Pivô is a non-profit art space providing a platform for exchange, critical thinking and artistic experimentation inside one of São Paulo’s most iconic modernist buildings, the Copan, projected by Oscar Niemeyer in the city’s central area. Since its inception, in 2012, the institution has enabled and facilitated projects by over two hundred artists and curators both local and international and in all career stages.
Its program is comprised by temporary exhibitions, new commissions, residencies, publications as well as discursive educational public programming, fostering a critical understanding of local and international most pressing issues in art and society. Our core mission is to create growing networks of exchange between artistic and cultural practitioners from different contexts and to provide an active meeting point for an emerging art scene in São Paulo.
Pivô’s activities are made possible through the generous support of a network of corporate and private sponsors and the remaining essential funding comes from grants, special editions developed by the artist in the program and its annual fundraising auction and benefit.
Pivô SP
Edifício Copan, loja 54
Avenida Ipiranga, 200
01046-925
São Paulo, Brasil
Starting on April 6th, get ready to visit the works provided by the Carolee Schneemann Foundation presented alongside unpublished works by prominent Latin American artists.
Pivô offers a special line of products, including stationery, clothing, accessories, and publications. The artists involved in our programming are specially invited to create exclusive products, adding an authentic and personal touch to each piece.
Space open to research and that aims to divulge contemporary artistic production. Its activities will be dedicated to the construction of a specialized collection, as a way of encouraging the institution’s programs, as well as research carried out by artists and those interested in the arts.
The residency program of Pivô Salvador welcomes artists for research and artistic production stays. Artists have the possibility to stay and carry out their work at a historic house located downtown Salvador
Pivô executes, produces, and promotes a variety of special projects, with programming open to the public or restricted to guests, in collaboration with local, national, and international partner institutions.
The Pivô Recebe program showcases projects pre-formatted by artists, curators, or cultural producers within the institution's spaces. Participating projects are selected based on conceptual affinity with the institution's program, feasibility of allocation, and schedule.