‘Minimal’ featuring Hélio Oiticica at the Pinault Collection, Bourse de Commerce, Paris, France

24 September 2025

From 8 October 2025 – 19 January 2026, the Pinault Collection presents ‘Minimal’ featuring Hélio Oiticica at the Bourse de Commerce.

The exhibition is dedicated to Minimalist art, presenting more than a hundred major works that trace the diversity of this movement since the 1960s, when a whole generation of artists initiated a radical approach to art. Characterized by an economy of means, pared-down aesthetics, and a reconsideration of the artwork’s placement in relation to the viewer. Through the minimalist movement artists across Asia, Europe, North and South America, challenged traditional methods of display. This approach invited a more direct, bodily interaction with the art, integrating the viewer and the environment into the artwork itself. While these transformations unfolded in distinct ways across different regions, they shared a common drive to expand the relationship between artwork and audience.

Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980) is widely regarded as one of Brazil’s leading artists of the twentieth century and a touchstone for much contemporary art made since the 1960s, primarily through his freewheeling, participatory works of art, performative environments, avant-garde films and abstract paintings. Even before the age of 20, Oiticica was a key member of the historic Rio de Janeiro-based Grupo Frente (1954–56), his radical play with geometric form and vibrant colors transcending the minimal lines of European constructivism and imbuing his work with an exuberant rhythm that resonated with the avant-garde music and poetry of his native Brazil.

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Image: Hélio Oiticica, Relevo Espacial (Spatial Relief), 1959-60, Polyvinyl acetate resin on plywood, 98 x 120 x 25.5 cm, 38 5/8 x 47 1/4 x 10 in © César and Claudio Oiticica. Courtesy Lisson Gallery.