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Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters Damage National Treasures in Brasília

by Rhea Nayyar January 9, 2023January 19, 2023

Works by Emiliano Di Cavalcanti and Jorge Eduardo, among others, sustained damage when rioters stormed government buildings in the nation’s capital.

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Texas Show Spotlights Brazilian Art and Activism 

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford January 9, 2023January 17, 2023

An exhibition at the University of Texas at Austin offers an alternative view of the nation through the lens of contemporary artists.

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Jair Bolsonaro’s “Aesthetic Crisis” Is Coming to an End

by Sage Behr December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

The right-wing populist’s tenure has been marked by campaign aesthetics and fan art considered tacky at best.

Posted inArt

Artistic Freedom Reaches “Lowest Point” in Years, Human Rights Advocates Warn

Avatar photo by Emma Shapiro December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

Rising traditionalism, conservatism, and populism have resulted in major discrimination against women and the LGBTQIA+ artistic community.

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Artist Maxwell Alexandre Goes to War With Brazil’s Inhotim Institute

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 8, 2022December 9, 2022

The Brazilian artist asked the museum to remove his work from a show about the Black experience, calling the institution a “White man’s theater.”

Posted inMusic

Your Soundtrack to Lula’s Historic Defeat of Bolsonaro

by Sage Behr November 1, 2022November 1, 2022

From protest anthems to novelty funk beats, here are 10 emblematic songs to celebrate Lula’s historic win.

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Brazilian Artists Celebrate Lula’s Comeback as President

by Rhea Nayyar October 31, 2022November 1, 2022

“The last four years have been of orchestrated cultural destruction at the hands of the extreme right,” artist Laercio Cubas Jr. told Hyperallergic.

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The Brazilian Women Clowns Fighting Back Against Bolsonaro

by Sage Behr October 23, 2022October 24, 2022

Palhaçaria feminina, or female clowning, is uniquely situated at the crosshairs of the president’s rhetoric against women, artists, and leftists.

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Chronicles of a Financial Collapse 

Avatar photo by Meg Weeks October 20, 2022October 24, 2022

Carla Zaccagnini’s Cuentos de Cuentas recounts her personal history amid Latin America’s history of financial crises.

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In The Territory, Indigenous People Film Themselves

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel August 15, 2022August 15, 2022

As the Uru-eu-wau-wau face continued incursion by Brazilian farmers, they take an active role in this documentary about them.

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Brazilian Nights From an Animal’s Point of View

Avatar photo by Andrew Northrop August 9, 2022August 9, 2022

Playing at several film festivals this late summer, Ana Vaz’s It Is Night in America asks the viewer to take on unusual perspectives.

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An All-Female Gang Sells Black-Market Oil in Dry Ground Burning

by Ben R. Nicholson May 2, 2022May 3, 2022

A meticulous blend of fact and fiction, this film surveys the overlooked fringe of Brazilian society under President Bolsonaro.

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