Visual arts

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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Visual arts

The prominent jugular of a tense David

Physician Daniel Gelfman, from Marian University, USA, noticed a detail in the monumental sculpture of David that few notice: the bulging jugular vein on the right side of the neck

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Physico-chemistry

The hidden strokes of Portinari

Tests show how the artist produced his artwork and may be useful in confirming the author of a piece found in the painter’s former home

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Funding

New life for the Ipiranga Museum

With support from public and private companies, construction to restore and modernize the monumental building begins in September

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VISUAL ARTS

Rediscovered archives

Collection located in a São Paulo museum reveals that an etching served as a platform for circulating North American art in Brazil

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Landscape architecture 

A barometer in the garden

Burle Marx's deep connection to the issues of his era mobilizes researchers who discuss the importance and challenges involved in preserving his work

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Library science

Shelves of hidden treasure

Collections of rare works in Brazil demand protection and promise new discoveries

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Photography

Yanomami Expression

Claudia Andujar exhibit on daily life in the Amazon forest brings together not only photos, but drawings done by the local indigenous peoples in the 1970s

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Physico-chemistry

Hidden strokes of Portinari

Tests show how the artist produced his artwork and may be useful in confirming the painter of a piece found in his former home

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Art

New Nature Museum in Piauí

The new institution is located in an area that borders the Serra da Capivara National Park

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History

France must return African objects

Tens of thousands of African artifacts kept in French museums should be permanently returned if requested by the country of origin

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Microbiology

Bacteria hungry for works of art

Some microorganisms destroy works of art while others protect them

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Video

Analyses show how Portinari produced his work

The findings can help confirm authorship of a painting found in what used to be his home and now is the Portinari House Museum

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ART

The curious creatures of Frans Post

Exhibition in an Irish museum brings together artwork of Brazilian fauna created by the Dutch artist in the seventeenth century

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Arts

The evolution of painting according to physics

A computer algorithm has provided a numerical quantification of the changing visual characteristics in paintings over the last thousand years

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CINEMA

A Swedish filmmaker in Copacabana

Research reveals the Brazilian dimension of the work of Arne Sucksdorff, best known for documentaries about nature

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