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Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins

A journey into the postwar Brazilian art scene

Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins
Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins

As founder and directaor of SP Arte, Fernanda Feitosa takes supporting Brazilian artists to heart. Her intensive professional engagement with the Latin American art scene has also strongly influenced Fernanda Feitosa’s private collecting. Upon entering her private property in the southern part of the city, visitors will immediately notice a figure by the Brazilian artist Tunga, which has found its home in the sculpture garden.

Selected works of art are installed inside an elegant 1960s-era building, which serves as the residence of the lawyer and Fernanda Feitosa’s husband Heitor Martins, director of the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP). However, most of the collection is housed in two modern extensions, especially designed for this purpose by the architectural office Metro Arquitetos.

Providing the cornerstones of the collection presented here are works from the postwar period, by artists such as Adriana Varejão, Mira Schendel, Regina Silveira, and Rivane Neuenschwander. An additional importance is modern Brazilian photography, and contemporary artists like Ernesto Neto and Erika Verzutti.

The Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins Collection is featured in the BMW ART GUIDE by INDEPENDENT COLLECTORS.

View of pavilion with sculpture of Waltercio Caldas + photographs of Sigmate
View of pavilion with sculpture of Waltercio Caldas + photographs of Sigmate
Pavillion and home at The Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins Collection
Pavillion and home at The Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins Collection
Ernesto Neto 1999 + Franz Kranzberg 60s
Ernesto Neto 1999 + Franz Kranzberg 60s
Claudia Andujar, Marcados 1981/83
Claudia Andujar, Marcados 1981/83

All images courtesy of the Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins Collection.