Sunday Feature | BBC 3

Brazilian Modernist Godfather

In 1922, the centenary year of Brazil’s independence, a group of artists in São Paulo organised a Modern Arts Week of music, poetry, and talks. At the time, the work was greeted with anger and derision. Today, one hundred years on, the Semana de Arte Moderna is recognised as a pivotal moment in the development of art, and in forever changing the identity of Brazil itself.