Brazil: ArtRio 2022 returns to Marina da Glória in a 100% presential format

From Thursday, September 15, to Sunday, September 18, the ArtRio cultural fair returns to receive the public 100% in person at Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone.

More than 60 galleries and 15 art institutions are in the 12th edition of the event.

The galleries can be visited from 1 PM to 9 PM until Saturday, September 17. On Sunday, the hours will be moved forward by one hour: from noon to 8 PM.

In 2021, the fair adopted a hybrid format due to the coronavirus pandemic. To make it accessible to more people, this year, the event will also make the works available on the website, and there will be live broadcasts of part of the event.

According to ArtRio’s president, Brenda Valansi, this edition can be defined as a celebration.

“It will be an edition marked by overcoming, resilience, diversity, creativity, and freedom,” she defines.

“With the travel return, we will also have the presence of many Brazilian collectors and a group with more than 40 collectors from other countries.”

The place will be divided into two: “Land”, which represents the central pavilion in Marina da Glória, and “Sea”, which is the outer part, which has grown even more, with a temporary construction of 3,000 square meters.

The new space was inspired by the lines of the Marina’s surroundings, the mountains, and the wind, with bars and restaurants.

Even Beyoncé will be referenced in the exhibition in a piece exalting the black population and fighting racism.

The artist Pedro Carneiro produced the painting “We are between queens and kings” from the series “Rosa”, alluding to the American singer and her husband, Jay-Z, in a clip that was recorded at the Louvre Museum in Paris, but with Wakanda masks, from “Black Panther”, on their faces.

Instead of Monalisa’s face, the author represented Abdias do Nascimento.

“The drawing does not obey the formality of a figurative painting and is a mixture of many references, from Renaissance to comics. The brushstrokes are free,” explains the artist.

“I want a kid from Oswaldo Cruz to look at it and understand the references: This person reminds me of so-and-so from the street.”

This year’s “Solo” program is curated by the collector Ademar Britto. He has gathered works by nine artists from different regions of Brazil. They bring debates about social inequality, Brazilian peripheries, and distinct realities of marginalized groups.

The program “Mira”, curated by Victor Gorgulho and Henrique Rondinelli, focuses on video art as a platform.

Meanwhile, the “Expansion” program is dedicated to institutions and spaces that have art as social inclusion and work in valorizing and disseminating art and artists.

Finally, the “Vista” program is dedicated to galleries with up to 10 years of existence.

The event also includes the announcement of the winners of the Foco Award, aimed at Brazilian visual artists with up to 15 years of career.

The galleries were selected by the Curatorial Committee (Alexandre Roesler, Antonia Bergamin, Filipe Masini, Eduardo Masini, Gustavo Rebello, and Juliana Cintra).

The event is presented by Instituto Cultural Vale and carried out by BEX Produções, with Dream Factory’s brokerage.

Besides being sponsored by the Municipal Culture Secretary of Rio de Janeiro and the Special Secretary for Culture, the event has the support of the following companies: Beck’s, Movida, Aliansce Sonae, Rio Galeão, Estácio, Osklen, Sauer, Paco Rabanne, Bombay, Woods Wine, Woods Coffee, Ala Master, Windsor Hotels, Shopping Leblon.

PROGRAM

THURSDAY 15TH

4 PM: Art and education as a tool for social transformation.

Conversation between Andrea Hygino, Thelma Vilas Boas, and Marina Sousa, mediated by Potência Ativa co-organizer Paula Borghi, about “the possibilities and challenges of educating beyond the traditional patterns and tools of education.

6 PM: Artistic articulations to empower life

Debate between Roched Sebá, from Instituto Vida Livre, Paula Borghi and Gabriela Davies, from Potência Ativa, and artist Laura Lima, about how art can be a tool for the “urgencies of the world”.

FRIDAY 16TH

2 PM: Art + Fashion: some provocations

Conversation between journalist and curator Erika Palomino and fashion designer and educator Vicenta Perrotta about the relationships between art and fashion systems and the codes that clothes transmit.

4 PM: MAR at ArtRio

Conversation between Sandra Sérgio and Marcelo Campos, director and chief curator of the Museu de Arte do Rio, and artist Emmanuel Nassar.

6 PM: Curator Ademar Britto talks with the artists of the SOLO program

Conversation with artists Gabriel Giucci, JOTA, Elian Almeida, and Maxwell Alexandre. According to the event, these names have stood out in different phases of their careers and diverse practices, with “an authentic cut and, mainly, concerned with the formation of public and cultural fruition”.

SATURDAY 17TH

2 PM: The value of the work of art

Conversation between Ana Leticia Fialho and Angélica Moraes, mediated by editor Ronaldo Graça-Couto.

4 PM: Talk about art

Conversation with the Museu de Arte Moderna curator, Keyna Eleison, and the artist Elian Almeida.

6 PM: Black artist, white gallery owner

Conversation between curator Igor Simões and New Museum curator Vivian Croquett, mediated by Nei Vargas, director of Aura Gallery, about decolonial processes in the art market.

SUNDAY 18TH

2 PM: Exu in Museums and on the Avenue

Discussion between curators Leonardo Antan and Marcelo Campos and artists Leonardo Bora and Gabriel Haddad, Carnival designers of Acadêmicos da Grande Rio, based on Grande Rio’s carnival champion parade “Fala, Majeté! Seven Keys of Exu”.

4 PM: Launching of the film “Reliefs of the Soul” and conversation with Paulo Sergio Duarte

The short film is described as “a poetic sensorial journey through the reliefs and geometric shapes of Arthur Piza, Brazilian engravers living in Paris”, with the directors and screenwriters Adriana Miranda and Nina Luz, produced by Lumen Produções.

5:30 PM: Shall we go together? How art can unite women

Conversation between Anna Costa e Silva and Nanda Feliz, mediated by Maíra Marques, from Potência Ativa, about “the imprisonment of women in labels, limitations, and diagnoses” and the use of art for change.

SEE THE LIST OF GALLERIES BELOW:

• A Gentil Carioca – Rio de Janeiro | São Paulo
• Almeida & Dale Art Gallery – São Paulo
• Anita Schwartz Art Gallery – Rio de Janeiro
• ArteFASAM Art Gallery – Belo Horizonte | São Paulo
• Asfalto – Rio de Janeiro
• Aura Gallery – São Paulo
• Bordallo Pinheiro – Portugal
• Carbono Gallery – São Paulo
• Casa Triângulo Gallery – São Paulo
• Cassia Bomeny Gallery – Rio de Janeiro
• Carcara – São Paulo
• C.galeria – Rio de Janeiro
• Central Gallery – São Paulo
• ( climate ) – Brasília | Miami | Porto Alegre | Rio de Janeiro
• Danielian – Rio de Janeiro
• Fólio – São Paulo
• Fortes D`Aloia & Gabriel – São Paulo | Rio de Janeiro
• Gaby Indio da Costa Contemporary Art – Rio de Janeiro
• Galatea – São Paulo
• Athena Gallery – Rio de Janeiro
• Base Gallery – São Paulo
• Ipanema Art Gallery – Rio de Janeiro
• Estação Gallery – São Paulo
• Inox Gallery – Rio de Janeiro
• Karla Osorio Gallery – Brasília
• Leme Gallery – São Paulo
• Lume Gallery – São Paulo
• MaPa Gallery – São Paulo | Rio de Janeiro
• Marco Zero Gallery – Recife
• Marilia Razuk Gallery – Rio de Janeiro
• Movimento Gallery – Rio de Janeiro
• Periscópio Gallery – Belo Horizonte | São Paulo
• Radiante Gallery – Rio de Janeiro
• Raquel Arnaud Gallery – São Paulo
• Galleria Continua – San Gimignano | Beijing | Les Moulins | Havana | Rome | São Paulo | Paris
• Gisela Projects – New York
• Gustavo Rebello Arte – Rio de Janeiro
• Hilda Araujo Escritório de Arte – Rio de Janeiro
• Jackie Shor Projects – São Paulo
• Janaina Torres Gallery – São Paulo
• Luciana Brito Gallery – São Paulo
• Luis Maluf Art Gallery – São Paulo
• Martha Pagy Art Office – Rio de Janeiro
• Matias Brotas Contemporary Art – Vitória
• Mendes Wood DM – São Paulo | New York | Brussels
• Mercedes Viegas Contemporary Art – Rio de Janeiro | Millan | São Paulo
• MT Art Projects – Rio de Janeiro
• Mul. ti. plo – Rio de Janeiro
• Nara Roesler – São Paulo | Rio de Janeiro | New York
• OMA Gallery – São Paulo
• Paulo Darzé Galeria – Salvador
• Paulo Kuczynski Escritório de Arte – São Paulo
• Pinakotheke – Rio de Janeiro | São Paulo | Fortaleza
• Portas Vilaseca Gallery – Rio de Janeiro
• PróArte Gallery – São Paulo
• Rodrigo Ratton – Belo Horizonte
• RV Cultura e Arte – Salvador
• Sé – São Paulo
• Silvia Cintra + Box 4 – Rio de Janeiro
• Simões de Assis – Curitiba
• Steiner – São Paulo
• Vermelho – São Paulo
• Zipper Gallery – São Paulo

SERVICE

Dates: September 15th to 18th (Thursday to Sunday)
Hours: 1 PM to 9 PM (Thursday to Saturday) 12 noon to 8 PM (Sunday)
Ticket sales: https://www.artrio.com/
Price: R$80 (US$15, full price) and R$40 (half price)
Venue: Marina da Glória, Avenida Infante Dom Henrique, Glória, South Zone of Rio de Janeiro
Parking on site, subject to overbooking
Nearest subway: Glória Station

With information from G1