Art as Essence

Editorial #50

Inglourious bastards

Anonymous meme profiles on Instagram - such as @freeze_magazine, @jerrygogosian and @newmemeseum - risk cunning criticism at the art world, its peculiarities and its flirtation with unsustainable business models

A “Sertão Art” of experimentation and resistance

Intitled SertÃo, 36º Panorama of Brazilian Art, at MAM, raises current political issues through the work of 29 artists, mostly young people who work outside the institutional and marketing artistic circuit
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

Art Basel Miami Beach shows large scale works

Magalí Arriola is the curator responsible for Meridians sector, which will host large-scale installations, videos and performances.

Vaivém deals with Brazilian culture beyond art

Exhibition curated by Raphael Fonseca addresses the hammock under multiple perspectives in CCBB
"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
Anna Maria Maiolino

The Alphabet of an Alchemist

At 76, Anna Maria Maiolino wants to take a moment to have fun experiencig new things
Frequentes Conclusões Falsas

A painting done of debris and memories

Time seems to be hanging on the canvases of David Magila

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