Art as Essence

Editorial #50
Overview of the "Língua Solta" exhibition, in the foreground "Olha Minha Lingua", by Alex dos Santos. Photo: Ciete Silverio.

Words in the world of things

The first exhibition opened at the Museum of the Portuguese Language, Língua Solta is curated by Moacir dos Anjos and Fabiana Moraes and puts contemporary works of art in dialogue with objects, posters and other elements of everyday life
Estação da Luz. Photo: Joca Duarte

Museum of the Portuguese Language is reborn in downtown São Paulo

About five years after the fire that hit its headquarters at Estação da Luz, the institution reopens in 2021 with updates to its contents, but keeping as a basis the same curatorial project that made it recognized
ruangrupa cura a documenta quinze

Kassel aims collective experiences in art

The documenta fifteen, scheduled for June 2022, has already announced 14 groups with community practices as participants in the edition; curators also passed through São Paulo and met with 40 people or groups
Frequentes Conclusões Falsas

A painting done of debris and memories

Time seems to be hanging on the canvases of David Magila
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

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
Anna Maria Maiolino, "Capítulo I", da série "Mapas Mentais", 1971. Foto: Divulgação

“Presente”: a publication that emerges from caring and dialogue

Conceived by Anna Maria Maiolino and Paulo Miyada in response to the reality of social distancing, Presente brings together exchanges of correspondence between curators, artists and researchers such as Lisette Lagnado, Tania Rivera and Dalton Paula

A detour to Chapada

LTO artistic residence, in Alto Paraíso de Goiás, seeks to create an alternative for production and reflection amid the region considered an ecological sanctuary
Sobre o Desenho no Brasil

At the tip of the pencil

Book organized by Claudio Mubarac gives an overview of design history in Brazil