SAO PAULO.- Latitude: Platform for Brazilian Art Galleries Abroad and SP-Arte will host the first Art Weekend São Paulo from 2–4 September 2016. Art Weekend will take place the weekend before the opening of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo, and will bring together 36 art galleries for openings, talks and free events, taking advantage of São Paulo's rich cultural scene.

The weekend will include exhibitions, talks with artists and curators, roundtable discussions, as well as gallery walks throughout the city. The walks will be split into four circuits and located in Centro/Barra Funda, Itaim, Jardins, Pinheiros/Vila Madalena. Each of the circuits can be explored on foot or with a free shuttle service that will cover a pre-established route, with pick-up and drop-off locations near the participating galleries.

The participating art galleries from each neighbourhood include:

• Centro/Barra Funda: Boatos Fine Arts, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Galeria Jaqueline Martins, Sé Galeria and Galeria Vermelho

• Itaim: Andrea Rehder Arte Contemporânea, Carbono Galeria, Choque Cultural, Fólio Livraria, Galeria Luciana Brito, Galeria Lume, Galeria Marilia Razuk, Galeria Mario Cohen and Galeria Nara Roesler

• Jardins: Galeria de Arte Almeida e Dale, ArtEEdições, Baró Galeria, Galeria Bergamin & Gomide, Casa Nova Arte, Casa Triângulo, DAN Galeria, Galeria Frente, Galeria Luisa Strina, Galeria Marcelo Guarnieri, Mendes Wood DM, Paulo Kuczynski Escritório de Arte, Galeria Rabieh and Zipper Galeria

• Pinheiros/Vila Madalena: Bolsa de Arte de Porto Alegre, Blau Projects, Central Galeria, Choque Cultural, Galeria Eduardo Fernandes, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Galeria Leme, Galeria Mezanino, Galeria Millan and Galeria Raquel Arnaud

The participating galleries will feature works by 130 artists, with more than 40 free events taking place over the weekend, including:

• A conversation with Vik Muniz to coincide with his new exhibition, Handmade, an updated take on nearly 30 years of experimentation with the simultaneous perception of images and objects (Galeria Nara Roesler, Friday 2 September).

• A guided tour of Raid 8, featuring work by guest artists Takashi Kuribayashi, Raúl Díaz Reyes, Iñaki Domingo and James Master, as well as the launch of the exhibition catalogue (Galeria Raquel Arnaud, Saturday 3 September).

• A cocktail reception to coincide with the group exhibition Split, featuring light sculptures by Alê Jordan and work by muralist Daniel Melim (Choque Cultural, Sunday 4 September).