We are pleased to announce that Diane Lima will be the curator of the Brazilian Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, in 2026. The curatorial project, titled Comigo ninguém pode, will feature artists Rosana Paulino and Adriana Varejão.

Inspired by the plant of the same name, the title serves as a metaphor for protection, toxicity, and resilience, reflecting the dialogue between the two artists’ works, which address colonial wounds and historical reinscriptions in a constant process of transformation. The collaboration between Paulino and Varejão will be unprecedented.

Diane Lima says that “together, Paulino and Varejão historically represent the most revolutionary aspects of the presence of women in the field of national art. Their poetics, in harmony and friction, echo the struggles of social movements and democracy, without ever losing the sensitive capacity to amaze and surprise us with high-level technical quality.”

Andrea Pinheiro, president of the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, emphasizes that “the curatorship of Diane Lima, with the presence of Rosana Paulino and Adriana Varejão, reaffirms the power and complexity of Brazil’s output on the international stage. This announcement coincides with the investment in the recovery of our Pavilion and renews the institutional commitment to present a project in Venice that is worthy of the global debate to which Brazil has a contribution to make.”

Since 2023, the selection process for the curatorial project has followed a participatory model involving the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Fundação Bienal. The announcement also marks the completion of the restoration and modernization of the Brazilian Pavilion. Aligned with the theme In Minor Keys of the Biennale Arte 2026, the project reaffirms the role of Brazilian art in the global dialogue.