Welcome to London Art Walk!
London Art Walk brings you the latest happenings in the art world. We offer Guided Tours into art exhibitions hosted in galleries and museums, as well as visits to artists’ studios and art fairs. Our main hubs are London and São Paulo, Brazil, where we continue to deepen our focus and expertise, although our eyes and ears remain always tuned to the global art market.
Our Art Advisory projects are central to our work, providing bespoke guidance and curatorial expertise to collectors and institutions in both London and São Paulo. We help connect emerging and established artists with discerning audiences and support the building of meaningful, culturally rich art collections.
On our Editorials page, you’ll find thoughtful reviews written by our editors about exhibitions in São Paulo and London, offering firsthand insights and reflections on the art scenes in both cities. The Articles page features diverse topics related to the art world—covering various themes and trends that complement our broader mission.
In the What’s On section, we present curated selections of upcoming art events in London and São Paulo, ensuring you stay up to date with key exhibitions, openings, and cultural happenings in these vibrant markets.
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It is neither a sculpture park nor merely a museum with a garden. Inhotim is a place where art was conceived to coexist with the landscape, built in a constant, living dialogue with it.
We have selected the year’s must-see programs, bringing together shows set to shape the country’s cultural agenda.
Fortaleza is experiencing a moment of intense activity in the visual arts, being one of the main cultural hubs of Northeast Brazil.
Just before closing for Christmas, White Cube presents an exhibition by the Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes.
From 22 November to 23 February 2026, the Lasar Segall Museum presents a new exhibition by contemporary artist Alessandra Rehder, who was born in Sao Paulo and developed her photographic practice at the SPEOS Institute in Paris
As part of the France–Brazil Season / France–Brazil Cultural Year 2025 – an initiative celebrating two centuries of diplomatic relations between the two countries – Casa Bradesco presents Re-Selvagem – Natureza Inventada, a solo exhibition by French artist Eva Jospin, curated by Marcello Dantas, on view through December 7, 2025.
Rayana Rayo is a Brazilian artist whose paintings transport viewers into her imagined fantastical worlds. Her compositions are populated by plants, flowers, and other vegetal beings that touch, enter, entwine, and mate with one another. She takes elements from landscapes and waterways, and incorporates biological and sexual motifs, such as phallic forms and orifices, to create curious hybrid creatures that appear as the fusion between plants and animals. They are animated manifestations of the unconscious - Rayo’s desires, fantasies, and personal experiences.
As each painting develops, she discovers more about herself through what she chooses to depict and how she depicts it. The work emerges through an evolutionary process driven on by her emotions, intuitions, and her state of mind in the moment of painting.
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Nov 24
Diogo Cantarelli is another collector who generously opened his collection to our group.
We focused on his collection of artists from Pernambuco and saw the very best of masters like Lula Cardoso Ayres, Vicente do Rego Monteiro, Cicero Dias, Miguel dos Santos, João Camara, Samico, and Francisco Brennand.
Cantarelli will open a museum to showcase his extensive collection. The building in Praça Marco Zero, located in the old centre of Recife, will be renovated while preserving its original architecture. I can’t wait to see it completed in a few years!!
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Nov 17
In Recife, we also visited Instituto Ricardo Brennand, a private museum inaugurated in 2002 that houses the remarkable collection of Ricardo Brennand. We had the honour of being welcomed by Patricia Brennand, one of his daughters.
We were thrilled to see the paintings of the Dutch landscaper Frans Post, who arrived in Recife in 1637 as part of the entourage of Maurício de Nassau. Post was responsible for depicting what the newly occupied colony looked like and remained in Brazil for seven years, until 1644. Fourteen of his paintings were acquired by Ricardo Brennand and are now on display at the institute.
After a short break to enjoy the very local soursop fruit, we visited the Chapel of Our Lady of Grace, whose Gothic architecture and breathtaking view look as though they have stepped straight out of a Frans Post painting.
Despite sharing the same surname, the two institutions we visited on the same day are completely different. Francisco was an artist, whereas Ricardo was a collector. The two were cousins.
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Nov 16
After four wonderful days immersed in art and culture here in Recife, our trip has officially come to an end. But there was simply too much beauty, learning and joy for us not to share.
So we hope you won’t mind lots of posts over the next few days as we look back on everything we experienced together. 🤗🤗🤗
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Nov 15
This is me: Isabela M K Galvao.
I founded London Art Walk in 2016.
It all began informally, with me taking groups of friends to exhibitions around London.
We developed into a team of curators and art historians.
After ten years based in the UK, I’m now back in my home country, Brazil.
We maintain a team in London to lead the walks.
There is also a team in São Paulo that offers guided tours.
Recently, we started taking our walkers on short art trips.
Come walk with us!
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Nov 14
And we arrived in Pernambuco ⛱️
The adventure has begun for this amusing group of friends on a girls trip designed to explore the very best of Recife. We have just four days to show them the best of art and culture here, the kind of challenge we love at London Art Walk.
Yesterday our group landed and went straight to Olinda, visiting: @museuartesacrape, @bonecosgigantesdeolinda, @catedralseolindaoficial, and @conventodeolinda , as well as the studios of artists @atelie_izadoamparo and @gilvan.samico.oficial.
We walked hills, learned some FREVO steps and started our discovery journey with tropical dishes of local fish and seafood.
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Nov 12
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