The financial burden-from shipping costs to export taxes-has made some Brazilian dealers hesitant to do foreign fairs in the past, but galleries are now opting to "disregard all the bureaucratic challenges and take the risk", says Fernanda Resstom, the founder of Central Galeria, based in São Paulo.
Central is making its debut in the Focus section with the first US presentation of works by the Brazilian Indigenous painter Carmézia Emiliano, who launched Masp's Indigenous Histories curatorial focus last year, a year-long series co-ordinated by Pedrosa. "I wanted to start placing our artists in international institutions, so I made the decision that I would only participate in the best fairs and that I would keep applying until we got in," Resstom says.
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