The Biennale’s first Latin American curator discusses his ‘mission’ to prioritize the social history of the Global South 

‘The wide range of artists presented in this astonishing show was a provocation that will fuel many young curators and scholars in the coming years’

Brazilian artist Tunga has died, aged 64

Galeria Fortes Vilaca, San Paulo, Brazil

While crossing the deserts of Arizona on my way back from Canadian independent curator Bruce Ferguson's first major international, art-starred curatorial project, I recalled his acute interrogations delivered at a conference on 'Artistic and Cultural Identity in the Western Hemisphere' held in São Paulo in 199