Into the Hurricane

ARTE Director Brasileiros writes in the editorial of the 49th edition that “in art, the answer is an active denunciation” about the scars of centuries that the actions of the state deepen

Just picturing is no longer enough

Because Swinguerra, by Barbara Wagner and Benjamim de Burca, is a work that dialogues with the concept of “standpoint”

Far Beyond Art

Choice of Indonesian collective ruangrupa for artistic direction of Documenta reinforces the trend of proposals that goes beyond spaces such as museums and galleries
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

Art as Essence

Editorial #50
“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

Stirring structures

Questioner, André Komatsu positions his work in a powerful way on questions of the system
"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

Trans-Formation

Editorial #32
Sérgio Sister, Esticados

Sérgio Sister and his resistance weapons

The austere and rigorous works that Sister produces today keep, from the paintings and drawings of his early period, the same force.