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São Paulo Bienal: Art Challenging Humanity and Identity Politics

12/28/2025

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The Bienal de São Paulo challenges humanity as a practice, not a state.
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, curator of the Bienal de São Paulo, aims to transcend identity politics and celebrate the beauty of the world through art.
The exhibition Not All Travelers Walk Roads features 1,200 works by 125 artists addressing war, poverty, and inequality.
The biennial is the largest in the southern hemisphere.
It attracts nearly 700,000 visitors.

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Story summary

The Bienal de São Paulo challenges humanity as a practice, not a state.
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, curator of the Bienal de São Paulo, aims to transcend identity politics and celebrate the beauty of the world through art.
The exhibition Not All Travelers Walk Roads features 1,200 works by 125 artists addressing war, poverty, and inequality.
The biennial is the largest in the southern hemisphere.
It attracts nearly 700,000 visitors.