Guerra e Paz {War and Peace}
In 1952 the Brazilian government commissioned artist Candido Portinari to create a painting as a gift to the United Nations building in New York. From that year until 1956 Portinari worked to complete a pair of incredible and grandiose paintings entitled, respectively, Guerra and Paz or War and Peace. Each work stands 14 meters tall … Continue reading
Alberto Giacometti and Lygia Pape
Yesterday I had the chance to visit Pinacoteca and Estado Pinacoteca here in Sao Paulo. The main exhibit at Pinacoteca was 12 rooms worth of Alberto Giacometti and was a truly thorough biographically chronological show. Down the street at Estado Pinacoteca was the Lygia Pape (pronounced “pah-pé”) retrospective. Afterward we returned to Pinacoteca for a … Continue reading
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