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'Blacks in the pool' (2014), by Paulo Nazareth. Courtesy: Mendes Wood DM

Swimming with a stroke

Released discreetly in the first half of this year (although printed in 2023), the book Negros na pool. Contemporary art, curation and education (Ed. Fósforo)...

Integration is the motto of Inhotim’s programming in 2024

A resumption of monographic projects, solo exhibitions dedicated to specific works by some artists, as well as unique, immersive works that promote compelling experiences. AND...

12 art books to read in 2023

Among biographies of important international figures, books by important Brazilian artists and theories that question the hegemonic perspectives on culture, many...

“Brazilian Stories” reveals 'colonial system' in the arts circuit

"Masp presents an exhibition that criticizes the lack of representation in the history of art, but its own centers of power are white and patriarchal; the institution still exhibits works by its president, ignoring the existence of a conflict of interests", writes Cypriano
View of the DESVAIRAR 22 exhibition

“Desvairar 22” invites the public to an exercise in historical imagination

On view at Sesc Pinheiros until January 2023, the exhibition brings together an Egyptian sarcophagus, a carnival float, works of visual art, texts, music, videos and historical documents to rethink important events of 1922
The Rio de Janeiro painter Arjan Martins, in his studio in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Pepe Schettino

Arjan Martins: “Black collecting is almost a utopian intention of target audience for me”

The recent (and growing) success of black artists in Brazil and around the world has led painter Arjan Martins, 62, to reflect. For...
rosana paulino

Ancestry, territory and science

These are some of the elements that permeate the works of Rosana Paulino, an artist who is about to celebrate 30 years of her career and is one of the guests at the 59th Venice Biennale.
Luiz Zerbini, "A Primeira Missa", 2014. Photo: Pat Kilgore.

Reappropriating to repair: the centenary of the Week of 22 from a decolonial perspective

Exhibitions, books and debates shed light on the triggering point of the Brazilian historical avant-garde from issues that did not exist for artists of the time, such as issues of race, ethnicity and gender. 
Abdias Nascimento, Raízes n.º 1, exhibited in Inhotim

Inhotim reinforces its public character

After going through difficulties, new reformulations establish the institute as one of the most important contemporary art complexes in Brazil.

MAR presents a solo show by Jarbas Lopes and the exhibition “Black Encyclopedia”

The Rio Art Museum hosts two simultaneous exhibitions, on display until September. In Gira, Lopes, whose career in art began 30 years ago...