Tag: Brazil
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Lucas Arruda: ‘The only reason to call my works landscapes is cultural’
On the occasion of his first London exhibition, at David Zwirner, Lucas Arruda discusses his almost pathological pursuit of a particular theme, revealing the macro within the micro, and how his imaginary landscapes are states of mind suspended in paint
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Mira Schendel: Monotypes
Mira Schendel is regarded as one of the most significant South American artists of the 20th century, and this exhibition of her early monotypes provides a brief insight into both her experimental process and her continuous questioning of her own…
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Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection
Royal Academy of Arts, Sackler Wing, London 5 July – 28 September 2014
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That Man from Rio: Celebrating Oscar Niemeyer’s Centennial
Considered to be Brazil’s most important architect, Oscar Niemeyer (b.1907) is also a major figure in the development of modern architecture internationally. He has become a symbol for his country for many reasons: he designed the national capital, Brasília, founded…
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The Art of Nothing: Ivo Mesquita and the Bienal Internacional de Arte de São Paulo
The ‘Bienal Internacional de Arte de São Paulo’ is now one of the major international displays of contemporary art, along with two other grand showcases of modern and contemporary art; the estimable ‘Venice Biennale’, first held in 1895; and ‘Documenta’…
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The Draper Touch
The High Style of Dorothy Draper Museum of the City of New York 2 May-9 October 2006
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Experiment Experiencia: Art in Brazil 1958-2000
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, through 21 October 2001.
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