The painful learning of museums
By reversing its censorship of MST works, Masp recognizes the crossroads of reality
Normal was not normal: What museums do we want after the pandemic?
It is essential to start anew, to decolonize the museum from its servile condition of the ideology of a power and of a global economy, to understand how the narratives that museums starred in, the way in which they received their audiences, as mere consumers, distorted and robbed them of the challenges of contemporaneity
Politics, culture and the museum scene in the country
Curator João Fernandes, artistic director of Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS), and museologist Marcelo Araujo, director general of the institution, talk about the work of the IMS in the context of the pandemic and about the policy for museums in Brazil
MAM-SP launches educational project in Minecraft game
An initiative by the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art combines art, education and games, with reproductions of its space and works from the collection, and offers unique experiences to players
Monarchists advance in national museology
With alliances in the Bolsonaro government, Monarchists try to interfere in the organization of national museums and protection of heritage, their latest act has generated concern among employees.
The country's largest sacred art museum, in Salvador, is closed
Museum of Sacred Art of Bahia (MAS) faces serious structural risks and its collection is threatened, warns Federal University of Bahia (UFBA).
Words in the world of things
First exhibition open at the Portuguese Language Museum, Língua Solta is curated by Moacir dos Anjos and Fabiana Moraes and brings contemporary art works into dialogue with objects, posters and other elements of everyday life.
In the direction of MAC USP, José Lira and Esther Hamburger want...
Just over two months after taking over the management of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo (MAC USP) for a...
Extremist Crusade: How Cultural Denialism Works in Museums
In actions by Ibram and Iphan, bolsonarismo invests against the most important Afro-religious collection in the country, under the custody of the Museum of the Republic, in Rio, and threatens to disrupt the entire National Museum System
National Museum Week seeks to reimagine the future of Brazilian institutions
With the theme "The future of museums: recovering and reimagining", the event brings extensive virtual programming, involving the entire country, and seeks to dialogue with technological advances to understand how they affect our way of being and being in the world.
