The France-Brazil 2025 Season, launched in the first half of the year with a series of events in France, has arrived in Brazil with a cultural programme in every region of the country to celebrate 200 years of diplomatic relations between the two nations.
The programme is coordinated by the Institut Français and the Instituto Guimarães Rosa, of Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the embassies and the culture ministries of both countries. Curatorship was entrusted to Anne Louyot, for the programme in Brazil, and to Emilio Kalil, who led the programme in France.
Where the season takes place
The Season includes exhibitions and art, music and dance, sports, science, sustainability, and debates and initiatives on themes such as the decolonisation of museums and cultural policies, in the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Belém, Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Campinas, São Luís, Teresina, João Pessoa and Macapá.
Highlights in São Paulo
In São Paulo, some of the highlights are the Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster exhibition at the Pinacoteca, the exhibition "Debret em questão: olhares contemporâneos" at the Museu do Ipiranga, the France-Brazil Night Concert at Sesc Pompéia, the exhibition "O Mundo Segundo a I.A." at Sesc Campinas and the Clermont-Ferrand Textile Biennial at Sesc Pinheiros.
The Season is also present with exhibitions by French artists at the Bienal de São Paulo and the Bienal das Amazônias, which opened in September.
Circus, parkour and museology
Other highlights include the circus show by the French group Cie XY ("Les Voyages"), the Brazil-France Parkour Meeting with the participation of French athletes, and an international seminar on museology in Recife.
The full programme is on the official website of the France-Brazil 2025 Season, at this link.
