Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints: Popular Art of the Northeast of Brazil

Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints explores how the ancient cultures of Africa blended with indigenous and colonial Portuguese traditions to form the vibrant and complex cultural mosaic of modern Brazil. Engaging photographs and works of popular art, including sculptures, paintings, prints, religious objects, toys, and booklets of poetry will surely fascinate.

The exhibition presents the complex and vibrant culture of the Northeast of Brazil and introduces the festivals, heroes, and spiritual traditions that give shape and meaning to the daily lives of the Nordestinos, common people of Brazil’s Northeast.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.