Fluffy trumpet tree
The Ipê-felpudo, one of the highlights of the botanical collection at Instituto Inhotim, a contemporary art museum and botanical garden.
Files: Items from the Collection
Tatare
Tataré, one of the highlights of the botanical collection at Instituto Inhotim, a contemporary art museum and botanical garden.
Abdias Nascimento and the Black Art Museum
In November 2020, Inhotim approached the Institute for Afro-Brazilian Research and Studies (Ipeafro) with a proposal to create an exhibition program based on the work of Abdias Nascimento and the Ipeafro collection. In a shared curatorial effort, a model unprecedented in Inhotim's history, the two institutions occupy the Gallery… continued...
Making the modern, building the contemporary: Rubem Valentim (2023)
SHOWCASE DOCUMENTS LETTER FROM THE BIENNIAL FOUNDATION AND MANUSCRIPT BY RUBEM VALENTIM LETTER FROM RUBEM VALENTIM TO KRAJBERG CONTACT WITH UNIVERSAL ART REFLECTIONS ON THE X CAMPINAS CONTEMPORARY ART SALON WRITING ON THE CREATION OF A COURSE IN ART HISTORY AND CRITICISM
The World is Man's Theater (2022)
SHOWCASE DOCUMENTS Race Relations in Brazil, 1950 Kingfisher, Journal of Theatrical Studies, 1958 Categories of Popular Theatre, 1971 Exercises and games for actors and non-actors who wanted to say something through theatre, 1975 Brazilian Civilization Magazine, Theatre and Brazilian Reality, 1968
Meliponary
The Meliponary is a themed garden dedicated to the conservation of stingless bees.
Abdias Birth
Abdias Nascimento was a poet, writer, playwright, curator, visual artist, university professor, Pan-Africanist, and parliamentarian. Officially nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, he had a long career dedicated to activism and the social promotion of Black people and Afro-Brazilian culture through art and education. It was under this banner that he founded pioneering projects… continued...
Displacements (2021)
Displacements is a group exhibition that reflects on the theme of "displacement," whether from physical or imagined places, from sensory or ideological perspectives. The exhibition features works by Cerith Wyn Evans, Gordon Matta-Clark, Jorge Macchi, Laura Lima, Matheus Rocha Pitta, On Kawara, Raquel Garbelotti, Rivane Neuenschwander, Rodrigo Matheus, Rubens Mano, and Sara Ramo. Permeating the… continued...
First Act: Abdias Nascimento, Tunga and the Museum of Black Art (2021)
In a joint curatorial effort with IPEAFRO – the Institute for Afro-Brazilian Research and Studies – the Inhotim Institute hosts a museum within a museum, with the exhibition Abdias Nascimento and the Museum of Black Art. This four-act exhibition occupies the Mata Gallery, Inhotim's first gallery, every six months. Act One: … continued...
Between Lands (2021)
Between Lands is a solo exhibition by artist Aleksandra Mir on display at Galeria Praça, comprising four drawings from the Mediterranean series (2007). The work questions the socio-political forces that shape national and local identities. The reflection stems from the stateless experience the artist has accumulated throughout her life, after undergoing four migrations… continued...