Issue #54 contributorsFrom the newsroom
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Contributors to issue #54 of ARTE!Brasileiros
Editorial: In the debacle...By Patricia Rousseaux
Publishing
Read the editorial of the new edition, by Patricia Rousseaux, Editorial Director of arte!brasileiros
everything is fightBy Fabio Cypriano
Debate
In the book “What comes after the farce?”, Hal Foster analyzes the effects of Trumpism on the North American arts scene and points out forms of resistance
First the gestures, then the wordsBy Marcos Grinspum Ferraz
Interview
Benjamin Seroussi, director of Casa do Povo, talks about the reasons why the cultural center started to act directly, not only in the virtual environment, during the crisis caused by the pandemic (and by the government) and highlights the difficulties and solutions to finance the activities
Lives, a necessary tormentThe newsroom
The Virtual in the Pandemic
In times of intense virtual action by institutions and art professionals, we selected some initiatives that stood out in this context.
A vast public archive on curation in BrazilBy Marcos Grinspum Ferraz
The Virtual in the Pandemic
In more than a hundred interviews conducted virtually with curators, Raphael Fonseca presents the plurality of professionals in the country, their stories, research and the difficulties of working in a very precarious market.
The power of empathyBy Fabio Cypriano
Exhibitions
Images made by Madalena Schwartz of the 1970s São Paulo trans scene reveal the photographer's complicity with people in front of her camera
The Grace of FaithClaudinei Roberto da Silva
Exhibitions
Max Wíllà Morais elaborates a universe based on the invisible and the visible, in the ritualized rescue of his Afro-Diasporic ancestry, of his syncretic religiosity and in the organization of a world that gives new and sensual meaning to the subjects on which he works.
“It happens that we are cannibals!”, says the tropicalist pop by Glauco RodriguesBy Leonor Amarante
Exhibitions
Considered a current artist by French critic Nicolas Bourriaud, Rodrigues carnivalized the visual history of Brazil within an eclectic world, sometimes exhilarating, sometimes apocalyptic.
Infinito Vai: a unique approach to the history of Brazilian architectureBy Leonor Amarante
Exhibitions
Curated by Guilherme Wisnik and Fernando Serapião, the show is divided into six sections based on verses of songs that marked different periods of national culture.
Will robots be the artists of the future?by Miguel Groisman
report
Art made by Artificial Intelligence generates reflections on the nature of creativity, the importance of experience in creation and the ethical barriers of technological development
The (non)market of inclusionBy Giulia Garcia
report
Artists reflect on the dilemmas of including people with disabilities in the world of arts and talk about ableism and accessibility in aesthetic experiences
Matarazzo City, contemporary art and neoliberalismBy Pollyanna Quintella
Article
Based on the luxurious real estate project being built in São Paulo, the curator and researcher points to the dangerous use of contemporary art by neoliberal logic, questions the capitalist model that claims to “defend” diversity and discusses the precariousness of labor relations.
An extraordinary “ordinary” lifeThe newsroom
Tribute
About a month after the death of the British critic and curator Guy Brett, Chilean curator Alexia Tala writes about the personality and thought of one of the most important figures for the diffusion of Latin American art, especially Brazilian art, in European lands.
A centenary passing in white cloudsBy Tadeu Chiarelli
Column
A look at the friendship between Ismael Nery and Murilo Mendes, which began in 1921, demonstrates that there is still much to be studied and written about the particular development of surrealism in Brazil.
Mapping the roles of subversionBy Maria Hirszman
Books
Deops activity between the 1920s and 1950s is brought together by historian Maria Luiza Tucci Carneiro to analyze the directions of the graphic arts of resistance in Brazil
Rodrigo Naves talks about his new book, “Van Gogh: Salvation through Painting”By Gabriel San Martin
Books
The writer proposes that, more than representing the difficulties of his life, Van Gogh had as his motive the creation of compositions linked to an attempt at salvation through work, the basis of Calvinist thought.
