Editorial: Reativar a atenção

Global art events such as the Venice Biennale, Berlin Biennale, and documenta fifteen serve to underscore the economic, social, and political divides around the world, utilizing artistic expression to mirror these upheavals. Critic Fabio Cypriano highlights their common goal of condemning violence against humanity. Kader Attia, the Berlin Biennale's creative director, calls for a vigorous re-engagement with our environment, linking disquieting visuals to writings by Frantz Fanon. Documenta fifteen, curated by the Indonesian group ruangrupa, showcases the collaborative efforts and everyday practices of 14 artist collectives from Nigeria, Cambodia, the Americas, and Indonesia, with an emphasis on coexistence and sustainability, reminiscent of Joseph Beuys's 1980s initiative 7000 Oaks, which involved planting trees in a war-ravaged city. Art must resist commodification.