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The Grace of Faith

Among us, an extensive cultural, ideological, legislative, religious and media apparatus was created to justify, serve and guarantee the permanence of privileges of that portion...

A vast public archive on curation in Brazil

In more than a hundred interviews conducted virtually with curators, Raphael Fonseca presents the plurality of professionals in the country, their stories, research and the difficulties of working in a very precarious market.
Horizontal photo, black and white. In the midst of the choreography, João Paulo Lima has both hands and the only knee on the floor, keeping his back aligned, on a plank over his knee. He's in profile. He uses a costume that refers to the practices of bondage and sadomasochism, with most of the skin exposed, semi-nude. This photo is a still of the show DEVOTEES, presented in the program Zona de Criação, from the Cultural Hub of Ceará PORTO DRAGÃO.

The [non] market of inclusion: ableism in the world of the arts

Artists reflect on the dilemmas of including people with disabilities (PWD) in the art world and talk about ableism and accessibility

“It happens that we are cannibals!”, says the tropicalist pop by Glauco Rodrigues

The show Acaba que Somos Canibais!, by Glauco Rodrigues (1929-2004), has a samba school atmosphere, full of colors and allegories, born under the...
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Benjamin Seroussi: first the gestures, then the words

Benjamin Seroussi, director of Casa do Povo, talks about the reasons why the São Paulo cultural center started to act directly, not only in the virtual environment, during the crisis caused by the pandemic (and by the government) and highlights the difficulties and solutions to finance the space activities

Infinito Vai: a unique approach to the history of Brazilian architecture

Infinito Vai: 90 years of Brazilian Architecture, at Sesc 24 de Maio, subverts any concept of exhibition of the genre. Scenic, without being theatrical, has...

Mapping the roles of subversion

In a curious paradox, the police files gathered by the State Department of Political and Social Order of São Paulo (Deops) in order to...

Issue #54 contributors

See who are some of the contributors to this edition of arte!brasileiros
Matarazzo City

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.
Guy Brett at Sesc Pompeia, in São Paulo, a work designed by architect Lina Bo Bardi. Photo: Alexia Tala.

Guy Brett: an extraordinary “ordinary” life

About a month after the death of the British critic and curator Guy Brett, Chilean curator Alexia Tala writes about the personality and thought of one of the most important figures for the diffusion of Latin American art, especially Brazilian art, in European lands.