Joseph Beuys, La Rivoluzioni Siamo Noi (1972). Foto: Cortesia Bergamin & Gomide.

Joseph Beuys and the abandonment of art

One of the most radical and influential artists of the second half of the 20th century, an inescapable reference for contemporary production, would complete 100 years in 2021; arte!brasileiros publishes text that analyzes different moments and works of the german artist’s trajectory

Art as Essence

Editorial #50
Studo para uma Cosmogonia Supercomplexa Metropolitana Expandida

The gaping reality in the work by Guerreiro do Divino Amor

Winner of the 2019 Pipa Prize, the artist has been developing the Superfictions series for about 15 years, through which he deals with profound social and symbolic issues, from media manipulation to colonialism, from social segregation to the power of the neo-Pentecostal churches, from state violence to power of marketing and market

Half a century of records

On the walls of the Espaço Cultural Porto Seguro, 400 photos composed Carlos Moreira’s retrospective
"Cantos de Esquinas", Maxwell Alexandre, 2019. Photo: Gabi Carrera.

“Pardo é Papel” or the epic grandeur of a people in...

Presented at Tomie Ohtake Institute after passing through Lyon, Porto Alegre and Rio, Maxwell Alexandre’s show portrays black people in everyday situations with a grandiose, consecrating and historic character

Artist collectives reflect the spirit of the time

Both the choice of five collectives as nominees for the Turner Prize, in 2021, and the announcement of 14 collectives as the first participants...

The affective rigor of Farnese, in its entirety

Exhibition revisits the graphic and three-dimensional work of the Minas Gerais artist, trying to understand its genesis and repositioning its importance in the history of Brazilian art

Editorial: In mourning I fight

"We are traversed by the inevitable awareness of the loss of values ​​in our society, which is collapsing", writes Patricia Rousseaux in the editorial of issue #55 of arte!brasileiros

New collaboration platforms for contemporary art seek to revise Biennials

Diana Wechsler, Argentine researcher at Conicet (National Council for Scientific and Technical Research) and director of the art and culture area at the National University of Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), has been following BIENALSUR since its inception and now in its second edition, comments on the results. this challenge

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