ArtRio 2026

16 - 20 sep_ 2026

For ArtRio 2026, Galeria Raquel Arnaud presents a selection that highlights the power of dialogue between generations, bringing its roster of younger artists closer to fundamental historical figures in Brazilian art, such as Sergio Camargo. The proposal underscores continuities and ruptures, formal affinities, and conceptual tensions that span different moments of artistic production.

The gallery’s younger artists take center stage by exploring urgent issues of the present—space, matter, perception, time, and memory—through research that moves between sculpture, relief, painting, and photography. In their works, one can observe investigations into light, rhythm, structure, and repetition that echo constructive and neoconcrete debates, while simultaneously expanding these traditions into new poetic and political realms.

In dialogue with veterans, whose trajectories helped consolidate a rigorous reflection on form and spatiality, the new generations reaffirm the relevance of these investigations in the contemporary context. The encounter between different periods demonstrates how certain questions remain fertile, being constantly reactivated under new perspectives.

The presentation at ArtRio 2026 thus reinforces the gallery’s commitment to building a narrative that connects legacy and experimentation, tradition and risk. By placing established artists and emerging voices side by side, the gallery proposes an expanded reading of Brazilian contemporary art, emphasizing its capacity for continuous reinvention and its critical insertion into current debates.