Inaugurated in 2010, Galeria Cosmococa has a design signed by Arquitetos Associados. Inside it, a set of five environments developed by Hélio Oiticica and Neville D’Almeida. Built over irregular ground, the building offers a double perspective, according to the architects: from the lowest point, it is like ‘a stone-built artifact,’ but when observed from above, … Continued
Inaugurated in 2012 with a design signed by Rizoma Arquitetura, it is one of the biggest galleries at Instituto Inhotim, holding a vast panorama of the production of Tunga. The building, similar to a glass box placed inside the forest, proposes a spatial setting that avoids the white cube experience: pre-established routes, imposed narratives, artificial … Continued
Inaugurated in 2008 and designed by architect Rodrigo Cerviño Lopez (Tacoa Arquitetos), this gallery bringing together works by Adriana Varejão does not unveil what is presented inside of it. The ‘blind building,’ as Cerviño named it, is a major concrete box suspended over a reflecting pool that, in its turn, reveals and broadens the surrounding … Continued
Inaugurated in 2009 with an architectural project by Arquitetos Associados, the space was initially thought to receive the work The Murder of Crows (2008), by Janet Cardiff and Georges Bures Miller, one of the biggest sound installations ever made by the duo. Such initial purpose gave the building its first name, Galpão Cardiff & Miller. … Continued
Designed by Play Arquitetura, the gallery was inaugurated in 2012 and is part of a set of remaining structures of the early farm where Instituto Inhotim currently works. Past and present come together in the former barn that, after some interventions and adaptations, now shelters the installation Ahora Juguemos a Desaparecer II [Now Let’s Play … Continued
Inaugurated in 2014, the gallery project signed by Rizoma Arquitetura started from an adaptation of a neocolonial house existing in the early farm that is now home to Instituto Inhotim. The original wood doors and windows were replaced by glass, allowing for greater permeability between the inside and the outside spaces. The gallery keeps a … Continued
Conceived for the 16th Biennale of Sydney (2008), this video installation is presented for the first time in Brazil and occupies one of the largest exhibition spaces of Instituto Inhotim. From a Russian expression that denies one’s responsibility on something that happened (literally translated as the title of this piece), it is part of a … Continued
Panacea Phantastica (2003-2008) gathers tiles portraying 50 types of mind-altering plants from different parts of the world, as some sort of botanic catalog. Originally conceived as a multiple, with a given print run allowing for different applications, such as its own raw material – tiles. For this reason, it can be adapted to the architecture, … Continued
Inaugurated in 2009, Folly (2005-2009) was first presented in the 51st Venice Biennale (2005). From the outside, the visitor beholds a structure recalling a bandstand, with mirrored walls reflecting the surrounding foliage. The landscape design – developed in collaboration by the artist Valeska Soares and the Botanical Garden staff of Instituto Inhotim – distinguishes itself … Continued
Conceived by Play Arquitetura to shelter A origem da obra de arte [The origin of the artwork] (2002), by Marilá Dardot, the gallery was inaugurated in 2011. The installation that was part of the artist’s first solo exhibition at Museu de Arte da Pampulha (Belo Horizonte), reflects her interest in language as it invites the … Continued