At the Opera House, the official opening of the seminar “MinasMundo, Ouro Preto (2024-1924)” takes place

Researchers will debate, for three days, the transformations in Brazilian art and identity following the visit of modernists to the old Vila Rica.

Check out the schedule for the first day of the seminar “MinasMundo, Ouro Preto (2024-1924)”:

10am Official opening | Location: Opera House
Angelo Oswaldo de Araújo Santos – Mayor of Ouro Preto
Wander Melo Miranda (UFMG and Coordination of the MinasMundo project)

10:30 am – Mirages and rediscoveries of Brazil | Location: Opera House
Lilia Moritz Schwarcz (Princeton)
Angelo Oswaldo de Araújo Santos
Debate: André Botelho (UFRJ)

2pm – The modernist journey of 1924: contexts and consequences | Location: Auditorium of the Inconfidência Museum
Elide Rugai Bastos (Unicamp)
Carlos Augusto Calil
Roberto Said (UFMG)
Maurício Hoelz (UFRRJ)
Debate: Victor da Rosa (UFOP)
Coordination: Andrea Borges Leão (UFC)

5pm – Film: “The beautiful French poet Blaise Cendrars has just arrived in Brazil” (47 min) | Conversation with director Carlos Augusto Callil (USP) | Location: Auditorium of the Inconfidência Museum
Mediation: Pedro Meira Monteiro (Princeton).