The Fundação Bienal de São Paulo has appointed Brazilian curators Amanda Carneiro and Raphael Fonseca as chief curators for the 2027 Bienal de São Paulo, Latin America's largest and longest-running visual arts event. Carneiro, a curator at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) since 2018, also organized the main exhibition at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Fonseca, based in Lisbon, works at Culturgest, serves as curator-at-large for Latin American art at the Denver Art Museum, and is curating the Taiwan Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale. The event will take place at the Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo in Ibirapuera Park, with further details expected in coming months.
The appointment marks the second time two Brazilian curators have jointly led the biennial, signaling a return to a distinctly Brazilian curatorial framework after the 2025 edition curated by Cameroonian Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, which focused on Africa and diasporas and featured limited Brazilian and Latin American representation. This decision reflects the biennial's deliberate alternation between international and local perspectives, reinforcing Brazil's curatorial talent and keeping the event central to global artistic debate.