RIO DE JANEIRO.- A Gentil Carioca is presenting Agree to Disagree, a group exhibition curated by Matheus Morani, occupying both the Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo gallery spaces.

Bringing together works by over twenty artists—Brazilian and international, from different regions and generations—the exhibition investigates the notion of difference and its relationship to the ways in which we organize ourselves in community.

In the midst of a global political landscape marked by polarization and intensifying exclusionary discourses, Agree to Disagree proposes a space for coexistence and reflection, where disagreement and diversity of perspectives are understood as fundamental principles for the construction of collective freedom.

Presented by the curator as part of an ongoing investigation, the exhibition resonates with the founding premises of A Gentil Carioca, which, since 2003, has been committed to showcasing a diverse body of artists whose experimental practices are connected to collective and social contexts.

In the encounter of these multiple artistic inquiries, the exhibition—spread across both gallery locations—invites reflection on the importance of dissent in shaping collective bodies, as well as on its transformative role in building new forms of social organization.

Curatorship: Matheus Morani

Matheus Morani is a curator, educator and researcher interested in non-hegemonic approaches to knowledge, as well as in community-oriented practices of sharing and coexistence. He has been working as a curator at Solar dos Abacaxis since 2023. Recipient of the Prince Claus Seed Awards 2024. He has collaborated with various institutions, galleries, and independent organizations, both nationally and internationally, through exhibitions, public programs, and publications, including CCBB/RJ, MAC Niterói, MAM Rio, Revista Balam, Tumbalacasa Ediciones, Galpão Bela Maré, C& América Latina, Art Encounters Foundation Timișoara, Centrul Cultural Clujean, Galeria Filomena Soares, ZSONAMACO, among others.