Visual arts

Restoration

Bacterial ink for works of art

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

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History

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

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Music

The impacts of the gender imbalance in music

Researchers assess how inequality affects women's careers in music

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Roots of life

Hormone treatment for superovulation in cattle induces proliferation of blood vessels

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LITERATURE

Erotica in the work of Mário de Andrade

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

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COVER

Brazilian museums propose new curatorial approaches

Advances in scientific knowledge push institutions to rethink curatorial proposals

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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

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Ethnographic museums reframe collections

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

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Artistic body

Music therapy can help in cases of damage caused by stroke

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images

Images of history, history of images

The illustrations created for this edition were based on iconography that originated from the facts and key characters of the Independence of Brazil, as well as other “portrayals” of the country produced during almost seven decades of its imperial rule. “Portrayals” is in quotation marks because as has been described, these images are more like... View Article

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History

Origins of Independência ou Morte!

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

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Art

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

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Interview

Rodolfo Nogueira: Stunningly real dinosaurs

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

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Cover

The role of women

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

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Cover

Contested significance

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

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COVER

Articulated modernisms

The Centenary of the Week of Modern Art is marked by reflections about its influence on Brazilian culture

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Video

On its 100th anniversary, Modernism still raises criticism and reflection

Historian Luiz Armando Bagolin, from the Institute of Brazilian Studies at the University of São Paulo (IEB-USP), goes through highlights of literature, visual arts and thought by the Modernist movement champions

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Visual arts

A revelatory picture

Studies show that women played an active role in the history of Latin American photography, with next to no recognition

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Chemistry

The Lavoisiers, transformed

Researchers discovered important differences in the original composition of the iconic portrait of Antoine Lavoisier and his wife

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Retrospect

Between stars, politicians and artists

Mario Schenberg was a prominent theoretical physicist, congressman, and art critic

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Interview

A visionary of modernity

Aracy Amaral talks about Brazilian modernism

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Architecture

Life is construction

Biographies map the trajectory of the multifaceted Lina Bo Bardi, whose fame continues to grow in Brazil and abroad

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COVID-19

In real time

Academic initiatives are collecting personal accounts of memories and mourning experienced during the pandemic

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Visual arts

Territorial conquest

Dialogue between anthropology and the arts drives the inclusion of indigenous artists in the museological scene

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Literature

Beyond poetry

Studies illuminate the intellectual trajectory of Cecília Meireles and uncover new aspects of her work

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Plastic arts

The esthetic of rupture

The 100th anniversary of the birth of Lygia Clark is celebrated by a deeper understanding of her work

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COVER

Pandemics as allegory

Writers and artists use images of plague to portray tragic events and reflect on the human condition

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photolab

A look through the lens

Iny: o brilho dos espíritos, which captures a ritual of the Karajá people from the state of Mato Grosso, placed first in the Images Produced by Cameras category of the Science & Art Photography Prize

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Music

Noise, Brazilian style

An ongoing project seeks to map and analyze the particularities of sound art created in Brazil

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Zoology

Rescuing the watercolors

New book gathers more than 500 "lost" drawings of Brazilian fish produced during a 19th century expedition

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