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Ismael Nery, Decomposed Figure, 1927

Curatorial inconsistencies at the Venice Biennale

by Maykson Cardoso Berlin-based art researcher PhD candidate in Visual Arts at the School of Fine Arts at UFRJ Fabio Cypriano is one of the last bastions of courageous art criticism in Brazil. I read his review...

environment of resistance

Ceará inaugurates new equipment in Fortaleza and Cariri, which give national prominence in the face of the destruction of the scene by the federal government

“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
At Hallenbad Ost, works by Taring Padi, a collective that had one of its panels, exhibited at Friederichplatz, taken from documenta fifteen after criticism - explained in the text. Photo: Patricia Rousseaux

culture war

Returning to the concept of culture war, art critic Fabio Cypriano writes about the polemics of documenta fifteen
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.
Vertical, color photo. Book cover of MODERN TIMES: ART, TIME, POLITICS, by Jacques Rancière

Rancière reviews modernism

In "Modern Times – Art, Time, Politics", the author uses as references only texts by white men from Europe and the United States
Jaider Esbell

Jaider Esbell's War

In an interview, Macuxi artist, defended occupying spaces of art as they would be “one of the last refuges of an idea of ​​thought under construction”
For a breath of fury and hope – an emergency declaration

The radicality in the scenography of the shows

Exhibitions such as "For a breath of fury and hope", at MuBE, point out how important it is to create environments that enhance works on display
"Nhiromi", by Denilson Baniwa

Critique Frestas: political poetics

Frestas - Arts Triennale, at Sesc de Sorocaba, addresses the dramas of the contemporary world in a lyrical way

Alfredo Jaar: on the politics of images

In nine works, the exhibition at Sesc Pompeia presents a set of works by the Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar, his questions about photography and his interest in the politics of images