Join All Set Concierge at the 2018 Bienal in São Paulo, Brazil
Sarah Taylor has lived, worked, and traveled throughout Brazil for the past 17 years, giving her the unique advantage of understanding Brazil from a foreigner’s perspective. At her firm, All Set Concierge, Sarah provides travel services to individuals who want a unique experience.
Your Brazilian Art Immersion beings in São Paulo at the Bienal and continues at Inhotim. In Bienal, your guides João and Flavia Liz will walk you through the highlights of this groundbreaking install of art from around the world. Total art immersion continues on an exclusive tour of the city's art and architectural hightlights. In São Paulo you'll visit galleries and museums and dine at Michelin star restaurants. An exclusive tour of one of São Paulo’s private collections will prepare you for the next destination, Inhotim. One day is simply not enough to experience all Inhotim has to offer. Uncover the best of Belo Horizonte, the capital of Brazil’s farming state, Minas Gerais. Here you’ll settle in to the city’s best hotel, Ouro Minas. A relaxing ride through the Brazilian countryside will lead you to an artistic masterpiece set over 5,000 acres. Known to locals simply as “Inhotim”, this museum is unlike any other in the world. On your final day in Inhotim sample Brazil's famous cheese bread and finish the museum tour before departing back to São Paulo.
About the 2018 Bienal: Considered one of the most important contemporary art events in the world, the São Paulo Bienal’s title for this year is Affective Affinities – inspired by the novel Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and by the thesis “On the Affective Nature of Forms in The Work of Art” by Brazilian critic Mário Pedrosa. The 33rd Bienal, curated by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, shifts the conventional model of contemporary art projects and promotes the individual experience of the visitor with the works, instead of a predetermined curatorial narrative. The artists selected for the 33rd Bienal represent important aspects of art in the 1990s, a transformational moment for Latin America. “This was the first Latin American generation to create art free from the oppression of totalitarian regimes of the previous decades.” explains Pérez-Barreiro.
Your Bienal guide, João Correia is an art advisor and art historian, who graduated from the Open University in London, where he also studied at the Sandler Institute and Sotheby’s Institute. As a speaker, he has presented at Yale University, University of São Paulo, and Itau Unibanco Private Bank. In addition to presenting his art expertise, João has collaborated with publications such as BBC, NBC, and CBN. He lives and works in São Paulo where he runs the art advisory company, Collezionista.
Far beyond an “art trip”, this unique experience will provide you with exposure to art directors, collectors, curators and artists, above all, exclusive access that would not be possible without the fine-tuned itinerary compiled by two Brazil travel experts.
Important points:
- Please plan to arrive in São Paulo on September 13th. All Set Concierge can help you arrange flights to/from Brazil. Your flight within Brazil to/from Belo Horizonte(with 1 piece of checked luggage) is included in the package price.
- You will need a tourist visa to travel to/from Brazil. If you don’t already have one, All Set Concierge can refer you to a trusted agency or you can secure a tourist visa at your local Brazilian consulate.
- Private ground transportation within Brazil is included in the package price. Transportation to/from your departure city airport is not included.
- Daily breakfast is included, as well as all meals listed. Travelers are welcome to purchase additional meals & other incidentals on their own accounts.
- Travel insurance is not included. If you’re interested in rates, All Set Concierge can provide a quote.
