The Berenice Arvani Gallery is pleased to present, from November 14, 2018 to January 11, 2019, "Mother Africa: Pierre Verger and Rubem Valentim", an exhibition that contemplates the production of two great names in national art.
Curated by Celso Fioravante, the exhibition is composed of 12 photographs of the Parisian resident in Salvador Pierre Verger (1902-1996), made in the 40s and 50s; and 14 works by nomadic soteropolitan Rubem Valentim (1922-1991), among paintings, reliefs and collages produced in the 60s, 70s and 80s.






![Claudia Alarcón & Silät, Oyhil ta iwo lhipa — Nuestros tejidos unidos [Nossos tecidos unidos] [Our united fabrics] (detail), 2025. Courtesy of MASP](http://media.meer.com/attachments/dd97ee9e1b36d32859e66cf2dad9f28b8350ae35/store/fill/330/330/6dff01b54b188468f916f91a879dd82d8693b8cc02c1ef3efef17d2aae01/Claudia-Alarcon-and-Silat-Oyhil-ta-iwo-lhipa-Nuestros-tejidos-unidos-Nossos-tecidos-unidos-Our.jpg)
![La Chola Poblete, Sem título [Untitled], Da série Hasta la tristeza es distinta con el sol [Até a tristeza é diferente com o sol] [From the series Even sadness is different with the sun] (detail), 2025. Courtesy of MASP](http://media.meer.com/attachments/c2e2bcc5e70b3e8024ec72a4ea8092304839e64d/store/fill/330/330/3066a4602b72c3b9962b6efe3c521543d81e0d0dc431dd4968942a763f64/La-Chola-Poblete-Sem-titulo-Untitled-Da-serie-Hasta-la-tristeza-es-distinta-con-el-sol-Ate-a.jpg)
![Sandra Gamarra, El que no tiene de inga tiene de mandinga I [Quem não tem inga tem mandinga I] [Those who don't have inga have mandinga I] (detail), 2007. Courtesy of MASP](http://media.meer.com/attachments/fd8f587f45f78bee6c7685af3fd629205e087023/store/fill/330/330/37d016e482ee1b67fbce84e765502a4b9eec17f222f41a7b6f800ef3fc7c/Sandra-Gamarra-El-que-no-tiene-de-inga-tiene-de-mandinga-I-Quem-nao-tem-inga-tem-mandinga-I.jpg)
