Democratic Spring

In her first solo show in Rio de Janeiro, artist and writer Regina José Galindo (Guatemala, 1974) presents videos and photographs recordings of six performances carried out between 2017 and 2025: The Pig’s Blood, The Great Return, Rivers of People, Feminicidal Guatemala, Flower Garden, and, for the first time, Democratic Spring, staged at Praça da Harmonia in Rio de Janeiro, days before the show’s opening. In addition to these records, we also present the poem Nadie me calla. Its verses are a self-declaration of strength and resistance, dedicated to all who fight daily to support victims and expose the schemes of corrupt, violent states in the so-called civilized world.

Over the course of twenty-five years of activity, Galindo has taken part in major international shows, such as Documenta 14, the 12th Gwangju Biennale, and, on four different occasions, ...