Emanoel Araújo Interview Reveals Museum Leadership and Afro-Brazilian Art Legacy
In a September 2014 interview featured in ARTE!Brasileiros, Adriano Pedrosa, the artistic director of MASP, engaged in conversation with Emanoel Araújo, the director of the Museu Afro Brasil. Araújo, who launched his career at the Museu Regional de Feira de Santana in 1967, is an alumnus of the Universidade Federal da Bahia. He held an exhibition at Galeria Bonino in 1965 and collaborated with Lina Bo Bardi on the 1963 Civilização do Nordeste exhibition. In 1981, he became the director of the Museu de Arte da Bahia, where he curated notable exhibitions. He established the Museu Afro Brasil in 2003, addressing issues of prejudice within Brazil's art scene. His 70-work exhibition at MASP ran until June 2018 and included participation in Histórias Afro-atlânticas.
Key facts
- Emanoel Araújo was interviewed by Adriano Pedrosa in 2013.
- The interview was published in ARTE!Brasileiros, edition 26, in September 2014.
- Araújo began his museum career at the Museu Regional de Feira de Santana, Bahia, inaugurated in 1967.
- He worked with Lina Bo Bardi in 1963 on the Civilização do Nordeste exhibition at MAM Bahia.
- Araújo was appointed director of the Museu de Arte da Bahia in Salvador in 1981.
- He curated the exhibition A Mão Afro-Brasileira at MAM São Paulo in 1987.
- Araújo served as director of the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo from 1992 to 2001.
- He founded the Museu Afro Brasil in São Paulo's Parque Ibirapuera in 2003.
Entities
Artists
- Emanoel Araújo
- Adriano Pedrosa
- Lina Bo Bardi
- Djanira
- Di Cavalcanti
- Roberto Pontual
- Clarival Prado Valadares
- Gumercindo da Rocha Dorea
- Susanne Wenger
- Gilberto Gil
- Caetano Veloso
- Okwui Enwezor
- Mestre Valentim
- Aleijadinho
- Francisco de Paula Brito
- José Teófilo de Jesus
- Joaquim Pinto de Oliveira (Thebas)
- Manoel Quirino
- Marieta Alves
- Estêvão Silva
- Antônio Rafael Pinto Bandeira
- Firmino Monteiro
- Lasar Segall
- Pancetti
- Candido Portinari
- Alberto da Costa e Silva
- Darcy Ribeiro
- Paulo Mendes da Rocha
- Rubem Valentim
- Bené Fonteles
- Willys de Castro
- Hélio Oiticica
- Tarsila do Amaral
- Jorge de Lima
- Christiano Júnior
- Militão, Augusto de Azevedo
- Rosângela Rennó
- Paulo Nazareth
Institutions
- MASP
- Museu Afro Brasil
- ARTE!Brasileiros
- Instituto Tomie Ohtake
- Museu Regional de Feira de Santana
- Diários Associados
- Universidade Federal da Bahia
- Galeria Bonino
- Astreia
- MAM Bahia
- Departamento de Estado (U.S.)
- Museu de Arte da Bahia
- Palácio da Vitória
- MAM São Paulo
- City University of New York (CUNY)
- Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
- Ilê Asipá
Locations
- Feira de Santana
- Bahia
- Brazil
- Santo Amaro da Purificação
- Salvador
- Rio de Janeiro
- São Paulo
- United States
- Italy
- Austria
- England
- Nigeria
- Lagos
- Dakar
- Senegal
- Osogbo
- Ife
- Ibadan
- Portugal
- Parque Ibirapuera
- Benim