inglorious bastards
Anonymous Instagram meme profiles - like @freeze_magazine, @jerrygogosian and @newmemeseum - risk shrewd criticism of the art world, its quirks and flirting with unsustainable business models
Bienal de São Paulo: 70 years of successes and mistakes
Created in 1951, the main artistic event in the country and one of the most important in the world completes seven decades, overcoming the times of the dictatorship and holding remarkable events - some more, some less
Casa do Pontal Museum gains a secure headquarters
After a decade of problems with floods, Casa do Pontal Museum moves its grandiose collection of popular art to its new headquarters in the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
Lygia Clark by Yve-Alain Bois
In the context of the exhibition "Lygia Clark (1920-1988) 100 years", at Pinakotheke Cultural, the arte!brasileiros publishes excerpts from essays by French curator and art historian Yve-Alain Bois, who recalls his experience with the famous Brazilian artist
From mule to plane: progress and ruin by Calderón y Piñeros
Colombian duo presents the film Volando Bajo on Videobrasil Online and raises debates about obsolete technologies, a supposed idea of progress and the ways in which the official story is told
Debate monuments: should we tear them down?
Fire at the Borba Gato statue, in São Paulo, reignites discussion about monuments, check out some points of this debate
Yona Friedman and the Right to Understand
On display at the São Paulo Resistance Memorial, the exhibition "Democracy" presents the work of the Franco-Hungarian architect, artist and sociologist, who died in 2020, with a special focus on his defense of human rights and a language accessible to all
With “Extinction is forever”, Nuno Ramos seeks a multilingual answer...
In memory of everyone who lost their lives in the pandemic, a flame was lit this week at Sesc Avenida Paulista. A small zippo lighter,...
Matarazzo City, contemporary art and neoliberalism
Based on the luxurious real estate project being built in São Paulo, the curator and researcher points to the dangerous use of contemporary art by neoliberal logic, questions the capitalist model that claims to “defend” diversity and discusses the precariousness of labor relations.
The power of empathy
Images made by Madalena Schwartz of the 1970s São Paulo trans scene reveal the photographer's complicity with people in front of her camera
