Dalton de Paula: Dupla Cura

As part of the twenty-year celebration since Inhotim's opening to the public, the space has scheduled several exhibitions, including one dedicated to the work of Dalton de Paula. Opened on April 25th and curated by Beatriz Lemos, the exhibition, with over 100 works, explores different stages of the artist's career and features new works commissioned especially for the institution.

Using a multidisciplinary approach that includes painting, installation, photography, and video, Dalton de Paula investigates the presence and construction of the image of Black subjects in Brazilian history and the African diaspora. Drawing on references such as quilombos, “terreiros,” and Afro-Brazilian traditions, the artist reconfigures historical narratives and establishes fields of symbolic transformation in which art, memory, and spirituality intertwine.

The project, developed in collaboration with various museum departments — Nature, Green Spaces, Education, and Territory, as well as Ginga (Inhotim’s Racial Equity Committee) — extends beyond the exhibition space, incorporating interventions in the botanical garden and establishing exchanges with quilombola communities in the Brumadinho region.

The new commissioned work by Lais Myrrha, titled “Contraplano” (2026), can also be visited. It is a piece that transforms architecture into landscape and invites visitors to inhabit the space through observing the horizon, dissolving the boundaries between art and territory. Additionally, the installation “Tororoma” (2026), by Davi Jesus do Nascimento, is inspired by the banks of the São Francisco River, where matter and memory intertwine in a space that has been renamed and remodeled.

For more information, visit: https://www.inhotim.org.br