Daniel Buren
Voile/Toile – Toile/Voile
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24 February—12 April 2026
MAM Rio hosts the first Brazilian edition of Voile/Toile – Toile/Voile, a project by the artist Daniel Buren (b.1938, Boulogne-Billancourt). Begun in 1975, the work transforms boat sails into art supports, shifting the viewer's gaze and activating the surrounding space through movement, color, and form. Over the course of five decades, the project has been presented in cities such as Geneva, Lucerne, Miami, and Minneapolis, always in direct dialogue with the local landscape and context.
On January 22nd, the event kicks off with a performance regatta in Guanabara Bay. Eleven sailboats will depart from Marina da Glória and sail to Flamengo Beach, equipped with sails incorporating the white and colored vertical stripes created by Buren. In motion, the sails transform into living artistic interventions. After the regatta, the sails will be moved to MAM Rio, where they will become part of the exhibition derived from the regatta. Installed in self-supporting structures, the eleven sails will be arranged in the space according to the order of arrival of the regatta, following the protocol established by Buren since the first editions of the project.
