Cities Step Forward: How Pedestrianisation is Powering Culture in the Streets
From Barcelona to Bogotá, cities are embracing the power of pedestrianisation. By turning roads into people-first spaces, they are opening streets to culture, creativity and community life
Creatividad, Cultura e Innovación en Las Ciudades Iberoamericanas
Creatividad, Cultura e Innovación en Las Ciudades Iberoamericanas (Creativity, Culture and Innovation in Ibero-American Cities) showcases how cities in Latin America are placing culture at the heart of urban.
How São Paulo’s Spcine Circuit is transforming cultural access through public cinemas
Launched in 2016, the Spcine Circuit has become one of Brazil’s most significant public cinema networks, transforming São Paulo’s cultural infrastructure and making access to film a civic right..
Celebrating 20 years of São Paulo’s VAI programme
2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the Programa para a Valorização de Iniciativas Culturais (Valuation of Cultural Initiatives) (VAI) in São Paulo, one of Brazil’s most influential municipal cultural.
How São Paulo’s carnival is boosting its creative economy
Historically, São Paulo’s identity has centred on the image of a cosmopolitan city, characterized by industry, speed, work and progress. It is still Brazil’s most vibrant financial centre, and.
São Paulo’s journey from street art vandalism to world capital in mural painting
The Street Art Museum project was launched in 2019, and provides a framework for organising the distribution of new murals across buildings in the city. The project takes place.
Culture without boundaries: ‘Virada Cultural’ extends to the fringes of São Paulo
The Covid-19 pandemic amplified the inequity of access to cultural provision, with the closure of venues, reduced mobility around the city, and unequal access to digital platforms. The municipality.
TRENDS
Equitable Access
The City is increasingly decentralising its budgets and planning, to enable more equitable access to cultural resources, and promote a more decentralised cultural economy. Including bringing programmes and.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Nine new Modernism Reference Centres have recently opened in connection with the City’s Municipal Culture Spaces.
The Afflicted Memorial is currently in development to preserve the archeological and historical collections.
Play, learn, grow: what makes ‘Piapi’ a unique experience for young children in São Paulo
São Paulo has introduced a city-wide arts initiative to meet the needs of young children and their communities who previously had no access to cultural programmes.