PARTE Fair opens its fifth edition at Paço das Artes

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From November 4 to 8, PARTE - Contemporary Art Fair takes place at Paço das Artes and highlights the production of collectives and groups that work in the urban space. In addition to the exhibition, which brings together 40 galleries from 6 Brazilian states and 4 countries different, the program also includes lectures, workshops and debates on the world of arts.

What’s new this year is that the show will feature conversations between curators and figures from urban activism and graffiti, such as Baixo Ribeiro and Caligrapixo. Activism sets the tone for the parallel program, although it’s not the only aspect explored by the fair. João Correia, art consultant who lived in London for twelve years, and Douglas de Freitas, curator of visual arts at the City Museum, share the panel on “How is an artist born?”. Baixo Ribeiro (founder of Choque Cultural) and the collective BijaRi, a group of urban interventions formed in 1996 by architects and artists, make up another panel on the program. Caligrapixo presents an installation on the internal wall of the museum's basement.

Other debates about the market and the history of art take place. “Strategies in challenging times”, with Eliana Finkelstein (Galeria Vermelho and President of the Brazilian Association of Contemporary Art - ABACT), Ana Letícia Fialho, researcher of the arts system and Gachi Prieto, Argentine gallery owner and the lecture “Curating from the perspective of art history” features curators Priscila Arantes and Raphael Fonseca among the debaters.

Urban art is also represented through JAMAC (Jardim Miriam Arte Clube), a non-profit association created by Mônica Nador in 2003 and formed by artists and residents of the Jardim Miriam neighborhood, in the south of São Paulo, who carry out projects that involve work in techniques such as stencil and graffiti, whether in the private sector or intervening in public spaces. One of the walls of the fair will be entirely covered with their molds and the group will also carry out activities during the event.