Press Release

For her first solo exhibition at Gomide&Co, Nilda Neves presents a new series of paintings in which caves and nocturnal landscapes play a central role. What can still be seen when there is almost no light? At the limits of vision, the eye begins to operate differently: it recognizes silhouettes, catches glimpses of figures, and encounters signs, symbols, and presences suspended between the visible and the imagined, while the intense glow of the moon, stars, and small points of light cuts through landscapes where the night remains truly dark.

It is along this threshold between the recognizable and the uncertain that Nilda continues her close observation of nature, bringing together what she has seen and lived with what she has heard, remembered, and imagined. The result is a kind of cartography of the sertão, its stories, myths, fauna, flora, and ways of life. Macambiras, mandacarus, barrigudas and baobabs, fossils, birds’ nests, beehives, traps, and countless other elements compose a sertão that is not only geographical, but also affective, narrative, and psychological.

Today, her work is held in the collections of the Museu de Arte do Rio – MAR, the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo – MAC USP, the Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Sorocaba – MACS, and the Pinacoteca de São Paulo.

Beyond this growing institutional recognition, Nilda’s work has gathered around it a community of admirers. Her first exhibition at Gomide&Co offers a new perspective on this already familiar universe, while providing an opportunity to follow the latest developments in her practice.

Featuring a critical essay by Renato Menezes, curator at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, the exhibition opens on October 29, closing Gomide&Co’s 2026 exhibition program.

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About the Artist

Lives and works in Camanducaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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For over a decade, Gomide&Co has been present on the national and international art circuit, contributing to the production and insertion of primary and secondary market artists in public and private collections. In its program, while seeking to present works by renowned names in modern and contemporary art, the gallery also works to achieve other perspectives. In the midst these movements of distancing and approximation on diverse artistic productions, dialogues are created, enabling new conceptualisations and narratives.

Interweaving different generations and approaches, Gomide&Co represents both established artists and recent artists who are consolidating their institutional and commercial careers. Among them are Lenora de Barros, Marcelo Cipis, Maria Lira Marques, Tiago Mestre, Francisco Brennand, and León Ferrari. In the secondary market, artists such as Joseph Beuys, Martin Kippenberger, Mira Schendel, Antoni Tàpies, Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, and Marcel Broodthaers have been shown in anthological exhibitions, reflecting the gallery’s curatorial concern for bringing together historic and fundamental works for the understanding and appreciation of their practices.

From the beginning, Gomide&Co believes in the collaboration with galleries and institutions. In these exchanges, the gallery’s presence has expanded to new places, in addition to its participation in major art fairs and biennials. At the new address on Avenida Paulista, opened in 2023, Gomide&Co continues its commitment to fostering the art scene through dialogue and plurality.

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