Vórtice Cultural is an independent artistic initiative with full curatorial autonomy, dedicated to the training, professional development, institutionalization, and internationalization of artists.
Founded in 2022 and led by artists Leonardo Maciel and Paulo Cibella, Vórtice promotes culture on several fronts and has already worked with more than 400 artists in around 30 exhibitions, establishing itself as a hub for launches, circulation, research, and experimentation.
The Vórtice Festival is Brazil's largest contemporary art event dedicated to desire, the body, and freedom of being in all its forms.
A Vórtice Gallery is the first Brazilian marketplace for contemporary erotic art, expanding the reach of dissident poetics and expressions.
The Vórtice Library preserves a living collection of more than 300 rare art books, encouraging research, creation, and expanding artistic references.
The Vortex Community brings together approximately 200 artists in a dynamic environment of daily exchange, strengthening creative freedom and poetic refinement.
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2025
- Dec. 28, 2025 🎉 2025 Retrospective
- Nov. 27, 2025 🏷️ 100 to 1000 at the TATO Gallery
- Oct. 12, 2025 🎓 Courses at the Museum of Sexual Diversity
- October 10, 2025 ✚ Vortex + MixBrasil Festival + Museum of Sexual Diversity
- August 20, 2025 🔦 DARK ROOM Project
- July 11, 2025 🎁 A gift to the NGO Impulse
- July 8, 2025 🥫 1,500 kg of food collected
- July 5, 2025 🧠 Prof. Yukari Fujimoto interviews us
- July 2, 2025 💕 Distinguished visit by João Silvério Trevisan
- June 25, 2025 🌈 Casa Queer interviews us
- May 31, 2025 🎨 First Brazilian marketplace for contemporary erotic art
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2024
- Dec. 20, 2024 🎉 2024 Retrospective
- Oct. 8, 2024 🔮 The Vortex bids farewell to the Vera Building
- Aug. 19, 2024 📚 Erotic bookstall at IMAGINÁRIA_photobook party
- June 3, 2024 🎤 Banco do Brasil Cultural Center interviews us
- May 31, 2024 ✨ 3rd Vórtice Festival at Veja SP
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2023
- Dec. 31, 2023 🎉 2023 Retrospective
- Nov. 29, 2023 🌱 Eucerin Project
- Nov. 21, 2023 🖼️ Vórtice Gallery at the Nano Art Hub fair
- March 3, 2023 Partnership with Gênesis Tintas
- February 7, 2023 🏆 Guia Gay Award for best LGBT exhibition of 2022
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2022
- Dec. 31, 2022 🎉 2022 Retrospective
- Nov. 23, 2022 ✊🏻 Exhibition at the Cultural Center for Diversity vandalized
- Oct. 12, 2022 📖 Vórtice Library in Veja SP
- June 22, 2022 🔥 Veja SP publishes our first exhibition
- March 31, 2022 🏠 The Vortex in the Vera Building
