Nadia Taquary Explores the Sacred and the Beautiful in Afro-Brazilian Traditions
“My work talks about the beauty of Afro-Brazilian culture, tradition, history and religion but most of all it highlights freedom in a broad perspective.”
Sonia Gomes Turns Afro-Brazilian Traditions Into Modern Sculpture
“I was born an artist, it took a long time for me to be recognized as such but the artist in me was there from the start.”
Decolonial Thoughts: Black Brazilian Women Artists on the Pandemic and Anti-Racist Uprisings
We are not creating lasting structures where the work of Black women artists can be seen, debated, criticized and offered dignified financial compensation.
Not Cancelled Brazil: The World’s Largest Online Art Fair Brings Solidarity to the Market
Not Cancelled is making history. Is this specific platform here to stay? Only time—and sales—will tell.
A Paradoxical Cluster of One Element: The Psychological Depth of Multidisciplinary Artist Antonio Helio Cabral
The artist’s intellectual inquisitiveness gives substance to an atmospheric oeuvre that includes painting, sculpture, objet trouvé, etching, monotype prose and poetry.
Money Man: Master Intaglio Engraver J. Bosco Renaud Mixes Art and Anti-Counterfeiting Technology
The level of microscopic detail achieved by Renaud places the connoisseurship of the Rio-born professional among the world’s top six engravers.
The Suddenness of Light: A Tribute to Abraham Palatnik
His oeuvre challenged the canon by creating a new narrative driven by the poetics of imagination and science, abstraction and technology.
Re-Deco: Rio’s Christ the Redeemer Monument to Undergo Massive Renovation
During Easter, the Christ The Redeemer statue was projected with images of medics, to pay tribute to those working amidst the COVID-19 crisis.
Brazilian photographer Simone Monte Captures Empty Streets of Rome During COVID-19 Lockdown
“I have conflicting feelings all the time but to capture its stunning historic beauty in this dreary atmosphere is an honor to me.”
All That Glitters: Myriam Glatt Turns Refuse Into Beauty With Cardboard Sculptures
“I feel happy I use discarded materials and happy also because I haven’t discarded what I learned.”
