The sacred artefact’s ultimate destination remains a subject of debate

Homes designed by Ruy Ohtake and Chu Ming Silveira are the co-stars in annual show coupling contemporary art with architecture and design

The São Paulo art fair’s third edition adds a new section for monumental works while staying relentlessly focused on the national scene

Now authenticated by the leading authority on do Amaral, the work’s price has gone up 275%

A leading Brazilian auctioneer claims that the painting, which was offered for $3.2m in a private viewing during the fair, is a forgery

While earlier editions saw more global participation, South America’s biggest art fair has become a regional showcase and a more inclusive reflection of Brazilian contemporary art

The fair’s 80 exhibitors include a small but significant coterie of dealers from abroad while Brazilian collectors are out in force

The 19th edition of SP-Arte features a small but optimistic set of international dealers who say navigating the country’s complicated and expensive customs rules is worth the trouble

Large-scale paintings were featured without his knowledge in an exhibition at the vast contemporary art venue

Brazil's second-biggest fair is back at full scale and in-person after two years of hybrid editions, with modern and contemporary Brazilian art, plus a solo sector curated by collector Ademar Britto

The Ipiranga Museum in São Paulo, built at the site where independence from Portugal was declared in 1822, has been closed for nearly a decade

A long-closed historic institution and a new museum have contracted committees of Indigenous advisors who will contextualise the ancient and present cultures of their tribes

The first edition of Rotas Brasileiras features artists working outside of traditional art centres like São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro

Brazil’s foremost art fair is back in its usual time and place, and collectors and gallerists have come to reconnect and do business

The objects were seized by police from places of worship at a time when the practice of religions such as Candomble and Umbanda was a crime. They will now be housed at the Museu da Republica in Rio de Janeiro and displayed with guidance from religious representatives

Marking the fair's tenth anniversary, a live event with limited ticketing for collectors continues even as Covid-19 cases climb

The Museum of Contemporary Art at the University of São Paulo claims it is owed $3.6m for conserving and storing around 1,600 works repossessed from bankrupt Banco Santos president Edemar Cid Ferreira

In light of recent social shifts, major market events "need to rethink, reinvent and rejuvenate" by including more under-represented classes of artists, director says