Film
Brazil's Extreme Social Tensions on Film
The 21st edition of the Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes film festival reflected Brazil's volatile social and political climate, while avoiding the conventions of poverty porn.
Brazil
Art
The 2016 Rio Olympics Medals Embrace Sustainable Design
Athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympics will be taking home bits of recycled mirrors, car parts, and X-ray plates in their medals as part of design aimed at sustainability.
In Brief
In Response to Artist Protests, Brazil Reinstates Culture Ministry
Brazil's interim president Michel Temer will reinstate the country's Ministry of Culture next Monday following a string of protests initiated by local artists and cultural organizations.
News
Brazilian Artists Protest Interim President's Dissolution of Ministry of Culture
Vice President Michel Temer has only just assumed the interim presidency of Brazil, and already he's implementing contentious policies.
Art
Contemporary Brazilian Artists at Home with Neo-Concretists
“The house was more than a skin ... an organism as alive as our own,” Lygia Clark wrote.
Art
A Brazilian Nanny's Journey North to Find Her Family
It’s never easy leaving home, but for many northern Brazilians who seek work in the country’s wealthier south, doing so can mean never seeing their loved ones again.
In Brief
An Exhibition of Art Seized During Corruption Raids in Brazil
A Brazilian museum has opened an exhibition of art seized amid the largest corruption scandal in its country's history.
Books
A Graphic Novel Portrait of Slavery in Brazil
The history of black slavery in Brazil has largely been told from the perspective of the colonizers, not the enslaved.
Art
A Gallery Looks Back on 40 Years of Showing Art in Brazil
Global recessions and armed crackdowns on protests are undoubtedly bad for art, but the old adage that hardship and suffering fuels creativity comes to mind when looking back at Brazil in the 1970s and considering the improbable success of Galeria Luisa Strina.
News
A Brazilian Street Art Community Wracked by Tragedy
Four Brazilian graffiti artists who initiated a protest against police brutality in São Paulo last August are the subjects of a new documentary.
News
A Brazilian Street Art Community Wracked by Tragedy
Four Brazilian graffiti artists who initiated a protest against police brutality in São Paulo last August are the subjects of a new documentary.
Interview
Considering Brazil's Racial Heritage
The 18th-century Brazilian sculptor Aleijadinho was the mixed-race son of a black slave and one of his country's most legendary artists. In the gold-rich state of Minas Gerais, where millions lost their lives in the mines, tourists still pay to visit the immaculate baroque churches he embellished.