As part of the Brazil-France 2025 Season, the Grand Palais is hosting Horizontes, a free exhibition of contemporary Brazilian paintings, from June 6 to July 25, 2025, on the balconies of the North Nave.
Brazilian painting in the spotlight… As part of the Brazil-France 2025 Season, the Grand Palais welcomes Horizontes, a group exhibition, from June 6 to July 25, 2025. On the balconies of the North Nave, four contemporary Brazilian artists unveil rich pictorial universes, at the crossroads of the intimate and the political. A plunge into current painting practices in Brazil, supported by a diversity of perspectives and experiences.
An artistic encounter in the heart of the Grand Palais
Horizontes is above all a meeting between four Brazilian visual artists with distinctive identities and singular approaches: Agrade Camíz, Vinicius Gerheim, Antonio Obá and Marina Perez Simão. From popular Rio to the cultural contradictions of Brazil, from sensual forms to vibrant abstraction, each work invites a plural reading of the world. The exhibition takes place in the airy setting of the North Nave balconies, providing a suspended setting for this pictorial exploration.
This project is part of the wider Brazil-France 2025 Season, a bilateral event celebrating cultural exchanges between the two countries. It is aimed at both contemporary art enthusiasts and the curious in search of a sensitive and reflective experience. Whether you’re a fan of narrative painting, organic forms or political representations, this exhibition will speak directly to you.
Horizontes: artistic universes between memory, identity and resistance
You first enter the paintings of Agrade Camíz (Rio de Janeiro, 1988), inspired by the architecture of the Carioca suburbs. The favelas are transformed into colorful interiors where figures linked to sexuality, oppressed femininity, the body and childhood intersect. A painting deeply rooted in urban and intimate experience, questioning power relationships in everyday spaces.
Further on, Vinicius Gerheim (Juíz de Fora, 1992) delivers a body of work on the borderline between dream and memory. In his compositions, animals, natural landscapes and human bodies intertwine in a dreamlike atmosphere, revealing a quest for spiritual sensuality. Each canvas seems to seek to revive a forgotten sensation, through painting that is both instinctive and meditative.
The work ofAntonio Obá (Ceilândia, 1983) takes the form of pictorial resistance. He questions the cultural construction of Brazil, notably through the prism of the representation of the black body. Calling on historical and religious figures, he tackles the eroticization of the black male body and proposes a reflection on identity, between collective history and asserted subjectivity.
Finally, Marina Perez Simão (Vitoria, 1980) opens up another field with her abstract, organic paintings. Her vibrant colors and fluid reflections evoke both geological landscapes and shifting inner states. Each canvas offers a sensory journey through suspended forms, oscillating between matter and imagination.
A space for discovery in the heart of summer
This exhibition can be enjoyed solo for a contemplative break, as a duo for a cultural stroll, or as a family for a moment of sharing around painting. It’s a great way to discover art, and a perfect complement to a summer outing in Paris, where culture and relaxation go hand in hand. The luminous setting of the Grand Palais, the diversity of the works and the themes involved create a stimulating visual and intellectual experience.
Lovers of the international art scene, those curious about the dynamics of South American culture, and enthusiasts of contemporary painting will find Horizontes a space for reflection as much as for the pleasure of the senses. A not-to-be-missed opportunity to discover the richness of Brazilian pictorial practices in a venue that is emblematic of contemporary creation in Paris!
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