The Museum of Modern Art (MAM) São Paulo has announced the list of artists who will feature in its 39th Panorama of Brazilian Art exhibition, opening on September 12, 2026. The show features 33 artists from around Brazil whose works reflect Brazil’s changing society. Curated by Diane Lima, notable artists include Jota Mombaça, Lia D Castro, Caroline Ricca Lee, and Allan Weber.
About the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
São Paulo’s Museum of Modern Art opened in 1948, modeled on MOMA in New York. It hosted its first Panorama of Brazilian Art exhibition in 1969 to celebrate contemporary Brazilian artists. The first exhibition featured more than 500 artworks by 100 Brazilian artists and celebrated the museum’s move to its current location in Ibirapuera Park. This year’s exhibition celebrates the museum’s return there following renovations.
Depois que Tudo Foi Dito (After It’s All Said)
Subtitled “After It’s All Said,” curator Diane Lima explained that the exhibition is inspired by the philosophical question posed by Denise Ferreira da Silva, one of the leading contemporary Black feminist theorists.
The exhibition aims to explore an “epistemological turning point” that Brazil has experienced over the last two decades, with affirmative action resulting in social and racial transformation and a reframing of Brazil’s colonial past. It invites audiences to reflect on “where we are and where we want to go,” looking beyond the limits of current artistic representation.
The curator is especially interested in the importance of Black feminism within Brazil’s ongoing transformation, debates around abstraction and race, and the intersection between art and politics.
Featured Artists
Jota Mombaça is a globally renowned writer, researcher, and visual artist whose work focuses on performance. She uses the sonic and visual matter of words to explore anti-colonial critique, gender disobedience, and the ephemerality of material.
A São Paulo native, Caroline Ricca Lee is a multidisciplinary artist dedicated to archiving and fictionalizing the ancestral narratives of the Asian diaspora in Brazil. She works through sculpture, installation, text, performance, and vídeo.
Allan Weber is a rising star in the Brazilian contemporary art scene in Rio de Janeiro. He is known for capturing the city’s youth and favela culture through raw, compelling photography and installations that recontextualize daily urban objects.
Fykyá Pankararu is an indigenous visual artist whose work is an act of resistance, preserving memory, territorial struggles, and ancestral cosmologies. She considers herself a multifaceted artist, working as an art educator, singer, composer, performer, screenwriter, cultural producer, activist, ceramist, and director of the musical theater group “Coco das Antigas.”
Rose Afefé is an artist from Bahia whose work involves installation, painting, and photography. It is deeply rooted in memory and place. She is best known for her Terra Afefé project, a micro-city in Bahia’s Chapada Diamantina. Her art provides a counter-space where traditional land-based knowledge and local memories confront the rigid spaces of contemporary art galleries.
Exhibition Details
The 39th Panorama da Arte Brasileira: Depois que tudo foi dito (39th Panorama of Brazilian Art: After It’s All Said) opens at the Museum of Modern Art São Paulo on September 12, 2026, and will run until January 24, 2027.
