Ela Bittencourt
Cultural Journalist at Freelance
Art & books in Artforum, Frieze, Harpers, Hyperallergic, NYRB, Nation, Village Voice. Film @ela_bittencourt. Taught essay @Columbia. [email protected].
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3 weeks ago |
theartnewspaper.com | Ela Bittencourt
The dust from construction on Avenida Paulista, São Paulo’s thoroughfare for businesses, malls and cultural centres, had not yet settled as the first visitors poured into the Museu de Arte de São Paulo’s (Masp) newly inaugurated expansion on 28 March.
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1 month ago |
flash---art.com | Ela Bittencourt
The draw of nonfiction filmmaking often lies in its indexical quality — not only its ability to capture real people, places, and events, but also to create a world that, to a great extent, feels knowable. Peng Zuqiang, however, goes against this grain. His short films and installations, though rooted in the real and often drawn from his own life or history, often feel like fluid, compact capsules taken out of broader, more open-ended narratives.
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1 month ago |
flash---art.com | Ela Bittencourt
The draw of nonfiction filmmaking often lies in its indexical quality — not only its ability to capture real people,…
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1 month ago |
hyperallergic.com | Ela Bittencourt
We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, please join us as a member. LONDON — In 2018, the New Yorker ran a review entitled “Introducing New York to the First Brazilian Modernist,” which is enticing, though misleading. Tarsila do Amaral wasn’t the first Brazilian Modernist (how would one even bestow this moniker?), but rather among the first introduced to New Yorkers, thanks to that show at the Museum of Modern Art.
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1 month ago |
hyperallergic.com | Ela Bittencourt
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On Salvador Dali, Francis Bacon and the power of irrationality — my conversation with Albert Serra https://t.co/3gMu0sd5z8
In a new interview with @Ela_Bittencourt, Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra discusses the artful pageantry and shocking gore of his bullfighting documentary AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE, winner of the Golden Shell at this year's @sansebastianfes. https://t.co/ETLMQLJUy7
RT @MissLizBerry: Who are the brilliant women poets who published their first books after the age of 40? I want to make a list to inspire m…
My latest art review for @Artforum is on the renowned German photographer Thomas Struth grappling with science, between utopia and abyss https://t.co/LUsWG2tDAj