Tarsila do Amaral
Authenticity of Tarsila do Amaral painting shown at SP-Arte called into question
A leading Brazilian auctioneer claims that the painting, which was offered for $3.2m in a private viewing during the fair, is a forgery
Police find haul of stolen paintings, including masterworks by Tarsila do Amaral, under a bed in Rio de Janeiro
The works, including pieces by Do Amaral, Di Cavalcanti and others, were seized from the home of a man involved a bizarre scheme to swindle the widow of a famed dealer
Court-ordered auction of works from disgraced Brazilian banker's collection prompts new controversy
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
Tarsila dethrones Monet as São Paulo museum's most popular exhibition
A retrospective devoted to the Brazilian Modernist was part of a yearlong focus on female artists
Top five acquisitions of the month
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from Van Dyck’s portrait of a princess bride to a rare painting by a Brazilian Modernist
New York welcomes Tarsila—the high priestess of Brazil’s Modernist cannibals
Recent appreciation of artist challenges 'illusion that we have come to terms with variety of Modern art'