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6 September–10 December 2023

The 35th Bienal de São Paulo: In Photos

6 September–10 December 2023

The 35th São Paulo Bienal titled Choreographies of the Impossible is curated by Diane Lima, Grada Kilomba, Hélio Menezes, and Manuel Borja-Villel. Explore artworks by 121 artists who respond to the urgencies of our time.

The 35th Bienal de São Paulo: In Photos

Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: Choreographies of the Impossible, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.

Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible,_ Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
News São Paulo Bienal 2023 to Choreograph the Impossible By Sam Gaskin, São Paulo, 2 May 2023

The curators want to create space for 'radical imaginations about the unknown' with contributions from artists including Julien Creuzet, Ellen Gallagher, and Torkwase Dyson.

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Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Art Guide São Paulo

Brazil's financial hub of São Paulo is home to a dynamic arts scene, with galleries, museums, and art festivals aplenty. The second oldest biennial in the world after the Venice Biennale, Bienal de São Paulo is a staple in the city's annual

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Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible,_ Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible,_ Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible,_ Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.
Exhibition view: 35th Bienal de São Paulo: _choreographies of the impossible_, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (6 September–10 December 2023). Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Photo: © Levi Fanan.

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