Permanent Collection: Ricardo Resende on the Vast Art Holdings of FAMA
A vast new exhibition called “Utopia” displays 160 contemporary works, precisely ten percent of the impressive art collection amassed during the last decade.
A Private Passion Made Public: João Carlos de Figueiredo Ferraz Shares His Vast Collection
Housed in a private institution that opened to the public in 2011, IFF, Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, one of Brazil’s finest collections of contemporary art.
Silence, Space and Time: Luiz Paulo Baravelli on the Ingredients of His Art Practice
Silence, space and time are crucial for the seventy-seven-year-old painter, draughtsman, sculptor, engraver, art teacher and newspaper chronicler, who dropped out of architecture, though it remains the basis of his oeuvre.
Reconfiguring the Banal: How Mano Penalva Finds Inspiration in Brazil’s Open-Air Markets
These well-designed, reimagined aesthetic experiences come embedded with new ways of viewing and understanding simple but basic products taken for granted by our hyper-consumerist society.
The Continuous Loop of Feelings: Anaisa Franco On Her Mind-Bending Interactive Sculptures
The “situations,” as she calls the interaction with her sculptures, are aimed at expanding the senses by creating new shapes, relationships and experiences.
The Optical Vibrations of Woodcutting: A New Exhibition Pays Homage to Samico
Due to the conceptual and abstract treatment of the images created by Samico, the art of Brazilian woodcutting gained a contemporary dimension.
Practicing Inclusivity Through Painting: Rising Star Luiz Escañuela on Fighting Conservatism Through Art
The compass in the art of twenty-five-year-old Luiz Escañuela, Brazil’s rising hyperrealist painter, is both social and political.
A Wild, Controversial Genius: A New Documentary Takes on the Life of Tunga
Over the course of 73 minutes, De Almeida delivers an unorthodox film, in sync with the unconventional works and eccentric performances of the provocateur.
Transformative Art: Nazareth Pacheco on Using Pain and Grief in Her Work
Since the 1980s, Pacheco’s conceptual sculptural pieces grapple with issues of the female body and her own congenital disorder
Eye-Catching and Sensual: Inside the Photographs of Vania Toledo
Talented Toledo is a cult figure, celebrated both professionally and as an icon of São Paulo’s cultural scene.
The Poetics of Sculpture: A Conversation with Artist Dudi Maia Rosa
This time, expect more sculpture, less color, less translucency but work that’s very much Dudi Maia Rosa.
One to One: A Walkthrough with Artist Jonathas de Andrade in Chicago
“I believe that the more specific the work seems to be, the bigger the chance that the public will open up to questions that are actually very universal.”
Configuring a New Reality: Sculptor Artur Lescher on his new retrospective
Pina Estação, in the Pinacoteca complex at São Paulo’s old center, has the retrospective of sculptor Artur Lescher “Suspensão” (Suspension) occupying all three rooms of the fourth floor of the […]
Looking for an Internal Sun: An interview with restless Nuno Ramos
The solo exhibition “Sol a Pino,” or blazing sun, at Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel/Galpão stages eight vigorous large-format paintings and drawings, as well as a selection of 2018 videos by […]
Tarsila the Iconic: A conversation on the legacy and oeuvre of Brazil’s most celebrated painter
Following the 2017-18 exhibition, “Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil” at The Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art, the Museu de Arte de São Paulo […]
