"Atlantic" (2016), Arjan Martins. Photo: A Gentil Carioca.

12 art books to read in 2022

A arte!brasileiros prepared a list of 12 books released in 2021 that dialogue with the world of arts and help us to think about it critically
Vertical, color photo. Book cover of MODERN TIMES: ART, TIME, POLITICS, by Jacques Rancière

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

The Arts Law: OAB SP launches a book that brings vision...

Free, e-book aims to combat misinformation by addressing legal points of view on topics such as heritage preservation, artists' copyrights and legal incentives for the cultural industry
Horizontal, color photo. In the center, the two volumes of CRITICAL PANDEMIA. The books are standing side by side and slightly diagonally. It has black covers, the spine reads the title in gray letters. In the background, a geometric black and white print, merely illustrative.

Immersion reports in a pandemic 'now'

With the global health crisis as the guiding thread, “Critical Pandemic”, a collection published by Edições Sesc SP and N-1, brings together texts by important contemporary thinkers
LIVER TALKING, by Anna Bella Geiger

A Native and Alien Look at Anna Bella Geiger

Published by Edições Sesc SP, the book brings together an interview, critical essay, biography and images of the artist's works in a bilingual edition.
Print from a search on Microsoft's Bing exemplifies racism in search engines. The print shows a search for "babies" and shows only white children. Photo: BBC reproduction (2017).

The virus images of Giselle Beiguelman

Mateus Nunes writes to arte!brasileiros on "Image Policies: Surveillance and Resistance", new book by Giselle Beiguelman
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“Present”: a publication that arises from zeal and dialogue

Conceived by Anna Maria Maiolino and Paulo Miyada in response to the reality of social distancing, Presente brings together exchanges of correspondence between curators, artists and researchers such as Lisette Lagnado, Tania Rivera and Dalton Paula
Portraits of Benta Maria, Antonio Dutra and Manuel do Sacramento by Igi Ayedun. Photo: Courtesy Companhia das Letras and Pinacoteca de São Paulo

“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
"Americas" (2016), Arjan Martins. Photo: A Gentil Carioca.

Arjan Martins has a trajectory portrayed in a book

Launch of Editora Cobogó, a publication organized by Paulo Miyada presents an overview of the painter's career from Rio de Janeiro

Unesp Book Fair: tips on what to enjoy

The publishers Autêntica, Cobogó and Ubu list which books are great opportunities to take advantage of at the Unesp Book Fair