Brazil's Booming Contemporary Art Scene
12.23.2013
There is no doubt ? Brazilian art is having its moment, not only at home but also in the United States and Europe. There are reasons for the expansive territorial takeover beyond simply the country?s booming economy. For one thing, Brazil has become a hot destination for new art fueled by Brazil?s strong gallery community, events like the ArtRio art fair and the São Paulo Biennial, and world-class draws like the ever-expanding collection at Bernardo Paz?s Inhotim, the cultural center in Minas Gerais that generates a fever pitch of excitement when it unveils its new acquisitions every year or so. Then, on a broader level, Brazil is on everyone's mind due to the fact that it will host two major international athletic events in the next few years: the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics, both in Rio de Janeiro. The spotlight generated by all of these elements has served to cast one fact in sharp relief: Brazil, over the last century, been generating spectacularly rich art.
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Brasiliana exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany (2013)