Artists of African descent in Brazilian art: presence/absence?
In a new text in his column, the critic and curator Tadeu Chiarelli focuses on the virtual absence of black artists in the hegemonic history of art in Brazil, especially from the second half of the XNUMXth century onwards.
Victor Brecheret's sculpture: between tradition and contemporaneity
On the eve of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Week of Modern Art, it is important to reflect on the figure of the Italian-Brazilian sculptor Victor Brecheret (1894-1955),...
Too bad Oswald wasn't born in Rio, right?
Interesting how, once again, the Brazilian belletrist tradition puts the visual arts and its circuit to one side, when it comes to reflecting on...
'The decolonial turn in Brazilian art': Considerations to stir up the debate
The reading of The decolonial turn in Brazilian art (Editora Mireveja), by Alessandra Simões Paiva –, brought up several questions that, although related to...
Anna Bella Geiger's work and the collapse of the self-portrait...
Reflections from direct contact with the individual exhibition "Brasil Nativo, Brasil Alienígena", which occupies the Masp and Sesc Avenida Paulista
Tarsila's drawings in Itu and the peculiar journey of...
Exhibition "Studies and Notes" will present 203 works at the Marcos Amaro Art Factory, curated by Aracy Amaral and Regina Teixeira de Barros
Notes on the Group of Five: a hint of melancholy in the...
Group of Five is a drawing that Anita Malfatti produced in the second half of 1922, a few months after the Modern Art Week. In him,...
Where graffiti screams: São Paulo in the 90th anniversary of the Plano...
Twice mayor of São Paulo, Prestes Maia was largely responsible for what the city has become; in this article, Tadeu Chiarelli draws attention to how the former mayor thought (or did not think) about art for public spaces
