"Brazilian art is in a state of very high creativity. It's a powerful moment," said Brazilian artist Antonio Manuel, whose first U.S. solo exhibition Antonio Manuel: I Want to Act, Not Represent! is on view through December 10 at the Americas Society gallery. (en español)

In this opening event of the Cityscapes of Rio and Bahia, Brazil symposium, a group of contemporary Brazilian writers, translators, and scholars of Brazilian literature discussed currents in literature from the city of Salvador (Bahia).

Review 83 features articles by leading scholars—including the guest editors above as well as Earl E. Fitz, Charles A. Perrone, Cecilia Rêgo, and Nelson H. Vieira—on a breadth of topics relating to literature from Rio de Janeiro and Bahia.

The Chilean violist, one of the best in the world, performed Brahms at a memorable concert in November.

The publication Antonio Manuel: I Want to Act, Not Represent! is produced in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition held at Americas Society’s Art Gallery. This catalogue features reproductions of Antonio Manuel’s artwork from the 1960s and 70s, in which he manipulates images appropriated from the mass media, explores performance and video art techniques, and reinterprets the human body itself as a vehicle for art.

See what Literature, Music, and Visual Arts programming is taking place at Americas Society this Fall.