This article deals with some of the main aspects concerning the interrelation among the artistic praxis and the work of art circulation and mediation circles, during the period known as Belle époque. The popping up of specific phenomena related to this field was stimulated by this scenario of deep changes, in the most different levels, which had been established in the capital city of São Paulo as a consequence of the Republic proclamation, the coffee fieldwork expansion and the industry growth. The wide circle that was then created around art, here exemplified by the exhibitions and by the exhibition spaces allowed us to learn the main constitutive elements of São Paulo's artistic field just as it ecloded.
São Paulo; Artistic Field; Material Culture; Art Market