Culture editor and journalist in the Portuguese Department
As an online editor at the Portuguese department who is in charge of SWI swissinfo.ch's culture coverage, I work as reporter, editor, art & film critic, while also coordinating freelance collaborations.
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, I studied Film and Economics but made a career in journalism in several capacities (reporter, editor, international correspondent) before moving to documentary films, as developer and producer, and then to visual arts (in art publishing and as a curator). I joined SWI swissinfo.ch in 2017, where I could bring all this broad experience to the coordination of our cultural section.
Locarno Festival counters the somber mood of the world with art and comedy
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The Swiss film festival kicks off with a program reflecting the current pulse of the planet - and offers a roster of comedies celebrating art.
Worldwide curry: a Bengali artist spans East and West via Switzerland
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Since moving to Switzerland in 2018, Ishita Chakraborty has deepened the scope of her work, dissolving geographical and conceptual borders from India to Brazil.
Art Basel expands to Qatar despite the drums of war in the Middle East
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Art Basel will launch its first Qatar fair in 2026, led by the Italian curator Vincenzo de Bellis, with ambitious plans for the Middle East and North Africa region.
Two Art Brut exhibitions 40 years apart expose the state of the arts in Cuba
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Isolated in an isolated island, Cuban outcast artists have been celebrated in Lausanne's Art Brut museum, which revisited and revamped an exhibition from 1983.
American author turns Bern into a stage for murder mysteries
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Kim Hays talks about her crime series “Polizei Bern”, which explores Switzerland's dark past and taboos creeping under the peaceful capital city.
From Dada to Concrete Art: when Zurich was a modernist battleground
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A new book about the pioneers of Concretism fills a gap in the history of the most internationally influential Swiss art movement of the 20th century.
Israel, diaspora, Gaza: Swiss film festival exposes the fault lines of Jewish identity
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Michel Rappaport, director of the Yesh! Jewish Film Festival in Zurich, talks about the soul-searching within the Jewish diaspora in the aftermath of the October 7 terrorist attacks.
Unique Brazilian Modernism art exhibition takes over Swiss capital
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An unprecedented exhibition in Bern seeks to insert 20th century Brazilian art into the grand narrative of “global modernism”.
Women rule and animals roam in Ramon Zürcher’s human zoo
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Ramon Zürcher's new film arrives in Swiss cinemas, concluding the Animal Trilogy. With a unique psychological aesthetic, the director transforms spaces into emotional chessboards.
Swiss film exposes xenophobia as weapon against the working class
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Filmmaker Samir’s new documentary about Italian immigrants is a tale of xenophobia, resilience, and a call to avoid past prejudices.
The man from Shanghai: Marco Müller keeps sowing the future of cinema
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The former director of the Locarno Film Festival is fostering a new generation of Chinese filmmakers, who may soon turn China into the largest film industry in the world.
Future of Locarno Film Festival lies in discreet charm of new president
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Switzerland’s most prestigious film festival starts today, marking the debut of Maja Hoffmann as its new president. She wants to raise the festival’s profile.
Art Basel keeps its lead as art fairs go corporate and scramble for markets
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As the leading art fairs incorporate into big holdings and expand on a planetary scale, are smaller fairs being squeezed out of existence?
An Alpine carnival: Switzerland stars as a superfiction at the Venice Biennale
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The Swiss-Brazilian artist Guerreiro do Divino Amor will represent Switzerland for the 60th edition of the Venice Art Biennale.
Le Corbusier’s Punjab album sheds light on India’s modernist drive
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The publication of the Swiss architect’s sketchbooks for the creation of the city of Chandigarh in the 1950s is a snapshot of the moment when India finally felt free to shape its own future.
She yodelled her way into jazz, now she wants to reclaim Switzerland
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Gabriela Martina learned to yodel at home before setting off to expand her singing skills abroad. But her native Switzerland still eludes the singer.
Has your continent reached its peak or is there still potential for economic growth?
Some regions of the world are on an upward trajectory with the promise of a steadily improving future. Where do you live? And in which direction is your region or continent developing?
