Sculptures by Dawaran Ayesha Hadhir, Rawdha Al Ketbi, Shaikha Al Ketbi at the "Manar Abu Dhabi" exhibition. Photo: Fabio Cypriano

Light is raw material for superlative exhibition in Abu Dhabi

Superlative is a condition that seems to be routine in the United Arab Emirates, but the Manar Abu Dhabi light art exhibition, opened at the end of last November, has reached a level that is truly beyond...

Quilombola Nego Bispo questioned canons of modernity

"Humanism is a companion word to the word development, whose idea is to treat human beings as beings who want to be creators, and not creatures of nature, who want to overcome nature." With one sentence...

Célia Tupinambá reconnects a 400-year-old thread

At the 60th Venice Biennale, in Italy, starting April 24th next year, Brazil will be represented by a work by...
Work present in the exhibition "Quarto Ato - O quilombismo", at the Inhotim Institute. Photo: Ícaro Moreno

Inhotim inaugurates the last act in honor of Abdias Nascimento and installation by Luana Vitra

Based on dialogues initiated between the Inhotim Institute and Ipeafro in November 2020, the...
Ana Mendieta

Sesc Pompeia presents films and photographs by artist Ana Mendieta

"Ana Mendieta: Silhueta em Fogo", on display at Sesc Pompeia, is an unprecedented exhibition in Latin America of films and photographs by the Cuban-American artist. Simultaneously,...
Possession of the superior council of cinema. Ministry of Culture

MinC launches largest public investment in culture in the country's history

It was officially launched last Wednesday, 27th, at the National Museum of the Republic, in Brasília, by the Minister of Culture, Margareth Menezes, the National Policy Aldir...
Detail of the panel by artist Marilia Scarabello, in the exhibition "O Grito!". Photo: Reproduction

The exhibition 'The Scream!' is canceled in Brasília, and curator says this opens...

Opened on 17/10, at Caixa Cultural de Brasília, the exhibition O Grito! was canceled last Monday (23). The exhibition criticized...
Detail of a work by Minas Gerais artist Sonia Gomes, present at the 35th São Paulo Biennial. Photo: Eduardo Simões

Dear Patricia or… This is what art is

In this article, Tadeu Chiarelli uses a document from the French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), who frequently wrote his criticisms as letters to the editor.
Bernardo Mosqueira, curator and artistic director of Solar dos Abacaxis. Photo: Mason Wilson

Bernardo Mosqueira talks about the new headquarters of Solar dos Abacaxis and the position of...

Bernardo Mosqueira doesn't stop. Solar dos Abacaxis, of which he is artistic director, announced the opening of the first exhibition of ...
Work by Alina Okinaka, present in the exhibition "O curso do sol", at Gomide & Co. Photo: Edouard Fraipont

Aracy Amaral participates in a chat around the exhibition 'O curso do sol', at...

Art critic and historian Aracy Amaral will participate this Thursday (19), from 19pm, in a conversation with sculptor and ceramist Megumi...
"My dreams" by Maksaens Denis. Photo: Disclosure 22nd Sesc_Videobrasil Biennial

Sesc_Videobrasil Biennial turns 40 years old, aiming for continued research and access to its collection

At the helm of Videobrasil since its first edition in 1983, Solange Farkas highlights that the exhibition has always aimed to "illuminate certain areas of...
Júlio Villani during the creation of "Paraíso", which he presents at Capela do Morumbi. Photo: Disclosure

Júlio Villani takes his 'embroidered backyard' to the Morumbi Chapel

Just over a month after opening the Museu de Tudo exhibition, at Casa de Vidro, Júlio Villani presents the public with more...
Untitled work (1977) by Siron Franco. Photo: DelRe/Stein/VivaFoto

Farol Santander de Porto Alegre highlights works by Siron Franco from the Justo Werlang collection

Do not invite Gaucho businessman Justo Werlang to give works from his collection to a group show – regardless of the eventual curatorial focus...
Heloísa Marques, Dor aqui, 2022. Photo: ©Courtesy of the artist

Textile as self-expression, struggle and care

By Adélia Borges Embroidery, crochet, knitting and all sorts of textile work were for a long time segregated, in social and artistic canons, to a femininity...
French historian Anne Lafont

“The debate tries to make noise, provoke dissonance and distinction”

Author of the books An African woman in the Louvre and The art of black worlds: History, theory, criticism, recently released in Brazil by Bazar do Tempo, French historian Anne Lafont was...

Issue #64 contributors

CLAUDINEI ROBERTO DA SILVA is a professor, curator and visual artist. He coordinated, among others, the educational aspects of the Afro Brasil Museum. He is part of the Art Commission...
View of the exhibition "Ajuntamentos", by Afonso Tostes, at the Fundação Iberê Camargo. Photo: Nilton Santolin

Delicate balance

Until October 22nd, the Iberê Camargo Foundation, in Porto Alegre (RS), will host Ajuntamentos, by the Minas Gerais artist Afonso Tostes. The exposure...
Art dealer Vilma Eid at her Galeria Estação, in São Paulo. Photo: Disclosure

Vilma Eid, one of the great patrons of Brazilian popular art

Whenever Vilma's Eid birthday approached, her mother used to present her daughter with a work of art, whether it was a painting or...
Works by César Bahia, gathered in the Laje Collection, and present in the exhibition "Uma poética do Recomeço", at the Rio Art Museum (MAR). Photo: Fabio Cypriano

Laje Collection gains visibility for peripheral production

Present in at least five recent exhibitions, three of which are still on display, the Bahian Acervo da Lage is one of the most original initiatives in...
Lina Bo Bardi in the park

Lina Bo Bardi's project for MAM São Paulo gains exposure

New exhibition at MAM São Paulo presents the renovation project carried out in the early 1980s by Italian-Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi. With...
Denilson Baniwa, "The Call of the Wild - Yawareté tapuya", 2023. Photo: Pedro Agilson

Criticism and eroticism temper the exhibition 'Moqueca de husbands'

The gallery A Gentil Carioca arrived in São Paulo a year and a half ago and installed its expanded space in a charming cul-de-sac,...

Seminars arte!brasileiros wins Antônio Bento Award from ABCA

Two certainties guide these meetings: creating bridges and believing that art focuses the knowledge of subjects of their time

Stratagems to resist fascism

With 134 artists and collectives to date (new enlistments are expected throughout its duration, until January 28, 2024), the...
Sculpture Garden

New works arrive at the MAM São Paulo Sculpture Garden

An installation by Amelia Toledo, recently integrated into the collection, and temporary works by Alexandre Brandão, DetanicoLain, Frida Baranek and Raphael Escobar are the new...

Retrospectives

Read the editorial of issue #64 of arte!brasileiros, by Patricia Rousseaux
Artists hold a vigil in front of the headquarters of the Public Ministry of São Paulo due to changes in the notices of the Paulo Gustavo Law Photo: Disclosure

Impasse persists on the issue of the Paulo Gustavo Law notices in São Paulo

A meeting on the morning of this Tuesday, 26th, in São Paulo, between the Secretary of Culture, Economy and Creative Industry of São Paulo, Marília Marton,...
View of the installation "ANTENA IA MBAMBE Mimenekenu Ê lá Tempo!", by Ana Pi and Taata Kwa Nkisi Mutá Imê. Credit: Levi Fanan/Fundação Bienal de São Paulo

35th São Paulo Biennial: Ana Pi

"A dialogue in displacement and between generations": this is how Ana Pi defines the work she developed in partnership with Taata Kwa Nkisi Mutá Imê, priest...
"Lung of the mine", installation by Luana Vitra. Credit: Levi Fanan/Fundação Bienal de São Paulo

35th São Paulo Biennial: Luana Vitra

Iron is the backbone of Luana Vitra's research and magnetizes the installation she created especially for the 35th Biennial of...
The installation "Assembling the history of life", by Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro, at the 35th São Paulo Biennial. Photo: Patricia Rousseaux

35th São Paulo Biennial: Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro

The association between diverse art practices and accurate research into colonial violence perpetrated against the material and spiritual culture of origin...
Seu Jovenil holding the portrait of his uncle, Otávio Caetano, cupópia master and community partygoer, undated. Quilombo Cafundó, 35th São Paulo Biennial. Courtesy: CEDAE - Alexandre Eulálio Cultural Documentation Center, State University of Campinas

35th São Paulo Biennial: The dance of the possible

The way we perceive the reality of life in society is dialectically affected by the experiences we develop in it, by the multiplicity of relationships constructed and...
Federal deputy Celia Xakriaba celebrates the decision with elder Isabela Xokleng. Photo: Scarlett Rocha

Historic victory for indigenous peoples: STF overturns the insidious Temporal Framework thesis

The Federal Supreme Court (STF), on the afternoon of this Thursday, 21st, decided to refute, by majority, the Temporal Framework thesis as a criterion for the demarcation...
Representatives of forums, unions and artists' collectives, during a public hearing at the Legislative Assembly

MinC supports artists and reinforces that the Paulo Gustavo Law is for assistance and...

In a public hearing with dozens of artists, producers and culture managers on the afternoon of Wednesday, 20th, at the Legislative Assembly, in the capital of São Paulo,...