Oct 29, 2025
Group exhibition at FGV Arte in Rio de Janeiro
FGV Arte inaugurates on October 29, 2025 the exhibition Postponing the End of the World, curated by Paulo Herkenhoff and Ailton Krenak—an indigenous thinker, writer, and environmental activist, member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, and one of the leading voices in contemporary decolonial thought.
Coinciding with COP 30, the exhibition brings together art, ecology, and philosophy around a statement that is both a warning and an invitation: postponing the end of the world is reinventing the present. Inspired by Krenak’s thinking, it gathers over 100 works from different periods and cultural contexts, addressing themes such as environmental crisis, colonialism, structural racism, and the resistance of indigenous peoples and traditional communities.
More than a metaphor, the exhibition proposes an aesthetic and political vision of art as an instrument for re-enchanting the world and rebuilding the relationships between humans and nature.
Participating artists include Adriana Varejão, Cildo Meireles, Claudia Andujar, Ayrson Heráclito, Hélio Oiticica, Jaider Esbell, Niura Bellavinha, Sebastião Salgado, Tunga, among others, along with 11 commissioned works created specifically for the exhibition by artists such as Ernesto Neto, Rosana Palazyan, Hugo França, and the indigenous collective Apinajé.
DETAILS
Dates: March 30, 2025 – March 21, 2026Location: FGV ArteAddress: Praia de Botafogo, 190 – Botafogo – Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrazilWebsite: https://portal.fgv.br/fgv-arte