Emanoel Araujo

Courtesy of Graham Steele and Ulysses De Santi

Emanoel Araujo is a Brazilian artist. In the 90s he led the restructuring of Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, transforming the building into one of the most important museums in the country, making it eligible to receive national and international exhibitions. In 2004, he was invited by the Mayor of São Paulo city to be the Secretary of Culture and founded Afro Brasil Museum, where he is currently the Curator – Director. In 2007 he was honored by the Instituto Tomie Ohtake by the exhibition Autobiografia do Gesto, which gathered works from his 45-year long career.

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