The last great modern architect in Brazil

After his death, arte!brasileiros recalls an interview with Paulo Mendes da Rocha in 2016, in which the architect made it clear that, more than a specialist, the architect must be a thinker of the world, attentive to human needs and desires
“Chuck Coma sofreu uma lesão cerebral por hipóxia depois que seu colega de cela o estrangulou na penitenciária federal em Lewisburg, Pensilvânia, privando seu cérebro de oxigênio. Desde então, ele tem sofrido de perda de memória, alterações extremas de humor e tremores ocasionais. No momento de sua prisão, Coma estava lutando contra um grave PTSD devido ao serviço militar no Panamá e na Guerra do Golfo. Antes das guerras, ele era um pouco encrenqueiro, mas não tinha problemas sérios com a lei. Quando ele deixou o serviço, não conseguiu segurar um emprego e começou a assaltar bancos”. Shelton, Washington. EUA. 2019. | Crédito: Peter van Agtmael/Magnum Photos. Cortesia do fotógrafo.

What happens when we unmake the world?

Works by Peter van Agtmael, Steve McQueen and Emily Jacir reflect on conflict and preclude our oblivion of war’s cruel consequences

Other voices

Learn what Lucimara Letelier, founder and director of the Vivo Museum; Renata Bittencourt, executive director of the Inhotim Institute, and Claudinei Roberto da Silva, professor and curator, say on issues surrounding cultural management

Carlos Motta points to roots of prejudice and racism in the...

New York-based Colombian artist presents traces of inquisition and slavery as key to understanding the present moment

Paiz Art Biennial focuses on cultural diversity and crises in Latin...

In an interview with arte!brasileiros, Chilean curator Alexia Tala talks about the 22nd edition of the Guatemalan Biennial, which raised debates about native peoples, their worldviews, and opinions about immigration and contemporary crises

I am reflected in my work

Grada Kilomba assumes personal positioning as a way of counteracting colonialist culture; Portuguese artist launches book and participates in exhibitions at Pinacoteca

13th Havana Biennial captures tensions voltages of the world

From fake news to migrations, from ecology to racism, from city to gender issues, cuba’s largest art event starts on april 12
Índios e Mandacaru

A dive into Ceará’s poetics

The 20th Unifor Art Show: Simultaneities - the art with the word opens at Unifor Cultural Center, in Fortaleza, with curatorial work by Denise Mattar. Read the following interview with the curator

Art as Essence

Editorial #50

The impulses of Iole de Freitas

Book launched by Cobogó and organized by Paulo Venancio Filho shows the artist’s work from the perspective of body and space