Mateus Nunes is a curator, writer, and art critic from the Brazilian Amazon, based in São Paulo. He is an assistant curator at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP). Nunes holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Lisbon and completed postdoctoral fellowships in 18th-century art and architecture at the Universidade de São Paulo, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, and the Getty Foundation. He frequently contributes to Artforum, ArtReview, and Frieze. His work concentrates on non-hegemonic systems of organising, perceiving and understanding time and history when facing art, particularly concerning image theory.
‘Not All Travellers Walk Roads’ centres on the estuary as a curatorial image, with outstanding works fighting against the designs of their presentation
A new show at Pinacoteca de São Paulo revisits works from the last two decades which drastically intervene in the exhibition spaces and their surroundings
‘Colorista’ repositions Braga’s work, often criticised for its view of traditional and mixed-heritage groups, in a transgenerational dialogue with geometric painting
