City Report São Paulo
If Brussels teaches us one thing, it’s that the world doesn’t end at the borders of the village square. No other European city is home to so many different nationalities — 184, according to the latest figures. This is reflected not only in the hodgepodge of languages that echo through the city’s streets, but also in the diversity of its artistic offerings, which connect Brussels to a larger, still largely underexposed network of art scenes in cities across Europe and other continents. Over the next issues, we aim to map this network, one city at a time, by inviting a writer and a photographer to give us an insider’s take on the city where they live and work
To mark the 36th edition of the Bienal de São Paulo, the second oldest art biennial in the world, GLEAN presents a city report by Fernanda Brenner, founding director of Pivô — a non-profit organisation for art and research with locations in São Paulo and Salvador — and senior advisor for Latin America at the Kadist Art Foundation. Based in São Paulo and Brussels, she offers us a privileged insight into her hometown. Famous for its modernist architecture and art galleries, and as a base f (…)
