{"id":4199,"date":"2025-09-05T18:25:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T21:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.djamilaribeiro.com.br\/?p=4199"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T21:55:13","slug":"professor-djamila-ribeiro-leads-pina-ball-celebrating-120-years-of-the-pinacoteca-of-sao-paulo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.djamilaribeiro.com.br\/en\/professor-djamila-ribeiro-leads-pina-ball-celebrating-120-years-of-the-pinacoteca-of-sao-paulo\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Djamila Ribeiro Leads Pina Ball Celebrating 120 Years of the Pinacoteca of S\u00e3o Paulo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professor Djamila Ribeiro chairs the committee of the Pina Ball, a benefit gala celebrating the 120th anniversary of the Pinacoteca of S\u00e3o Paulo, to be held on September 16, 2025. With an ambitious fundraising goal of R$3.5 million, the event seeks to secure resources for the upkeep of the museum\u2019s three venues as well as for future exhibitions and public programs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With visual direction by artist Lenora de Barros<\/strong>, institutional support from Chanel<\/strong>, and performances by Paulinho da Viola<\/strong> and Amaro Freitas<\/strong>, the gala will unite culture, art, and solidarity in a night set to make history. The celebration will take place at Pina Luz<\/strong> and Pina Contempor\u00e2nea<\/strong>, two of the spaces that form Brazil\u2019s largest art museum.<\/p>\n

More than a tribute to its long-standing legacy, the Pina Ball embodies a commitment to shaping the future through artistic plurality and representation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to Mar\u00edlia Gessa<\/strong>, the museum\u2019s director of development, the funds raised will be fully invested in the institution\u2019s operations, which currently welcome over 800,000 visitors annually<\/strong> and host around 18 exhibitions each year<\/strong>. \u201cThe Pina Ball is a celebration of art and, at the same time, a concrete gesture of support for the Pinacoteca of S\u00e3o Paulo,\u201d<\/em> Gessa emphasizes.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead to the next 120 years, Djamila Ribeiro<\/strong> highlights the need for a sustained commitment to plurality. \u201cThinking about a truly democratic museum means recognizing which historical voices have been silenced and which must be amplified. Memory, in this context, is not nostalgia \u2014 it is a tool of justice,\u201d<\/em> she says.<\/p>\n

By reaffirming culture as a force for transformation, Djamila positions the Pinacoteca not only as a guardian of the past but also as a laboratory for futures \u2014 plural and inclusive<\/strong>. \u201cIt is essential to ensure curatorial diversity and to remain open to diverse artistic expressions on a permanent basis. I hope other institutions adopt this perspective of imagining possible futures,\u201d<\/em> she concludes.<\/p>\n

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Uma publica\u00e7\u00e3o compartilhada por Djamila Ribeiro (@djamilaribeiro1)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n