Ana Paula Cavalcanti Simioni
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Ana Paula Cavalcanti Simioni an art sociologist and has been a full professor at the University of São Paulo since 2005. Her research focuses on the following topics: gender and art, transfers of artistic models, relationships between artistic centers and peripheries, women artists in Brazil and Latin America (19th-21st centuries). She is part of the Hermes/Matrimoines project, coordinated by the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, which is dedicated to understanding the complex central role that the digital world plays in the processes of making narratives about female heritage visible and invisible. In addition to being a professor and researcher, she is also a curator of exhibitions dedicated to Brazilian women artists.
Ana Paula will join the Paris IAS in June 2026 for a one-month writing residency as part of the Hermes project, led by Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.
Sujets de recherche
Sociology of art; women artists; women's heritage; collections; Brazilian artists.
Presence and (In)visibility: Latin American women artists in French collections
In recent decades, there has been growing optimism about a supposed greater democratization in the international art system, which would be more receptive to the presence of non-Western artists and women creators. However, several studies (notably in the field of sociology of art) have challenged this belief, showing that peripheral artists and women artists face greater difficulties in gaining recognition and acceptance. The study of the presence of Latin American women artists in the CNAP collection adds to these reflections.
In fact, the CNAP is the oldest collection in the world dedicated to “living” artists (a category that encompasses contemporary art), and brings together hundreds of works by Latin American artists in its collection, but this does not translate into visibility or recognition of their presence and works. The research is part of a larger project that seeks to understand the invisibility of female cultural production and to consider multiple strategies to make this heritage better known, notably through critical reflection on digital platforms and their potential.
Publications clés
Simioni, Ana Paula C. Des artistes latino-américains au Centre national des arts plastiques : les présences invisibles. MUSÉES. Anais Museu Paulista, 32, 2024
DOI: 10.11606/1982-02672024v32e1
Simioni, Ana Paula C. Latin American artists in modernist Paris: a difficult consecration. Anais do Museu Paulista, v. 29, p. 1-39, 2021.
DOI: 10.1590/1982-02672021v29e17
Simioni, Ana Paula C. “Le modernisme brèsilien, entre consécration et contestation”. Perspective. Revue de l´INHA, Paris, v. 2013-2, p. 325-342, 2013.
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