The Brazilian pavilion houses Brazil's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.
Background
Organization and building
The pavilion was designed by Amerigo Marchesin and built in 1964.
Representation by year
Art
1950 — Roberto Burle Marx, Milton Dacosta, Cicero Dias, Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, Flavio de Carvalho, Candido Portinari, José Pancetti, Bruno Giorgi, Victor Brecheret, Livio Abramo, Oswaldo Goeldi 1958 — Lasar Segall 1956 — Aldemir Martins 1960 — Antonio Bandeira, Danilo Di Prete, Manabu Mabe, Aloisio Magalhães, Teresa Nicolao, Loio-Pérsio, Mário Cravo Júnior 1962 — Alfredo Volpi, Anna Letycia Quadros, Fernando Jackson Ribeiro, Gilvan Samico, Iberê Camargo, Isabel Pons, Ivan Serpa, Lygia Clark, Marcelo Grassmann, Rossini Quintas Perez, Rubem Valentim 1964 — Abraham Palatnik, Alfredo Volpi, Almir Mavignier, Franz Weissmann, Frans Krajcberg, Glauco Rodrigues, Tarsila do Amaral 1966 — Chico da Silva,Alex Greenberger (1 November 2023), Glicéria Tupinambá Becomes First Indigenous Artist to Represent Brazil Solo at Venice Biennale ARTnews. Sergio de Camargo 1968 — Lygia Clark 1970 — Mary Vieira, Roberto Burle Marx 1972 — Humberto Espíndola, Paulo Roberto Leal, Franz Weissmann 1976 — Claudio Tozzi, Evandro Carlos Jardim, Regina Vater, Sergio Augusto Porto, Vera Chaves Barcellos 1978 — Carlos Fajardo, G. T. O. (Geraldo Telles de Oliveira), Julio Martins da Silva, Luiz Aquila da Rocha Miranda, Maria Auxiliadora da Silva, Maria Madalena Santos Reinbolt, Paulo Gomes Garcez, Wilma Martins 1980 — Anna Bella Geiger, Antonio Dias, Carlos Vergara, Paulo Roberto Leal 1982 — Tunga, Sérgio de Camargo 1984 — Eduardo Sued, Luiz Paulo Baravelli 1986 — Gastão Manoel Henrique, Geraldo de Barros, Renina Katz, Washington Novaes 1988 — José Resende, Juraci Dórea 1990 — Frida Baranek, Daniel Senise, Francisco Brennand, Gilvan Samico, Wesley Duke Lee 1993 — Angelo Venosa, Carlos Fajardo, Emmanuel Nassar 1995 — Arthur Bispo do Rosário, Nuno RamosAlan Riding (June 10, 1995), Past Upstages Present at Venice Biennale New York Times. 1997 — Jac Leirner, Waltercio Caldas (Curator: Paulo Herkenhoff) 1999 — Iran do Espírito Santo, Nelson Leirner (Curator: Ivo Mesquita) 2001 — Vik Muniz, Ernesto Neto, Miguel Rio Branco, Tunga, (Curator: Germano Celant) 2003 — Beatriz Milhazes, Rosângela Rennó (Curator: Alfons Hug) 2005 — Chelpa Ferro, Caio Reisewitz (Curator: Alfons Hug) 2007 — José Damasceno, Detanico & Lain (Curator: Jacopo Crivelli Visconti)Alex Greenberger (January 16, 2019) Jacopo Crivelli Visconti to Curate 2020 Bienal de São Paulo ARTnews. 2009 — Luiz Braga, Delson Uchôa (Curator: Ivo Mesquita) 2011 — Artur Barrio (Curators: Moacir dos Anjos, Agnaldo Farias) 2013 — Hélio Fervenza, Odires Mlászho, Lygia Clark, Max Bill, Bruno Munari (Curator: Luis Pérez-Oramas) 2015 — André Komatsu, Antonio Manuel, Berna Reale (Curator: Luiz Camillo Osorio) 2017 — Cinthia Marcelle (Curator: Jochen Volz) 2019 — Benjamin de Burca and Bárbara Wagner (Curator: Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro)Alex Greenberger (December 21, 2018), Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca Will Represent Brazil at the 2019 Venice Biennale ARTnews. 2022 — Jonathas de Andrade (Curators: Jacopo Crivelli Visconti)José da Silva (17 December 2021), Venice Biennale 2022: all the national pavilions, artists and curators The Art Newspaper. 2024 – Glicéria Tupinambá (Curators: Arissana Pataxó, Denilson Baniwa, Gustavo Caboco Wapichana)Alex Greenberger (1 November 2023), Glicéria Tupinambá Becomes First Indigenous Artist to Represent Brazil Solo at Venice Biennale ARTnews. 2026 – Rosana Paulino and Adriana Varejão (Curator: Diane Lima)
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