The itinerant program of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, titled 'Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice', opens at Centro Cultural La Moneda in Santiago, Chile, in July 2026. Curated by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung and André Pitol, the exhibition features 19 artists from Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia, including Akinbode Akinbiyi, Ernest Cole, Myrlande Constant, Malika Agueznay, Julianknxx, and Théodore Diouf, working across photography, installation, textile, film, and archival practices to explore themes of displacement, erasure, and resistance.
This exhibition matters because it extends the Bienal de São Paulo's transcontinental dialogue into Chile, posing a timely philosophical question: what if humanity is understood not as a fixed state but as an ongoing practice? By centering memory, dignity, and belonging, the show invites audiences to reflect on justice and care in an era of global migration and political upheaval, positioning contemporary art as a rehearsal for more humane futures.