contemporary art


disneyland of woke, revisited 2

    Here is the second installment from a recent visit to Inhotim, in the interior of Minas Gerais.  (For the first installment, kindly go here.) Interestingly, when I asked if most of the hoards of youth who serve as guides and guards are from the local town of Brumadinho, […]


disneyland of woke, revisited 1

Sadly, one of the greatest Contemporary Art collections of Latin America, Inhotim in Minas Gerais, continues to slide into DEI and wokism.  On a cloudy December day I visited most of the new exhibits installed since my last visit – which were nearly universal in dwelling on victimology.  (The one […]


disneyland of art, take 3

Inhotim, a major contemporary art complex in the midst of extensive botanic gardens, is less than an hour from Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais. It is It is both far larger than the 500-acre Storm King Art Center in New York’s Hudson Valley, and much more tropically exuberant, […]


disneyland of art, takes 1-2

Inhotim, a major contemporary art complex in the midst of extensive botanic gardens, is less than an hour from Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais. Here are shots previously unpublished, from 2013-2015 when taking photographs was not yet encouraged in the galleries.  Inhotim is a wonder to behold, alone […]


disneyland of art, take 5

Inhotim, a contemporary art complex with 22 galleries and dozens of sculptures among 1 million sq. meters of botanic gardens, is world-class, alone justifying a visit to Minas Gerais.  I returned, as a birthday present, on a free Wednesday, when there are more people interacting with the art.  [please hover over […]


disneyland of art, take 4

Inhotim, a major gem in both Brazil and the contemporary art world, has Free Wednesdays.  I visited the other week, and my photography benefited from so many school children visiting on day trips from the state capital, Belo.  Photography, only recently, is now permitted inside galleries: a very welcome artistic […]