A Beautiful Horizon: The Arts of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
February 2006
Subject
Sport and Recreation;
Trade Agreement;
Art and Culture;
Heritage Conservation
Country
Brazil
Category
Catalogs and Brochures
The exhibition comprises 56 objects that unites Baroque oratórios, folk and popular art, applied arts and works by contemporary artists representing a variety of artistic expressions from the State of Minas Gerais and its capital city, Belo Horizonte, site of the IDB¿s 47th Annual Meeting of Governors in April 2006, showing the interrelationships that exist in Brazilian society. The pieces were borrowed from the Museu do Oratório, Instituto Cultural Flávio Gutierrez, Museum de Arte da Pampulha Museu Histórico Abílio Barreto, Fundação Municipal de Cultura, Casa de Guignard Museum, and private collectors from the Minas Gerais and Belo Horizonte.
