Friday, May 2, 2025
Bossa Furniture, a collectible design gallery specializing in mid-century Brazilian furniture with locations in São Paulo and New York, is planning two exhibitions: Lucas Recchia: Crafting the Future and Joaquim Teneiro: Inventing a Modern Tropical Living. The focus of Tenreiro’s show is Brazil’s design heritage, presenting visitors with a custom that combines a range of artistic and craft disciplines, from painting to furniture-making. In the meantime, Crafting the Future expands on the idea of creative fluidity by taking into account Brazilian materials when crafting. When seen as a whole, the exhibitions provide a continuity of artistic ideas that are firmly rooted in Brazilian culture. With Tenreiro’s show, Bossa’s new gallery in Chelsea, Bossa Annex, which is located across the street from its current gallery on the third floor of 555 West 25th Street, opens.
Brazilian modern design is gaining a growing cult following while yet receiving little research attention, according to Bossa, and the show is coming to New York at this time. Brazil’s industrial and production constraints in the middle of the century have left inventories low worldwide and made it difficult to obtain provenance and documentation. By adopting a scientific approach to acquisition, restoration, and curation since its establishment in 2017, Bossa has discovered a greater global awareness of Brazilian modern design. Under the direction of its founder, Isabela Milagre, Bossa aims to stimulate a deep, intellectual curiosity while introducing more rigor and transparency to the Brazilian design market.
“Tenreiro’s pieces are undeniably captivating, and what compels me most about him is an often overlooked narrative: his role as a visionary interior designer, a trendsetter, a curator, and a thinker of Brazilian modernism,” points out Milagre. “Beyond crafting exquisite furniture, he shaped new ways of living—reimagining modernity through a tropical lens, and fostering environments where modern art, design, and life could coexist in profound harmony.”
With its notable sculptures that create distinctive textures and sculptural depth, the exhibition showcases Lucas Recchia’s inventive use of form and materials. Using fused colored glass sheets to create light-responsive mosaics, his Mosai line carries on this material study.
Recchia was born and raised in Florianopolis, Brazil, and completed several courses before graduating in 2021 with a degree in architecture. He started making furniture while still a student, and Firma Casa in São Paulo hosted his first solo exhibition. In the same year, Rossana Orlandi of Milan made him the first Brazilian to be represented. Since then, Recchia has worked with world-renowned fashion labels including Dior, Off-White, and Louis Vuitton as well as leading architects.
Wednesday, May 7, 5-8 p.m. — Opening Reception for Joaquim Tenreiro: Inventing a modern tropical living.
Saturday, May 10, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. — Opening for Lucas Recchia: Crafting the Future.
Thursday, May 15, 5-8 p.m. — Chelsea Design Night featuring Bossa Furniture
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