Estação Ferroviária João Felipe, Arts center in Centro district, Fortaleza, Brazil

The Estação das Artes is a 67,000 m² cultural complex in Fortaleza's historic centre, on the site of the Professor João Felipe railway station. The single-storey building faces Praça Castro Carreira; its central block has columns on pedestals, a triangular pediment and a staircase, while the adjoining façades have round-arched windows under cornices and parapets. It houses the Pinacoteca do Ceará, opened in December 2022, and the Mercado AlimentaCE with six restaurants under the old train shed roof.

The building opened as a railway station in the 1880s and served as a major transportation hub for many decades. It was later converted into a cultural center to give the historic structure a new purpose.

The complex takes its name from the old Estação João Felipe, renamed in 1946 after the Ceará railway engineer Professor João Felipe, born in Tauá in 1861. Its Mercado AlimentaCE, managed with Instituto Mirante, holds six restaurants serving Ceará dishes, with vegan and vegetarian options, plus a shop selling local ingredients.

The complex sits on Praça Castro Carreira, known as Praça da Estação, in the historic centre, on the site of the old João Felipe station. The Pinacoteca do Ceará opened there in December 2022, and the Mercado AlimentaCE holds six restaurants, one linked to the gallery's café and another with outdoor tables facing the square. Meals are served under the roof of the former train shed.

The station was built over the old São Casimiro cemetery, demolished from 1877; remains were moved to São João Batista. Its first locomotives, brought from Leeds, England, were hauled by animal traction along portable rails from the Poço das Dragas landing. The central block was designed by engineer Henrique Foglare and built largely by workers fleeing the 1877 drought.