The Rio de Janeiro site, where one million enslaved Africans disembarked, retains its Unesco World Heritage status

The carvings, which resemble expressive human faces, may be up to 2,000 years old

The gallery's fourth location across three continents has opened on the Place des Vosges in the Marais district

The project, commissioned by Audemars Piguet Contemporary, draws on the artist’s Indigenous heritage to explore collective memory

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

Titled “Choreographies of the Impossible”, the 35th edition of the world’s second-oldest biennial doesn’t dance around charged topics, it dances about them

Arts funding in Brazil is being restored under President Lula, with new projects including a transitory “museum” exploring the history of Brazil’s African diaspora

A village in Brazil that was in use for around 500 years, until the 10th century, may have been laid out on a celestial schematic

The permanent pavilion includes two of the Japanese artist’s beloved installations

President Lula’s government has joined forces with Icom in an effort to halt illegal trafficking of the country’s ancient artefacts

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

Pinacoteca de São Paulo's new building opens with a show by Haegue Yang

Attack by far-right supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro has left some works of art beyond repair

An extensive report chronicles the state of objects in the national collection following the riot in Brasília on 8 January

Leftist leader has appointed a culture minister but faces challenges from fundamentalism to funding

Martin Parr and Juergen Teller are among the artists who captured the Brazilian star's gift for friendship and personal diplomacy

The singer Gilberto Gil and the politician Juca Ferreira held the role during Lula’s previous presidency

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

As Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva prepares to return to office as Brazil’s president, the country’s arts sector eagerly awaits the reinvigoration of the ministry of culture, which Jair Bolsonaro dissolved

The Irish artist’s latest work, on show in London and Melbourne, is the culmination of a three-year project

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

After decades in a semi-insular domestic art market, Brazil's artists and dealers are at the forefront of things

As the October presidential election looms, the Bolsonaro administration is being scrutinised for its poor support of the cultural sector, while opponent Lula promises reform

Plus, the £50m Joshua Reynolds painting and Michael Heizer’s City

As the first stage of the museum’s restoration project is unveiled, coinciding with the Brazilian bicentennial of independence, its director calls for more government investment

Within the Frieze fair and beyond, dealers and artists from Brazil are making a splash

The solo presentation by Jonathas de Andrade is inspired by the educational science fairs he visited as a child

The Jorge Machado Moreira-designed architecture and urbanism building of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro has received a $240,000 grant from the Getty Foundation to support the conservation of its archive

The exhibition will be jointly curated by the artist Grada Kilomba, the art historian Manuel Borja-Villel and the curators and critics Diane Lima and Hélio Menezes