ERNESTO NETO IN PARIS: ARCHITECTURE IN CROCHET
As part of the Brazil-France 2025 cultural season, Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto presents the exhibition Nosso Barco Tambor Terra (Our Boat Drum Earth) at the Nef of the Grand Palais until July 25, 2025.
Neto transforms the immersive and sensory space with a monumental installation made of crochet, bark, and spices. Designed to be walked through and inhabited, this multi-sensory environment manifests a fundamental relationship with nature and explores the continuity between our own bodies and those of the Earth through handcrafting, organic materials, and ancestral techniques of creation. The work is inspired by the profound impact of sailing and navigation of the world, which has changed the relationships between people and places across the globe.
Ernesto Neto transforms the images and symbols associated with these stories into a collective and ritualistic communion with his porous, crocheted architecture. The sculpture incorporates a wide range of instruments from around the world, with periodic activations during which the viewer is invited to enter and play the drums hidden within. By uniting cultural differences, the artist poetically evokes the possibility of universal communication through pulses and rhythms.
-
Ernesto Neto, Nosso Barco Tambor Terra (Our Boat Drum Earth), Grand Palais, Paris, 2025. Photo: Didier Plowy. (GrandPalaisRmn)
-
Ernesto Neto, Nosso Barco Tambor Terra (Our Boat Drum Earth), Grand Palais, Paris, 2025. Photo: Didier Plowy. (GrandPalaisRmn)
-
Ernesto Neto, Nosso Barco Tambor Terra (Our Boat Drum Earth), Grand Palais, Paris, 2025. Photo: Didier Plowy. (GrandPalaisRmn)
-
Ernesto Neto, Nosso Barco Tambor Terra (Our Boat Drum Earth), Grand Palais, Paris, 2025. Photo: Didier Plowy. (GrandPalaisRmn)
Around the installation, a varied program extends the experience: concerts, workshops, and tours invite young and old viewers alike to explore themes dear to the artist, ranging from music, textiles, Brazilian history, and climate issues.
May interest you
BRAZILIAN GALLERIES GROW AT U.S FAIRS, BUT EXPORTING ART REMAINS A CHALLENGE
The presence of Brazilian art galleries at major U.S. art fairs — such as Art Basel Miami Beach and Frieze New York — is both frequent and well-established. Galleries like Nara Roesler, Simões de Assis, Mendes Wood DM, and Luisa Strina have become familiar names on the circuit, maintaining a consistent presence year after year.
BRAZIL AT THE 2025 VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE: (RE)INVENTION FROM THE AMAZON
Until November 23, 2025, the Brazil Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale will present (RE)INVENTION, a project curated by Luciana Saboia, Matheus Seco, and Eder Alencar, members of the Plano Coletivo collective.
WITH AN ACRE: ALTERNATIVE ARCHITECTURES IN THE HEART OF BRAZIL’S COFFEE REGION
The final chapter of the Groundwork series follows Carla Juaçaba as she develops a museum in collaboration with the collective Flor de Café—a gesture of territorial solidarity in the face of extractivism, urbanization, and climate change.
FIVE READINGS OF MASP: BETWEEN HISTORY AND THE PRESENT
Histories of MASP, Renoir, Geometries, Arts from Africa, and Isaac Julien: Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement are part of Five Essays on MASP, a series of exhibitions based on the museum’s collection that inaugurate the new Pietro Maria Bardi Building.
