#60 MARCIO BOTNER | A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo | gallerist and artist

Voices On Art - The VAN HORN Gallery Podcast | hosted by Daniela Steinfeld

This is a special episode created in collaboration with Independent New York for the OVR of the upcoming edition of the fair from May 5, 2022 on. My guest today is Marcio Botner, gallerist, artist and co-founder - together with artist collegues Ernesto Neto and Laura Lima - of A Gentil Carioca, since 2003 Rio de Janeiro based gallery which recently opened a branch in Sao Paulo. A Gentil Carioca is a unique intitiative in Brasil. Marcio talks the the special spirit of an artist founded gallery and the initial impulse that made them embark on such an enterprise. From it's beginning on the gallery initiated community projects and Marcio talks the importance of community, dedication and location. He thinks the more people from different cultures and backgrounds mix, the more ideas are exchanged and discussions stimulated, the better we will understand each other and ultimately create a better life together. Marcio gives a brief insight into the projects of the past 20 years, how the gallery developed new concepts in the past two years and how they will continue to do so. A Gentil Carioca is an influential cultural hub in Brazil, an important part of the brazilian cultural scene as well as participant in the greater global art world. Marcio talks in depth the importance of art fairs for the gallery. To him fairs are more than commercial market places, they enable people to meet and mingle, to exchange ideas and collaborate in creating new art and cultural projects together and also to bring brazilian artists abroad and new ideas back. Marcio talks the importance of continuity, independence, liberty and love for what you do to create a great gallery. He believes that art can open up our perspective on life, bring people together in different ways and ultimately change our way of living. At Independent A Gentil Carioca will present in a debut exhibition works by brazilian based artist Vinicius Gerheim. Recorded March 16, 2022, 32 min., Language english. Shownotes: https://www.agentilcarioca.com.br/en/artists/103-vinicius-gerheim/ Instagram: @agentilcarioca https://www.artbasel.com/news/year-49-interview-marcio-botner-a-gentil-carioca https://www.independenthq.com/ https://vanhornshowroom.com/viewingroom/podcast/ https://van-horn.net/ This Podcast comes to you for free. If you enjoyed it and in the light of the current war in Ukraine we kindly ask you to consider donating to a cause of your choice to support the victims of war in the Ukraine. Voices On Art and Independent New York will each make a matching donation in partnership with Ukraine. You find a link to a guide how to support Ukraine that includes several organisations that provide support to the people in the Ukraine below in the shownotes. You find the section about donations in the lower half of the text. Ukraine help https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Donations-VPN-Refugee-Aid-a-guide-to-support-Ukraine-6527106.html #voicesonart #independentnewyork #peternadin #offparadise #vanhorngallery #danielasteinfeld #podcast #stopwar #standwithukraine