Paris+ Week | Featured Exhibitions

Paris+ par Art Basel kicked off today at the Grand Palais Éphémère, running through Sunday (18), and there’s no shortage of incredible exhibitions to visit during the fair.
Check out the highlighted exhibitions selected by our advisors Camila Yunes Guarita and Teodoro Bava:

35th São Paulo Biennial | Exclusive interview with curators

Curated by Diane Lima, Grada Kilomba, Hélio Menezes and Manuel Borja-Villel, the 35th Bienal de São Paulo, one of the most important art events in Brazil and Latin America, opens on September 6th. We interviewed the curators to learn more about the concept behind the show, entitled “Coreografias do Impossível” [Choreographies of the Impossible], and how they have been working together.

The Art Market in 2022: year closed with the second best result since 2009

Global art sales increased by 3% year-over-year to an estimated $67.8 billion, surpassing the pre-pandemic context in 2019. Transactions brokered by art dealers grew by 7% to $37.2 billion, while sales by auctions reduced slightly by 1%. As far as markets are concerned, the US retained the top position in the world ranking, accounting for 45% of transactions; followed by the UK, with 18%; China, with 17% and France, as the fourth largest art market worldwide, with 7%.
82% of the agents heard in the study are active in the sale of fine arts, with the primary market being the most expressive (45%), followed by those acting in parallel in the primary and secondary markets (42%), while a smaller portion (13%) is dedicated exclusively to the secondary market. 25% of the market agents show concern with sustainability and the carbon footprint of the art market, while 71% have political and economic volatility as their greatest concern.

SP-Arte 2023: Check out the best of São Paulo's artistic circuit

SP-Arte is taking place between March 29th and April 2nd, at Pavilhão da Bienal, inside Ibirapuera Park. Besides the traditional sectors of the fair, the 19th edition presents Showcase - a new curatorial initiative that spreads throughout the stands and hallways of the event.
The proposal "Recovering paradises: not needing the end to arrive", curated by Carollina Lauriano, questions the separation between anti-racist social movements and environmental and ecological discussions - a false antagonism bequeathed by colonial modernity. Among the participating artists are Claudia Andujar, Rebeca Carapiá, Jaime Lauriano, Panmela Castro, Maré de Matos, Rosana Paulino, and others. We have selected some must-see exhibitions happening in the city during the fair.

Review | 8 outstanding artists in Zona Maco and Arco Madrid

February 8 and 12, brought together four distinct spaces: the main one, with the most expressive contemporary galleries and artists on the global scene; ZⓈONAMACO SUR, composed of galleries representing artists and projects that are inspired by the concepts of femininity; a space dedicated to modern art and historical works in the context of Latin America and, finally, the EJES, an area dedicated to dialogue projects between artists.
On the European continent, Arco Madrid opened its calendar between February 22nd and 26th with the general program of the fair, composed of selected galleries, as well as spaces dedicated to young galleries and to the promotion of Latin American art.  In addition, the Arco Foundation, on the occasion of the fair, acquired works by three Brazilian contemporary artists: Tadaskia, Lais Amaral and Solange Pessoa. We have selected some highlights of artists, from different nationalities, who have impressed us by the quality of their productions and their prominent position in the events.

Review | Art Basel Miami and the art market in 2022

One of the most important events of the global art circuit, Art Basel Miami Beach brings together the main galleries of the five continents, which present iconic works of modern and contemporary art, as well as the new generation of emerging artists. The event, which took place between December 1st and 3rd, moved to the Miami Beach Convention Center. In addition to the official program, the event featured themed and virtual self-guided tours, for the public to delve into themes such as: Black Practices, Queer Strategies, 20th Century, and Ecological Orientations.
Check out some outstanding artists highlighted by our Art Advisory:

Review | Paris + par Art Basel

Paris+ par Art Basel was announced this year as another strategic international destination to follow the trends in the art market. The event, which took place from the 19th to the 23rd of October, featured a program dedicated to contemporary and modern art at the Grand Palais Éphémère and around town.
Check out the highlights of our team of art advisors:

Engine and transformation: collective art at the XV Documenta in Kassel

This year's Kassel Documenta raises the question "how do people create the material and immaterial infrastructure they need to nourish and sustain themselves and their ecosystems?". In the press conference of the recently opened Documenta in Kassel, the general director of the institution Sabine Schormann says “these are processes that take a lot of time”. The XV Documenta search committee formed in 2018 chose for the first time as artistic director a curatorial collective formed by artists instead of a professional curator. The collective Ruangrupa, founded in 2000 after the fall of the Suharto dictatorship in Indonesia, proposed a Biennial made up of collectives or artists working on behalf of the collective. Altogether, it’s difficult to conceptually classify the specificities of collectives or groupings in this edition of Documenta, but it can be said that their concerns are, in general, with forms of learning, community and economy. Also, as it is largely formed by groups belonging to the geopolitical south, the problems encountered by them, which often lack financial support, also come to the fore, however, always with a proposal for a solution.

Atos Modernos: New practices for art collecting

In 2020, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo and the Ivani and Jorge Yunes Collection began an unprecedented partnership in Brazil, which proposed the creation of a transdisciplinary artistic program capable of integrating the two institutions. To start the project, the private collection subsidized the hiring of the curator and researcher Horrana de Kássia Santoz, who worked at Pinacoteca for two years, conducting a dense and in-depth research on the two collections, private and public, as well as their relationships. The result is the Atos Modernos exhibition, which brings together a set of five unpublished works by artists Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro, Mitsy Queiroz, Luciara Ribeiro, Olinda Wanderley Tupinambá and Charlene Bicalho, exhibited from June 4th at Pinacoteca.

Curator Jacopo Crivelli Visconti and the 59th Venice Biennale

Jonathas Andrade represents Brazil at the 59th Biennale di Venezia. The artist was selected by curator Jacopo Crivelli Visconti and is presenting the installation “With the heart coming out of the mouth” for the first time. Kura spoke exclusively with Visconti, who shared some thoughts on Andrade's work and the context of this first post-pandemic Biennale.

4 YEARS OF KURA

This month, Kura turns four years old and we have prepared a special newsletter to share our journey so far. In this period, the company has doubled its business, the number of customers is up 72% and the team has grown from three to 17 people. Thank you all, artists, collectors, galleries and institutions for following and supporting Kura's work.
Kura is a pioneer company in the advising segment in Brazil and aims to demystify the art system, promoting partnerships between different market players. It is a business that adapts itself to each client and project, working accordingly to a vast and diverse artistic scenario. In order to professionalize the local circuit, the business seeks to reformulate some traditional parameters in relation to collecting, adopting a more comprehensive and innovative approach. Camila Yunes Guarita (Founder and Executive Director) and Tamara Ganem (Director) coordinate the team that closely monitors market fluctuations and the national and international art scene. This data analysis supports the advisory provided to clients. Crossing financial information with updates on artists' production allows the formulation of more assertive and personalized prospects.

International Women's Day / March Agenda

To celebrate International Women's Day, we prepared a selection of exhibitions and special content. Check it out!

Women in Art

To celebrate this March we highlight some (among the many) women who are occupying and transforming the arts system.

Centenary of the Brazilian Modernist Art Week

Considered the historical landmark of modernism in Brazil, the celebration of the event will definitely be memorable: an extensive list of exhibitions, shows, plays and other artistic and cultural manifestations are being held throughout the country.
The traditional interpretations of the Week usually highlight a certain protagonism of the city of São Paulo, its artists and its urbanization process, as the great agents of the modern age in Brazil. However, 100 years later, artists and theorists are not necessarily interested in revisiting the founding myth of Brazilian modernism in a celebratory mood. Today, it is mainly important to expand the debates and discuss the contradictions of Brazilian Modernism as a hegemonic movement from São Paulo and its assumed progressive character.

Multiple Caixa de Pandora: Marcela Cantuária

Art and Spirituality

 
To celebrate the end of the year, we have selected a few artists whose work focuses on the relationship between art and spirituality as a way to connect to their origins and in search of self-knowledge. Check out the selection below:

Artist Career Management : Creative and Conceptual Guidance

Understanding that the creation, realization, and circulation of artistic works demand different strategies and processes, Kura's Artistic Accompaniment aims to create an environment of support and exchange across all aspects of the artistic process and its insertion into the market. With a multi-skilled team, our Artistic Accompaniment stands out for its personalized management service while simultaneously providing collective experiences that enhance those experiences of the artists included in the portfolio.
Here we have collected the frequently asked questions about the Artistic Accompaniment service, answered by our team.

Cataloging: How to Organize and Maintain a Collection of Works

 
Organization and systematization are part of maintaining the living, constantly mutating organism that is an art collection. Beginning with art advising, Kura's work expands to attend to all a collector's demands: from acquisition consultancy to organizing and managing a collection of works. The multidisciplinary team in Kura's cataloging department unite to form an important component for keeping a collection in full working order. Here we have collected the frequently asked questions about cataloging a private collection, answered by our team.

Pivô Satélite / A conversation with the artists of the 3rd edition of the project

Since 2020, the Pivô Satellite digital platform presents works by artists selected by a group of three young guest curators. Each curator chooses four artists who will create an individual work to be exhibited on the digital platform for one month. In addition to the quality of artistic research, the selection takes into account aspects such as gender diversity, ethnicity, race, background, and social and cultural contexts.
Aiming to contribute to the creation of a support network for the artistic community, the initiative invites artists to present experimental projects that can take on different formats, themes, and media. Opening on 9th July, the 3rd edition, entitled 'Sexo, Mentiras e Videotape' (Sex, Lies, and Videotape) is curated by Raphael Fonseca. To find out first-hand what to expect from the projects, we interviewed the four artists participating in the 3rd edition, Eduardo Montelli, Laura Fraiz, New Memeseum, and Ventura Profana.

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