Adriano Pedrosa

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Adriano Pedrosa (born 1965) is a Brazilian curator. He is the artistic director of the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) and curated the 2024 Venice Biennale.{{Cite news |last1=Farago |first1=Jason |title=Venice Biennale Names a Brazilian Trailblazer as Its New Curator |work=The New York Times |date=2022-12-15 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/arts/design/venice-biennale-curator-adriano-pedrosa.html |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |df=mdy-all }}

Career

From 2011 to 2014, Pedrosa was responsible for the artistic programs at SP-Arte, an art fair in São Paulo, under the leadership of its founder Fernanda Feitosa.Zachary Small (10 April 2024), [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/arts/design/adriano-pedrosa-venice-biennale.html Can Adriano Pedrosa Save the Venice Biennale? No Pressure.] New York Times.

Pedrosa was co-organizer of the 2006 edition of the Bienal de São Paulo, as well as biennial exhibitions in Tijuana (2005); San Juan, Puerto Rico (2009);Jason Farago (15 December 2022), [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/arts/design/venice-biennale-curator-adriano-pedrosa.html Venice Biennale Names a Brazilian Trailblazer as Its New Curator] New York Times. and Istanbul (2011, with Jens Hoffmann).Susanne Fowler (14 September 2011), [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/world/europe/a-simplified-and-secretive-istanbul-biennial.html A Simplified and Secretive Istanbul Biennial] New York Times. In 2013, he curated Hiwar, Conversations in Amman, a residency and conversations programme at the Khalid Shoman Foundation in Jordan, encompassing artists from countries including Angola, Brazil, Egypt, South Africa, Palestine and the Philippines.Rachel Spence (17 May 2013), [https://www.ft.com/content/e0ca8bc8-bbc9-11e2-82df-00144feab7de Beyond the samosas] Financial Times.

Among Pedrosa's most well-known curated shows at MASP is Histórias, a series of shows at MASP each examining in depth a different theme, often a community or identity.{{cite web |last1=Whiddington |first1=Richard |title=Brazilian Curator Adriano Pedrosa Will Helm the 2024 Venice Biennale, Making Him the First Latin American to Organize the Event |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brazilian-director-adriano-pedrosa-to-curate-the-2024-venice-biennale-making-him-the-first-latin-american-to-hold-the-position-2230124 |website=Artnet News |publisher=Artnet |access-date=17 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217202710/https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brazilian-director-adriano-pedrosa-to-curate-the-2024-venice-biennale-making-him-the-first-latin-american-to-hold-the-position-2230124 |archive-date=17 December 2022 |date=15 December 2022 |url-status=live}} These shows have included Histórias da Sexualidade (2017), focused on histories of sexuality; Histórias Afro-Atlânticas (2018), focused on the African diaspora and legacy of the Transatlantic slave trade; and Histórias Brasileiras (2022), focused on histories of Brazil.{{cite web |title=Brazilian Histories |url=https://masp.org.br/en/exhibitions/brazilian-histories |website=MASP |publisher=São Paulo Museum of Art |access-date=17 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928185027/https://masp.org.br/en/exhibitions/brazilian-histories |archive-date=28 September 2022 |url-status=live}}

The 2024 Venice Biennale curated by Pedrosa is titled Foreigners Everywhere drawn its name from a series of works made by the Paris-born and Palermo-based collective Claire Fontaine.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-22 |title=Biennale Arte 2024 {{!}} Introduction by Adriano Pedrosa |url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2024/introduction-adriano-pedrosa |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=La Biennale di Venezia |language=en}} During the Biennale, Pedrosa met with Pope Francis on his visit to the Holy See pavilion on April 28, 2024, the first time a pontiff has attended the international exhibition.{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Harris |date=April 29, 2024 |title=Pope drops in on the Venice Biennale and visits the Vatican pavilion |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/04/29/pope-drops-in-on-the-venice-biennale-and-visits-the-vatican-pavilion |access-date=May 4, 2024 |website=The Art Newspaper}}

Recognition

In 2022 Pedrosa was awarded the Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Adriano Pedrosa takes $25k curatorial prize |url=https://artreview.com/adriano-pedrosa-takes-25k-curatorial-prize/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=artreview.com |language=en}} Pedrosa was listed at number 14 on ArtReview's "Power 100 List."{{Cite web |date=2023-12-01 |title=Sign of the times—artist Nan Goldin is no. 1 in the Art Review Power 100 List |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/12/01/sign-of-the-timesartist-nan-goldin-is-no-1-in-the-art-review-power-list |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events}}

Adriano Pedrosa

Career

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