Art Exhibit in the São Paulo Subways
If you are ever in São Paulo and go around the city by subway, you will notice that many stations have art exhibits. Some are permanent, others change. I find this initiative rather interesting, seeing as I often take the subway and I enjoy taking a few minutes to at least quickly observe the exhibits, if I don't have much time to take a nice while looking at them.
The latest set of exhibits are a partnership between Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (read more about it here) and the São Paulo subway system- Metrô. Together, they will bring to São Paulo individual artist expos in many different stations, during the months of August and September. The art collection comes from the Centro Cultural Bando do Brasil from Rio de Janeiro and the artists' own private collection.
Check it out 
There is no additional cost to view these collections, but some of them are *inside* the subway - meaning that you have to be going somewhere and have paid your entrance fee, and others are out of the subway, meaning you have to have left the area where you board or be coming into that particular station. Either way, at the most it costs your ticket price, and nothing extra, so check it out if you can!
Here is a bit more on the artists and their respective stations!
Chácara Klabin - Green Line
Artist: Sérgio Guerini
A bit more about the exhibit: He is an artist from Santo André, a city that neighbors São Paulo, and he is going to show his watercolors. He has been in previous exhibits such as the Salão Paulista de Arte Contemporânea, and the I Bienal da Aquarela Brasileira.
Dates: August 01 to September 01
*This location can be reached from the Blue and Red lines. Check out the subway map here and here to find out your route!
Largo Treze - Purple Line
Artist: Carybé
A bit more about the exhibit: His exhibit will be serigraphs based on "O Compadre de Ogum", a chapter in the book "Pastores da Noite", by Jorge Amado.
Dates: August 02 to September 05
*This location is not connected to the other subway lines. The only way I know how to get there is by going to the Barra Funda station, and switching (for free) to the train line there, and getting off at the Santo Amaro train station, which is connected to the purple line. Subway maps can be found here and here.
Imigrantes - Green Line
Artist: Carlos Scliar
A bit more about the exhibit: This exhibit, entitled Il Guarany, will also be comprised of serigraphs inspired by the musical instruments used in the O Guarani opera, by Carlos Gomes.
Dates: August 03 to September 03
*This location can be reached from the Blue and Red lines. Check out the subway map here and here to find out your route!
Itaquera - Red Line
Artist: Siron Franco
A bit more about the exhibit: His exhibit, Dez Visões Rupestres, shows serigraphs that reflect the aestethic and spiritual reverence of its author to the primitive arts, being based on real drawings done millions of years ago in the caves of Goiás and Bahia.
Dates: August 06 to September 06
**This location can be reached from the Blue and Green lines. Check out the subway map here and here to find out your route!
Consolação - Green Line
Artist: Cláudio Erdinger
A bit more about the exhibit: His portraits will be displayed at the Passagem Literária of the Consolação Station, on the corner of Consolação and Paulista. Despite him being a photojournalists, the photos displayed show an amazing use of light and contrast, turning the moments he captured from a mere photograph into a work of art.
Dates: August 04 to September 04
**This location can be reached from the Blue and Red lines. Check out the subway map here and here to find out your route!
