36th Bienal de São Paulo
- Dates: 06.09.25 - 11.01.26
- Title: 36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice
- Chief curator: Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung; Co-curators: Alya Sebti, Anna Roberta Goetz, Thiago de Paula Souza; Co-curator at large: Keyna Eleison; Strategy and communication advisor: Henriette Gallus
- Admission is free for CIMAM Members during the preview day: 5 September 2025. To register, send an email to luciana.raele@bienal.org.br
36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice
Entitled Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice, the edition takes its cue from Afrobrazilian poet Conceição Evaristo’s enigmatic poem Da calma e do silêncio [Of calm and silence].The central proposal of this Bienal is to rethink humanity as a verb, a living practice, in a world that requires reimagining relationships, asymmetries and listening as the basis for coexistence. The metaphor of the estuary – a place where different water currents meet and create a space for coexistence – guides the curatorial project, inspired by Brazilian philosophies, landscapes and mythologies. This concept reflects the multiplicity of encounters that have marked Brazil’s history and proposes that humanity comes together and transforms itself through an attentive ear and negotiation between different beings and worlds.