The 14th Mercosul Biennial kicks off in Porto Alegre (RS), bringing together 77 artists from around the world across 18 venues throughout the city.

Curated by Raphael Fonseca and co-curated by Tiago Sant’Ana and Yina Jimenez Surielo, the event invites reflection on transformation, exploring the theme ‘Snap.’

The selected works address various forms of metamorphosis and the interactions between art and life, encouraging the public to contemplate how, in the simple snap of a finger, the world around us can be transformed—whether subtly or profoundly.

Artists Ismael Monticelli, Randolpho Lamonier, and Zé Carlos Garcia, all represented by Portas Vilaseca, are featured in this edition with specially commissioned works that evoke both the intimacy of microhistories and the utopias and dystopias of the present, suggesting that change, whether physical or symbolic, is constant.

The gallery below highlights the installation John Doe by Ismael Monticelli, occupying the POP Centre, a shopping mall in the heart of Porto Alegre; Suíte by Zé Carlos Garcia, showcasing 12 new sculptures at the Iberê Camargo Foundation; and the immersive installation Teoria Geral do Babalu Atômico by Randolpho Lamonier, taking over the Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana.

The Biennial runs until June.

More information: www.bienalmercosul.art.br