Maria Thereza Alves presents her project “Council of Beings” in the Helsinki Biennal. The exhibitions take place in the maritime setting of Vallisaari Island, in Esplanade Park, in the heart of Helsinki, and in the Tennis Palace of the Helsinki Art Museum, HAM.
The theme “Shelter” is inspired by the island habitat of Vallisaari, which has been preserved from human presence for decades. The biennial reflects on the fragile relationship between humanity and the natural world. Going beyond anthropocentric perspectives, the works of art on display put animals, plants, fungi, insects and minerals in the spotlight. The biennial seeks to create new spaces of protection and inspire positive environmental action.
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Archivo Arkhé
Hudinilson Jr.
Hudinilson Jr.’s work will be featured in the exhibition “Queering Resistance” at Archivo Arkhé, in Madrid. The opening happens on June 19th.
Curated by Simone Rossi, the show marks the first exhibition in a Spanish non-profit institution dedicated to the collage works of the artist. A pioneer of São Paulo’s underground scene, Hudinilson Jr. transformed mass media fragments into radical interrogations of desire, identity, and power. At the heart of the exhibition are his unbound collage tables (1980s–2010s)—dynamic offshoots of his celebrated Cadernos de referências scrapbooks—where clipped images of male bodies, visual arts, and advertising ephemera coalesce into what he called “a constant exercise of seeing and seeing myself.”
