Fair takes place from April 2 to 6 at the Biennial Pavilion, in São Paulo, with 9 new art galleries and 16 design
SP-Arte occupies the Biennial Pavilion, in Ibirapuera Park, from Wednesday (2.br.2025) to Sunday (6.abr), with 200 exhibitors. The fair reaches its 21st edition after registering significant results in 2024, when some galleries reported up to 100% growth in sales.
“Each fair marks a cycle. When we complete important dates like 10, 15, 20 and now 21 years, our“ majority ”, we consolidate a period of continuous growth”said Fernanda Feitosa, director and founder of the event, in an interview with Poder360. The fair brings 9 new art galleries and 16 design in 2025.
The moment is favorable for the Brazilian market, according to Feitosa. “The market in Brazil is warm, unlike Internacional. We have an almost self -protected dynamic, where external crises come more diluted.”he said. The art market in Brazil moved R $ 2.9 billion in 2023, the latest year that had data released, an increase of 21% compared to 2022.
In 2024, most gallery owners recorded significant results at the fair. Marketed 35 works, including Lorenzato work for $ 1 million, while selling it 29 pieces.
According to the newspaper, which consulted national gallerists at the time, sales growth was between 30% and 100% for the majority – reported 40%, 50% and Gomide & Co doubled its revenue compared to 2023. This year, also, according to Di Cavalcanti’s works at $ 8 million, Volpi at $ 6 million and Paulo Kuczynski for $ 11 million.
“Untitled” (2025), by Marepe, at the Luisa Strina Gallery; booth presents set of unpublished ceramics of the artist
ECLETISM OF WORKS
Eclecticism marks the 2025 edition. “The presentations mix consecrated artists with young talents. This dialogue between generations is still a strong trend”said Feitosa. A, for example, connects different artistic periods, with works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir to Maxwell Alexandre, while it brings works by more than 25 fundamental artists for contemporary art, of different generations, languages and contexts, including names such as Anna Maria Maiolino, Cildo Meireles, Laura Lima and Marepe. The bet on the diversity of Brazil’s visual identity, bringing modern, avant -garde and contemporary such as Candido Portinari, Burle Marx, Tomie Ohtake, Beatriz Milhazes, Tunga and May.
Mendes Wood DM features Lucas Arruda, the first Brazilian to expose at Musée d’Orsay, along with Sonia Gomes and Paulo Nimer Pjota. Gomide & Co proposes a cut that relates constructivism and geometric abstraction in Latin America, with pieces of pre-Columbian Nazca cultures and moche in dialogue with works by Adriana Varejão and Alfredo Volpi. It organizes an anthology that highlights both emerging and established artistic investigations. Among the names are Osgemos, Ernesto Neto, Jac Leirner and Lucia Laguna.
“Stone With Sleep” (2025), by Ernesto Neto, at the Fortes D’Aiola & Gabriel Gallery; space organizes an anthology that highlights both emerging and established artistic investigations
Women artists also gain prominence. The Gide of Yayoi Kusama, Beatriz Milhazes, Judith Lauand, Lygia Pape and Sonia Gomes. Galleries like and bring emerging artists to the event.
“There is also a tendency to gather self -taught or popular artists with contemporary visual artists. And a concern of regional galleries to bring the best of their regional art“said Feitosa.
Recife, for example, features a curated exhibition by Daniel Donato, including a 12 -meter panel by artist Tereza Costa Rêgo, while Goiânia’s gallery displays a work on Siron Franco’s immigration, 2.5 meters high by 5 meters wide.
International presence
The international presence takes place by 12 foreign galleries, including 4 newcomers: (Chile), (Colombia), (United Kingdom) and (USA). Among the recurring international participants are (Spain), (France), (Mexico), (Bolivia), (Uruguay), (United Kingdom) and (Spain).
The SP-Art organization expects to receive 80 foreign visitors, among gallery owners and collectors, resuming the pre-pound levels. “I notice the greatest interest of possible buyers, researchers and curators in Brazil, perhaps as a reflection of the positive reception of Brazilian artists in the Venice Biennial and other important exhibitions”says Feitosa.
Read other highlights:
- : Selection of 4 Brazilian artists – Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Aurelino dos Santos, J. Cunha and Mirela Cabral.
- Red: It presents “together” by Colombian Iván Argote, in connection with his monumental installation “The Other, Me and the Others” that will occupy the free gap of the new MASP building.
- : Celebrating 120 years, he first displays Antonio Bandeira’s Triptic “The Great Burning” (1963), along with important works by Pierre Soulages and Joan Miró.
- : It brings diverse curatorship with works by Chilean Mapuche Seba Calfuqueo, from the icon of the “80 Generation” José Leonilson and abstract and figurative paintings of Maria Andrade.
- It presents jewelry created by Di Cavalcanti with jeweler Lucien Finkelstein in the 1960s and 70s, with free distribution of book healed by Pollyana Quintella on this little known facet of the modernist.
La Imagen – Tecnologias de la Imagen (2024), by Seba Calfuqueo, at Marilia Razuk Gallery; artist uses cultural heritage to explore tensions between identity, gender and territory
Design
It presents an adapted version of the exhibition “Scapinelli and its slender elements”, with furniture created by Italian designer Giuseppe Scapinelli in the 1950s and 1960s. The complete show, with over 70 pieces, continues until July 31, 2025 at the gallery headquarters. The exhibition, curated by Francesco Perrotta-Bosch, is organized by furniture typologies and features restorations that preserve the originality of the works.
It presents two news: the dance chair, with hexagonal backrest and straw plot, and the Hashi line, inspired by oriental sticks.
At Rodrigo Ohtake displays a table designed by his grandfather Ruy Ohtake to the house of his great -grandmother Tomie, along with works by Percival Lafer and Joaquim Tenreiro. Na, the designer signs a collection that includes tables, bench and armchair, using Brazilian rocks such as Amazonita, Speranza and Capolavoro.
Surrender from the dance chairs, which will be at the booth of, egg
News of the edition
Two new awards debut this year. “The Arauco Innovation and Sustainability Award winners and the Best Design Artefacto Award will gain trips to the Milan Hall and the Miami Design, respectively”, Informs Feitosa. The winner of the 2nd prize will also receive a free booth in the next edition.
Another news is the SP-Art stage on the 3rd floor of the pavilion. “We decided to open a more in -depth conversations about market, collecting and artistic legacy”explains the director. The program includes debates with Jaume Plensa and Marcello Dantas (2.abr), conversations about emerging artists with David Teplitzky (3.abr) and a discussion about Sergio Rodrigues’ legacy (4.abr).
At the Iguatemi Arena, the public will be able to follow conversations with Paulo Nimer Pjota (3.br.2025) and Beatriz Milhazes (4.ab.2025).
The previously restricted Collectors Lounge will be open to the public, with bar and activations of partners. SP-Art will make audioguias available on Spotify with scripts selected by curators Adélia Borges, Mirtes Marins de Oliveira and Theo Monteiro.
