THREADS, TROPES, AND MASKS: THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF BRAZIL’S VISUAL ARTS IN THE TIDES OF GLOBALIZATIONThe article focuses on the historiography of Brazil’s visual arts from the 1990s onwards, when institutions in Europe and the US began to include Brazil’s art more frequently amid the growing globalization of the art system. Edge cases are highlighted to show how scholars based outside Brazil are helping to build a canon of its visual arts that contrasts and surpasses the canon outlined in national collections, exhibitions, publications, and scholarly production to face the challenges of these historiographic crossroads. Next, the challenges, actions, and achievements of researchers based in the country who have faced historiographical impasses at the crossroads of globalization are highlighted.
KEYWORDS
Historiography of Brazil’s visual arts; historiography of art in the North Atlantic; Historiography of art in Brazil; art historiography; Brazil’s visual arts