The Conversations about the Collection invite the public to deepen their understanding of Inhotim's artistic and botanical collections through meetings held in galleries, gardens, open-air works, and exhibitions.

In July, the workshops will address themes related to contemporary art, audience participation, work, memory, and sensory experience, using works by artists such as Jorge Macchi, Hélio Oiticica, Neville D'Almeida, and Paulo Nazareth as a starting point. The meetings will encourage dialogue about the processes, histories, and issues that permeate the museum's collections.

Participate in the July Conversations about the Collection.

• Inhotim 20 years: Jorge Macchi Edition ↓

  How can a swimming pool be transformed into a reading space? Based on the work Pool (2009), by Jorge Macchi, the activity proposes to reflect on the encounters between language, architecture and experience. By incorporating letters into its steps, the work shifts the conventional uses of this space and invites visitors to perceive how small changes in daily life can transform our relationship with the environments we inhabit.
  
  July 1, 8*, 15*, 22, and 29, at 10:30 AM 

  *The sessions on the 8th and 15th are led by a bilingual educator, with English mediation as needed. 

  25 vacancies
  Average duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
  Location: Jorge Macchi, Pool (2009) [A17]
  TV Rating: Free

• Brazilian Art at Inhotim: Hélio Oiticica and Neville D'Almeida Edition ↓

  The conversation focuses on the Cosmococa Gallery, featuring an installation by Hélio Oiticica in partnership with Neville D'Almeida. Through environments that articulate image, sound, projection, and participation, the discussion explores how these works expand the possibilities for interaction between art and the public, as well as reflecting on the transformations of contemporary Brazilian art and the different forms of collective experience present in the Inhotim collection.
  
  July 4, 11* and 18*, at 10:30 am 

  *The sessions on the 11th and 18th are led by a bilingual educator, with English mediation as needed.   

  25 vacancies
  Average duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
  Location: Galeria Cosmococa [G12]
  TV Rating: Free

• The Contemporary at Inhotim: Work and Labor Edition ↓

  Based on Paulo Nazareth's Obra y trabalho (2025), the activity proposes reflections on work, rest, the body, and social inequality. By transforming a space associated with physical effort into a place for pause and conviviality, the work invites the public to think about different rhythms of life and the cultural meanings of the hammock, an object linked to indigenous knowledge and distinct ways of inhabiting the world.

  July 5, 12, 19 and 26*, at 10:30 am 

  *The edition on the 26th includes sign language interpretation.  

  25 vacancies
  Average duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
  Location: Paulo Nazareth, Work and labor (2025), near Jorge Macchi, Pool (2009) [A17]
  TV Rating: Free

• Memory Route: Black Women, Art and Ancestry, with Etiene Martins ↓

  In celebration of the National Day of Afro-Latin American and Caribbean Women, this activity proposes a journey of reflection on memory, identity, and ancestry. The itinerary begins in Belo Horizonte, with visits to the statues of Lélia Gonzalez and Carolina Maria de Jesus, and continues to the Inhotim Institute, where the group will participate in a visit to the exhibition "Dupla Cura " by Dalton Paula. The program also includes a roundtable discussion with guests, promoting dialogues about art, Black thought, resistance, and the legacies of Black women, in an experience of training, exchange, and collective empowerment. Register here.

  July 25th, from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

  25 vacancies
  Duration: variable, depending on how the conversations develop.
  Location: Américo Renné Giannetti Municipal Park (Belo Horizonte) and Mata Gallery [G1]
  TV Rating: Free
  Prior registration is required.