12 art books to read in 2023
Among biographies of important international figures, books by important Brazilian artists and theories that question the hegemonic perspectives on culture, many...
“Black Encyclopedia”: a book of many hands, minds and lives
Organized by Flávio dos Santos Gomes, Jaime Lauriano and Lilia Schwarcz, Enciclopédia Negra confronts the historiography that denies visibility to the contributions of black people; publication also unfolds in an exhibition at the Pinacoteca
Dark and fertile times
A great diversity of creative paths were adopted by artists, writers and thinkers in a period of impasses, complexity and full of unanswered questions.
Afro-Atlantic Histories brings necessary debate in a conventional way
Critical text by Fabio Cypriano reflects on the exhibition 'Afro-Atlantic Stories'
Hal Foster: Everything is Fight
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
The pulses of Iole de Freitas
Book launched by Cobogó and organized by Paulo Venancio Filho shows the artist's work from the perspective of the body and space
Where new worlds are created
Book maps studios of 27 Latin American artists, with photo essays and interviews
Cildo Meireles: the metamorphosis in the artist's work
The theme that emerges from the work of Cildo Meireles proves to be a good key to his trajectory
Rancière reviews modernism
In "Modern Times – Art, Time, Politics", the author uses as references only texts by white men from Europe and the United States
Carmela Gross
In the midst of the military dictatorship, at the 1968 Bienal de São Paulo, the artist Carmela Gross presented three works, among them “Barril”, a reference to the...
