Visual arts

Multitalented graphic artist

Hélio de Almeida created designs and covers for books and magazines, including Pesquisa FAPESP

Indigenous film, rising in popularity in Brazil, inspires research

Demands for land and rights are among the driving factors behind the creation of audiovisual art

The experimentations of George Love

American photographer who lived in Brazil brought a new outlook on image production in the country

Even without any undergraduate courses in the country, circus research is advancing in Brazil

Study groups investigate issues such as the trajectory of women in Brazilian circuses

Putting on a show

Physicist George Sand de França divides his time between academia and the art of clowning

Mário Pedrosa highlighted the artwork of marginalized groups

The story of one of Brazil's most important critics is intertwined with the history of the twentieth century

Microscopic view

Science and art collide in microscopic images colored using nanoart

Amazement and horror in nineteenth-century Rio

Paintings by two artists who accompanied Darwin on the Beagle voyage recorded the exuberance of nature and social contrasts

Hip-hop begins to establish itself as a field of academic study

On the movement's 50^th anniversary, artistic expressions such as rap and break dance are studied by anthropology and education researchers

Research examines the activities of Italian photographers in Brazil between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Almost-forgotten professionals had a major impact on the early days of Brazilian photography

The image as a refuge

Philosopher and anthropologist Janaína Damaceno studies audiovisual materials and investigates photographic archives of the struggle against racism

Theater company highlights women scientists

YouTube web series and plays include Brazilian and foreign researchers

Maria Esther Maciel: In counterpoint to the mechanization of life

The acclaimed writer and researcher has completed a trilogy on the place of animals in contemporary society

Brazil makes progress in the fight against the trafficking of cultural goods

In 26^th place on the list of nations with the highest theft rates, the country joins the UNESCO heritage protection committee

A diverse outlook

Paulo Tavares, a winner at this year’s Venice Biennale of Architecture, divides his time between academia, art, and defending human rights

Bacterial ink for works of art

Method for 3D printing with an ink containing calcium carbonate–producing bacteria could be used in art restoration

How artists contributed to the end of slavery in Brazil

Studies examine how theater and music participated in the emancipation of enslaved people in the country

The impacts of the gender imbalance in music

Researchers assess how inequality affects women's careers in music

Roots of life

Hormone treatment for superovulation in cattle induces proliferation of blood vessels

Erotica in the work of Mário de Andrade

Aspect of the modernist's work remains taboo and rarely studied, say experts

Brazilian museums propose new curatorial approaches

Advances in scientific knowledge push institutions to rethink curatorial proposals

History museums discover treasures in technical archives

Artifacts from Candomblé places of worship and objects from everyday life are on display for the first time, offering renewed interpretations of society

Ethnographic museums reframe collections

Institutions are establishing dialogues with Indigenous peoples, identifying new meanings behind their collections

Artistic body

Music therapy can help in cases of damage caused by stroke

Images of history, history of images

Origins of Independência ou Morte!

Historian identifies French and Italian works that likely influenced the famed painting’s Brazilian author Pedro Américo

Selective memory

The director of the Paulista Museum at the beginning of the 20th century commissioned paintings to exclude depictions of popular participation in the fight for Brazil’s Independence

Rodolfo Nogueira: Stunningly real dinosaurs

How a paleoartist combines technical and scientific knowledge to recreate extinct animals with a wealth of detail

The role of women

Uncommon in the history of modern art, in Brazil some women artists gained recognition during their own lifetimes

Contested significance

New research sheds light on modernist projects in Brazil's furthest reaches