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VRP Talk: Heitor dos Prazeres and Transatlantic ModernismDate: Monday February 9, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: ART 3.434, 2300 Trinity Street
LLILAS presents "Heitor dos Prazeres and Transatlantic Modernism," a talk by Lozano Long Visiting Resource Professor Maurício Barros de Castro, for the CLAVIS Permanent Seminar in Latin American Art.
One of Brazil's most important samba musicians and painters, Heitor dos Prazeres (1898–1966) was categorized by many art critics during his active period as a naive or primitive artist. In this presentation, Maurício Barros de Castro re-evaluates the artist's work from the perspective of the interconnected artistic and intellectual movements of transatlantic modernism.
About the Speaker
Maurício Barros de Castro is an Associate Professor in the Art Institute at Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ). He holds a PhD in History from the University of São Paulo (USP) and was a visiting scholar in the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of four books on Afro-Brazilian art and culture. He is visiting campus as a LLILAS Visiting Resource Professor (VRP) during the 2026 spring semester.
Register to attend by contacting [email protected].
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/llilas/events/visiting-scholar-talk-heitor-dos-prazeres-and-transatlantic-modernism
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