The Fundação Bienal de São Paulo has announced the artists who will participate in the 28th edition of the Biennial, titled “Living in Contact.” Forty artists are included from 20 different countries, with only 15 of them Brazilian (Alexander Pilis, Dora Longo Bahia, Iran do Espírito Santo, Leya Mira Brander, among others).
The event will run from October 26 to December 6 under the direction of Ivo Mesquita and Ana Paula Cohen. This year the Biennial is also known as the “Void Biennial,” because of the anticipated emptiness of the exhibition space on the second floor, and for the intention to turn the top floor into a library. Despite this, the curators have invited the artists to participate actively in the realization of the event, indeed 27 of them will develop artworks specifically for the exhibition:

Alexander Pilis, Ângela Ferreira, Armin Linke, Carla Zaccagnini, Carlos Navarrete, Carsten Höller, Dora Longo Bahia, Erick Beltrán, Fischerspooner, Gabriel Sierra, Goldin+Senneby, Iran do Espírito Santo, Javier Peñafiel, João Modé, Leya Mira Brander, Mabe Bethônico, Maurício Ianês, Mircea Cantor, Nicolás Robbio, O Grivo, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Rivane Neuenschwander, Rodrigo Bueno, Rubens Mano, Sarnath Banerjee and Valeska Soares.