Adriano Pedrosa is a Brazilian curator. He is the artistic director of the

São Paulo Museum of Art The São Paulo Museum of Art ( pt, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, or ') is an art museum located on Paulista Avenue in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It is well known for its headquarters, a 1968 concrete and glass structure designed by Lina Bo ...

(MASP) and the 2024 Venice Biennale. Among Pedrosa's most well-known curated shows is ''Histórias'', a series of shows at MASP each examining in depth a different theme, often a community or identity. These shows have included ''Histórias da Sexualidade'' (2017), focused on histories of

sexuality Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually. This involves biological, psychological, physical, erotic, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors. Because it is a broad term, which has varied wi ...

; '' Histórias Afro-Atlânticas'' (2018), focused on the

African diaspora The African diaspora is the worldwide collection of communities descended from native Africans or people from Africa, predominantly in the Americas. The term most commonly refers to the descendants of the West and Central Africans who were ...

and legacy of the

Transatlantic slave trade The Atlantic slave trade, transatlantic slave trade, or Euro-American slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas. The slave trade regularly used the triangular trade route and i ...

; and ''Histórias Brasileiras'' (2022), focused on histories of Brazil.

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