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Editorial Reflects on Art as Resistance Amid Violence, Highlights Multiple Brazilian Exhibitions

exhibition · 2026-04-23

The editorial, named after Jota Mombaça's 2019 piece, explores the theme of violence in contemporary art, highlighting Berna Reale and Cinthia Marcelle's contributions at the Brazilian Pavilion in Venice. It incorporates Cildo Meireles's perspective on the political essence of art and Frederico de Morais's insights on its rejuvenation. In May, David Lapoujade delivered a lecture titled 'The Force of Art' at Instituto Tomie Ohtake. The summary also outlines several exhibitions, including 'Barracas e fachadas do nordeste' (Jan 30-May 30), 'Greve Negra Já!' (Feb 24-Apr 26), and 'Solidão Coletiva' (Mar 3-Jul 12), among others, featuring various artists and curators, all running until June 2023.

Key facts

  • Editorial title from Jota Mombaça's 2019 work, part of performances at Casa do Povo in São Paulo.
  • Performance involved making knives displayed in 'À Nordeste' at SESC 24 de Maio, reviewed by Jamyle Rkain and criticized by Aracy Amaral.
  • David Lapoujade lectured at Instituto Tomie Ohtake in May on 'The Force of Art,' citing Nietzsche and Deleuze.
  • 'Barracas e fachadas do nordeste' at Galeria Galatea Salvador runs Jan 30-May 30, curated by Tomás Toledo and Alana Silveira.
  • 'Frestas – Trienal de Artes' at Sesc Sorocaba features 188 works, curated by Luciara Ribeiro, Naine Terena, and Khadyg Fares.
  • 'Claudia Alarcón & Silät: viver tecendo' at MASP marks the Brazilian museum debut for the Argentine artist and Wichí collective.
  • 'O que elas viram: fotolivros históricos de mulheres, 1843-1999' at IMS Paulista includes 106 books from the 10×10 Photobooks collection.
  • 'Langsdorff: A expedição fluvial 200 anos depois' revisits an 1826-1829 scientific expedition with contemporary photography.

Entities

Artists

  • Jota Mombaça
  • Musa Michelle Mattiuzzi
  • Cíntia Guedes
  • Ana Giza
  • Adrielle Rezende
  • Juão Nin
  • Paulet Lindacelva
  • Conceição Evaristo
  • Jamyle Rkain
  • Aracy Amaral
  • Berna Reale
  • Cinthia Marcelle
  • Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Cildo Meireles
  • Frederico de Morais
  • Peter Pál Pelbart
  • David Lapoujade
  • Nietzsche
  • Deleuze
  • Tomás Toledo
  • Alana Silveira
  • Montez Magno
  • Mari Ra
  • Zé di Cabeça
  • Fabio Miguez
  • Adenor Gondim
  • Luciano Feijão
  • Renato Lopes
  • Elaine Pinheiro
  • Karenn Amorim
  • Nicolas Soares
  • Ronaldo Domingues de Almeida
  • Adriana Machado
  • Paulo Bruscky
  • Luciara Ribeiro
  • Naine Terena
  • Khadyg Fares
  • Tadeu Kaingang
  • Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
  • Antônio Bispo dos Santos
  • Nêgo Bispo
  • Julio Bittencourt
  • Guilherme Wisnik
  • Daniela Thomas
  • Hannah Arendt
  • Marlene Barros
  • Betânia Pinheiro
  • Fábio Nunes
  • Júlia Martins
  • Claudia Alarcón
  • Adriano Pedrosa
  • Laura Cosendey
  • La Chola Poblete
  • Sandra Gamarra Heshiki
  • Santiago Yahuarcani
  • Colectivo Acciones de Arte
  • Damián Ortega
  • Sol Calero
  • Carolina Caycedo
  • Pablo Delano
  • Rosa Elena Curruchich
  • Manuel Herreros
  • Mateo Manaure
  • Jesús Soto
  • Deborah Paiva
  • Tadeu Chiarelli
  • Walter Benjamin
  • Iberê Camargo
  • Jasper Johns
  • Henri Matisse
  • Marie Laurencin
  • Nuno Ramos
  • Marcos Amaro
  • Russet Lederman
  • Olga Yatskevich
  • Miguel Del Castillo
  • Anna Atkins
  • Elizabeth B. Brownell
  • Eslanda Cardozo Goode Robeson
  • Annette Messager
  • Angèle Etoundi Essamba
  • Hiromix
  • Claudia Andujar
  • Maureen Bisilliat
  • Gretta Sarfaty
  • Vilma Slomp
  • Claudia Jaguaribe
  • Anna Mariani
  • Stefania Bril
  • Thalita Hamaoui
  • Ana Paula Cavalcanti Simioni
  • Rogério Medeiros
  • Catalina Bergues
  • Rafael Hayashi
  • Lázaro Roberto
  • Hélio Menezes
  • Ivald Granato
  • Maria Alice Milliet
  • Christian-Jack Heymès
  • Felipe Rezende
  • Claudio Cretti
  • Guilherme Teixeira
  • Andrea Brazil
  • Ana Avelar
  • Darks Miranda
  • Flávia Metzler
  • Ivan Cardoso
  • Yuli Yamagata
  • José Augusto Ribeiro
  • Hélio Oiticica
  • Zé do Caixão
  • Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff
  • Ludwig Riedel
  • Néster Rubtsov
  • Aimé-Adrien Taunay
  • Hercule Florence
  • Wilhelmine von Langsdorff
  • Antonio Florence
  • Francis Melvin Lee
  • Lalo de Almeida
  • Paula Sampaio
  • Miguel Chikaoka
  • João Pompeu
  • Mônica Guimarães
  • Moacir dos Anjos
  • Francisco Brennand
  • José Cláudio
  • Cao Guimarães
  • Marcelo Silveira
  • Flavia Renault
  • Paula Borghi
  • Belony Ferreira
  • Paula Ramos
  • Mestre Didi
  • Ayrson Heráclito
  • Rodrigo Moura
  • Abdias Nascimento
  • Paulo Pedro Leal
  • Jean Boghici
  • Carlos Lacerda
  • Mônica Cardim
  • Alberto Henschel
  • Juca Rosa

Institutions

  • Casa do Povo
  • SESC 24 de Maio
  • Instituto Tomie Ohtake
  • Sorbonne (Paris I)
  • Galeria Galatea Salvador
  • Nara Roesler
  • Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo (MAES)
  • Movimento Grevista Negro
  • Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
  • Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Secretaria da Cultura (Secultes)
  • Fundo de Cultura do Estado do Espirito Santo (Funcultura)
  • Política Nacional Aldir Blanc (PNAB)
  • Ministério da Cultura (MINC)
  • Midiateca Capixaba
  • Sesc Sorocaba
  • Capela João de Camargo
  • Clube 28 de Setembro
  • CAIXA Cultural São Paulo
  • Phi Projetos
  • Cinnamon
  • Governo do Brasil
  • Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Belo Horizonte (CCBB BH)
  • Ateliê Marlene Barros
  • Ponto de Cultura Coletivo ZBM
  • Universidade de Aveiro
  • MASP — Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
  • Janaina Torres Galeria
  • FAMA Museu
  • IMS - Instituto Moreira Salles
  • Biblioteca de Fotografia
  • 10×10 Photobooks
  • Getty Research Institute
  • Museo Reina Sofía
  • Rijksmuseum
  • New York Public Library
  • Paris Photo
  • Livraria da Travessa
  • Simões de Assis
  • El Espacio 23
  • Coleção Jorge M. Pérez
  • Galeria Estúdio Reverso
  • NONADA SP
  • NND|Azeco
  • DAN Galeria
  • SP-Arte
  • Casa de Cultura do Parque
  • Projeto 280X1020
  • Instituto de Cultura Contemporânea (ICCo)
  • Lei Rouanet
  • banco BV
  • Laranjinha
  • Banco Itaú
  • Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin - USP
  • Instituto Hercule Florence
  • Documenta Pantanal
  • BBM-USP
  • Centro Maria Antônia da USP
  • Império Russo
  • Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
  • Fonte
  • Carmo Johnson Projects
  • Itaú Cultural
  • Ilê Asipá
  • Pina Luz
  • Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc
  • PGHEA-MAC/USP

Locations

  • São Paulo
  • Brazil
  • Salvador
  • Bahia
  • Vitória
  • Espírito Santo
  • Sorocaba
  • Recife
  • Pernambuco
  • Olinda
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Belo Horizonte
  • Minas Gerais
  • La Puntana
  • Argentina
  • Gran Chaco
  • Paraguai
  • Nova York
  • United States
  • Los Angeles
  • Madri
  • Spain
  • Amsterdã
  • Netherlands
  • Miami
  • EUA
  • Itu
  • Porto Feliz
  • Mato Grosso
  • Grão-Pará
  • Amazônia
  • Pantanal
  • Santo Antônio da Patrulha
  • Rio Grande do Sul
  • Algarve
  • Portugal
  • Fortaleza
  • Ceará
  • Tóquio
  • Japan
  • Mumbai
  • India
  • Pequim
  • China
  • Jacarta
  • Indonesia
  • Cameroon
  • France
  • Switzerland

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