Discovering the art of Brazil: with a broad, ambitious program and a surprising installation by the architect Jean Nouvel, the Guggenheim Museum presents a panorama of Brazilian art, from colonial to contemporary.(Brazil: Body & Soul) From: Art in America | Date: May 1, 2002| Author: Leffingwell, Edward | COPYRIGHT 2002 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The most ambitious and, by default, most comprehensive survey of Brazilian art to be hosted by a U.S. institution, "Brazil: Body & Soul," currently on view at the Guggenheim Museum, emerged from a matrix of exhibitions that originated principally in Sao Paulo in 2000 and traveled throughout Brazil. They celebrated the "rediscovery" of Brazil on the 500th anniversary of its encounter with Western culture and its colonization by the Portuguese, who occupied it, argued for its borders...