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View of “Rubem Valentim: a ordem do sensível (the order of the sensible)”, 2026. Photo: Matheus Freitas.

A Heritage Redefined: Rubem Valentim’s Afro-Brazilian Abstraction

A retrospective in Rio reveals an art that is porous and charged with symbolism

Museu de Arte Moderna

By Mateus Nunes

View of “Laercio Redondo,” 2015–16. Backdrop: Desvios (Detour) (detail), 2015. On screens: A casa de vidro (The Glass House), 1998/2008. Photo: Sergio Araujo.

Laercio Redondo

Museu de Arte Moderna

Print April 2016

View of “Damián Ortega,” 2015

Museu de Arte Moderna

Museu de Arte Moderna | Av Infante Dom Henrique 85 Parque do Flamengo

April 16, 2015 - June 14, 2015

By Nathalia Lavigne

Ione Saldanha, Ripas, 1991, acrylic on wood, 68 x 48”.

Museu de Arte Moderna

Museu de Arte Moderna | Av Infante Dom Henrique 85 Parque do Flamengo

September 3, 2013 - November 10, 2013

By Sérgio Martins

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José Pedro Croft

Museu de Arte Moderna

By Marek Bartelik

Print January 2007

Jarbas Lopes, Um quarto para José Pedro (A room for José Pedro), 2001.

Various Locations

Panorama da Arte Brasileira

Various Venues

By Adriano Pedrosa

September 1, 2001 4:11 pm

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Museu de Arte Moderna

By Adriano Pedrosa

Print Summer 2001

Museu de Arte Moderna

By Adriano Pedrosa

May 1, 2000 4:19 pm

A Heritage Redefined: Rubem Valentim’s Afro-Brazilian Abstraction

Mario Cravo Neto

Museu de Arte Moderna

By Adriano Pedrosa

Print Summer 1996

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