BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors

The Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins Collection

A journey into the postwar Brazilian art scene

Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins
Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins

As founder and director 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 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.

Claudia Andujar, Marcados 1981/83
Claudia Andujar, Marcados 1981/83
View of pavilion with sculpture of Waltercio Caldas + photographs of Sigmate
View of pavilion with sculpture of Waltercio Caldas + photographs of Sigmate
Site specific installation by Cristina Iglesias, Habitación Vegetal XIX, 2019 at The Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins Collection. Photo: Jessica Mangaba
Site specific installation by Cristina Iglesias, Habitación Vegetal XIX, 2019 at The Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins Collection. Photo: Jessica Mangaba

Selected works of art are installed inside an elegant 1960s-era building, which serves as the residence of the lawyer and her 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.

View of collection exhibition of Pop Artists from the 60s and 70s - Wesley Duke Lee,Antonio Dias, Marcello Nitsche, Escosteguy and Rubens Gerchmann
View of collection exhibition of Pop Artists from the 60s and 70s - Wesley Duke Lee,Antonio Dias, Marcello Nitsche, Escosteguy and Rubens Gerchmann
Ernesto Neto 1999 + Franz Kranzberg 60s
Ernesto Neto 1999 + Franz Kranzberg 60s
Pavillion and home at The Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins Collection
Pavillion and home at The Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins Collection