Photograph by Edgar Kanaykõ Xakriabá that would integrate the collective exhibition of the series "Brazilian Stories", canceled by Masp. Photo: Courtesy of the artist

Bureaucratic “crutch” for censorship at Masp is a metastasis of authoritarianism

Jotabê Medeiros writes about recent episodes at Masp that question the democratic aspect of the São Paulo museum
"Fight", by Rubens Gerchman, at the Vladimir Herzog Institute. Photo: Reproduction.

New government attack on culture hits the economy itself

Studies demonstrate the direct relationship between investment and job creation in the creative sectors
Rosaria Schifani at her husband's funeral, 1993. Credit: Letizia Battaglia.

Thinking of Letizia Battaglia

Within a month of the death of the Italian photographer, journalist Simonetta Persichetti writes about the life and work of Battaglia

Some highlights of the 59th Venice Biennale

Held this year between the 23rd of April and the 27th of November, the 59th Venice Biennale presents itself, from the outset, as a...
"To See the Earth Before the End of the World", Precious Okoyomon. Photo: Roberto Marossi / Courtesy Venice Biennale

59th Venice Biennale presents main show with few dissonances and...

The 59th Venice Biennale, which opened to the public on April 23, begins in a historic way. Not only is it the first after the postponement...
In front, "Museu do Homem do Nordeste", by Jonathas de Andrade, in the background works by Candido Portinari, Almeida Junior and Paulo Nazareth. Photo: Levi Fanan / Collection of the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo

Is art without class struggle just decoration?

For some decades, a new ethical position has emerged in artists who work with struggles of groups and communities that are not part of hegemonic systems.
anita

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,...
Cover of Internazionale magazine, with photo by Gleb Garanich.

Is there an apolitical look?

Simonetta Persichetti discusses the aestheticization of war photographs and highlights the importance of reflecting on the images we receive
Modernism

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...
Ettore Ximenez, “Syrian-Lebanese Friendship”

Guilherme de Almeida and the mystery of Parque D. Pedro: “I'm...

Since 2017, I have studied the Monumento aos Bandeiras, by Victor Brecheret, installed in 1953 at the entrance to Ibirapuera Park, in São Paulo. My interest is...