Political and social engagement has been a dominant theme at this year’s São Paulo Bienal. Claire Rigby on participating British artist John Barker, who was a member of an armed urban guerrilla group in the UK in the 1970s. By Claire Rigby As the São Paulo Bienal draws to a close this Sunday, and visitors hurry for a(…)
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Rio and graffiti artists – friends or foes?
After years of an uneasy relationship between Rio’s government and technically illegal street art, a new decree passed by Mayor Eduardo Paes has divided the city’s much-celebrated community of graffiti artists. Above, artist PXE approaches a wall in Arpoador. By Nathan Walters On a purely aesthetic level, pixação—the spiky black glyphs that pop up at dangerously(…)
The art of Mercosul, in Porto Alegre
Artists from Latin America and the world come together in Porto Alegre for a Bienal still named after Mercosul, the stalled regional integration project. Claire Rigby reports on the transformations on offer there. By Claire Rigby Moving, evocative, mysterious, provocative: not all great art supplies these sensations, but when it does, it has the power(…)
Preparing for September’s São Paulo art bonanza
By Claire Rigby There’s rarely a dull month in São Paulo as far as art is concerned. At any given moment, art lovers lucky enough to be living here or passing through have an immense calendar of world-class exhibitions to choose from. But knocking them all into a cocked hat is is the mighty Bienal,(…)
