of the museum's collection.
Grada Kilomba – Lives in Berlin, Germany. Interdisciplinary artist, writer and holder of a PhD in philosophy from the Free University of Berlin, Germany, Kilomba has taught at several international universities, such as the University of Arts in Vienna, Austria.
Diane Lima – Lives between Salvador and São Paulo, Brazil. One of the Brazilians awarded by the Ford Foundation Global Fellowship, her projects gained notoriety for broadening the debate on artistic and curatorial practices from a decolonial perspective in the country. She holds a master's degree in communication and semiotics from PUC-SP and is part of the curatorial committee for the new long-term exhibition in the collection of the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC-USP).
Hélio Menezes – Lives in São Paulo, Brazil. Anthropologist and internationalist at the
Universidade de São Paulo and an affiliated scholar at the BrazilLab at Princeton University. He was curator of contemporary art at Centro Cultural São Paulo from 2019 to 2021, where he also served as curator of literature between March and October 2019, and international coordinator of the World Social Forum in Belém (2009), Dakar (2011) and Tunis (2013).
For additional information visit: http://www.bienal.org.br/
“The collective talents of these individuals have the potential to generate fantastic results,” said José Olympio da Veiga Pereira, president of the Fundação Bienal. “The curatorial team was formed following a joint proposal which captivated us for being ambitious and intriguing.”
This curatorial model, without the figure of a chief curator, has previously been adopted by the Bienal in the past for the 1989, 2010 and 2014 editions. “The idea of forming a group with a horizontal relationship was a suggestion by the team of curators and will be an integral part of the project for the 35th Bienal,” concludes José Olympio.
Initiated by the curators, this edition of the Bienial will not conform to normative categories such as nation, nationality, age and year of birth.
Manuel Borja-Villel – Lives in Madrid, Spain. Following completion of a doctorate in Art History from the City University of New York, since 2008 he has been Director of the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid, Spain), responsible for the development and the reinterpretation of the museum's collection.
Grada Kilomba – Lives in Berlin, Germany. Interdisciplinary artist, writer and holder of a PhD in philosophy from the Free University of Berlin, Germany, Kilomba has taught at several international universities, such as the University of Arts in Vienna, Austria.
Diane Lima – Lives between Salvador and São Paulo, Brazil. One of the Brazilians awarded by the Ford Foundation Global Fellowship, her projects gained notoriety for broadening the debate on artistic and curatorial practices from a decolonial perspective in the country. She holds a master's degree in communication and semiotics from PUC-SP and is part of the curatorial committee for the new long-term exhibition in the collection of the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC-USP).
Hélio Menezes – Lives in São Paulo, Brazil. Anthropologist and internationalist at the
Universidade de São Paulo and an affiliated scholar at the BrazilLab at Princeton University. He was curator of contemporary art at Centro Cultural São Paulo from 2019 to 2021, where he also served as curator of literature between March and October 2019, and international coordinator of the World Social Forum in Belém (2009), Dakar (2011) and Tunis (2013).
For additional information visit: http://www.bienal.org.br/
