Participants selected for a study trip to the São Paulo Biennial
In Autumn 2025, the Finnish Cultural Foundation and Frame organise a study trip for contemporary art professionals to Brazil. The participants have no been chosen.
Photo: Levi Fanan / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
Frame and the Finnish Cultural Foundation will organise a study trip in September 2025 to the 36th São Paulo Biennial and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Participants for the trip were selected through an open call directed at contemporary art professionals.
The selected participants are Danai Anagnostou, Producer at Kenno Filmi and Doctoral Researcher at Aalto ELO, Karoliina Korpilahti, Executive Director of the Association of Finnish Sculptors, Anna Perälä, Exhibition Curator from WAM Turku City Art Museum, and Elham Rahmati, Artist, curator, co-founder & co-editor of NO NIIN Magazine. Altogether 51 applications were submitted for the study trip.
At the top: Danai Anagnostou (Photo: Evgenia Bourzoukou) and Karoliina Korpilahti (Photo: Jesse Laitinen). At the bottom: Anna Perälä and Elham Rahmati (Photo: Salamata Mboup).
In addition, professionals who can cover the costs of the trip themselves or through their organisation may also join the programme.
The applications were assessed by a jury consisting of Juha Huuskonen, CEO of Frame, Johanna Ruohonen, Development Director at the Finnish Cultural Foundation, and Anni Venäläinen, Frame’s Board member and Museum Director. In the assessment, the jury especially considered the benefits of the study trip for the participant’s work or for the organisation they represent.
The study trips aim to familiarize participants with the art scene in the destination countries, visit international contemporary art events, build networks, and identify potential partners. The São Paulo Biennial is the largest contemporary art exhibition in Latin America. In addition to the Biennial, the itinerary includes meetings and visits to local contemporary art organisations.
