After staying for years abandoned, the Gallery Prestes Maia, in downtown São Paulo, will resume their vocation to house shows and exhibitions. From this Friday (25), the underground gallery, which connects the Patriarch Square and the Anhangabaú Valley, will house the first edition of the Culture Show.
In the exhibition, called Culture Movement, will be presented more than 70 works by 46 artists who had as inspiration to the streets of the city.
“Center of São Paulo is an open -air museum that proves how the classic and contemporary live in harmony and have in common express, through art, historical, social, aesthetic and political transformations. The culture show is more than an exhibition, it is a cultural action of urban occupation,” said plastic artist Marcelo Gemmal, one of the curators of the event and will also have his works shown in the exhibition.
In addition to him, the show has works by artists such as Carolina Itzá, Gil Motta, Marcelo Theodoro, Nadia Starikoff and Simone Siss, among others.
The event is held by the MoveCentrosp Association’s Action and Culture Center, in partnership with the new Anhangabaú and Positive Foundation.
Work of the Cultua Show, on display at the Prestes Maia Gallery, in São Paulo – Photo shows culture/disclosure
“Some guest artists make clear tribute to the city, easily noticeable in their works. Others bring the streets in inspiration as an impulse, and it is interesting to follow how the same starting point leads to creativity for different ways and interpretations,” says Isabella Sanches of MoveCentrosp, in a statement.
The gallery
Inaugurated in 1940, the gallery emerged with the double function of being a cultural space and serving as a underground connection between Patriarch Square and Anhangabaú Valley, leaving below the tea viaduct. After the degradation suffered throughout the 1970s, the site was sheltering administrative posts from public agencies and, in the early 2000s, became part of the São Paulo Art Museum (MASP). Since 2021, the gallery has been under administration of the concessionaire that took over the Management of the Anhangabaú Valley
The gallery is divided into three parts: an underground, with access to the Anhangabaú Valley; A mezzanine, where is the EXPOSITIVE SPACE LONEL ALMEIDA JÚNIOR; and the ground floor, with access to Patriarch Square. In 1955, she became known for being the first public place in São Paulo to receive escalators.
To this day the site houses important sculptures by Victor Brecheret and a replica of the artist Michelangelo, produced by the High School of Arts and Crafts.
The exhibition is on display until May 29th and has free admission, operating from 10am to 10pm.
