What an oblivion!

The art of memory
"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
Hudinilson em seu ateliê

The reinvented world of Hudinilson Junior to be checked in show

Dandi, dark, flaneur, any adjective does not translate who was the artist, the face of São Paulo
Color in Space and Time

A color activist

Falecido ao final de julho deste ano, o venezuelano Cruz-Diez ganha individual no Espaço Cultural Porto Seguro; mostra é a última que o artista ajudou a organizar e tem curadoria de Rodrigo Villela
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
Vista de parte da exposição que está em cartaz no SESC 24 de Maio.

A Curatorship

By Aracy Amaral A CURATORSHIP  IS NOT AN EASY TASK TO BE CONCEIVED. Especially if the number of participants is extensive, the space difficult, and...
“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

FAMA takes art brut to Itu

With the opening of Bispo do Rosário exhibition, art as worldbuilding seminar takes to itu discussions around art brut, or outsider art, and presents international artists and experts integrating the movement

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