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Caroline Fucci

Cultural and Museum Studies, University of Leicester

Thesis title:

Brazilian Contemporary Art in the Global Biennial Context, 1998-2020

This project considers how different biennials have impacted the knowledge and understanding of contemporary Brazilian art. Focusing on the representation and perception of contemporary art from Brazil within key biennials such as São Paulo, Liverpool, Venice, Havana, and Istanbul, this project asks how the expansion and diversification of the biennial model have impacted knowledge and understanding of the contemporary art of formerly peripheral nations. 


Research Area

  • Cultural and Museum Studies
  • Museum and Gallery Studies

Publications

'Temporary, Yet Permanent: Archiving Periodic Exhibitions', Archivo Photofile, 2025. 

'The Third World in the Third Havana Biennial: Contemporary Art in the Global South', Plataforma de Curadoria, Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), 2021. 

'Issues of Authenticity in Modern and Contemporary Art', XII CODAIP Curitiba Conference Proceedings, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), 2018-2019. 

'The Value Gap: An Examination of its Origins and the Current Situation in Latin America', IAEL Book, FRUKT: London, 2018. 

'The Copyrights of Works of Art and the Mechanical Reproduction: The Brazilian Factual Status of Sculptures', Law Review of the Federal Judge, Rio de Janeiro, 2016-2017. 

Conferences

Dis:connected artistic belonging and recognition in global modernity, Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect, LMU Munich. Paper: 'Traversing biennials across temporalities: an account of Eleonore Koch's participation in São Paulo Biennials', 3-4 April 2025.

The Art of History Conference, University of Nottingham. Paper: 'Reporting from São Paulo, I'm from the United States: The History of Exhibitions in Andrea Fraser's Artistic Critique', 13-14 June 2024. 

Conference Ventana: Navigating Uncomfortable Contradictions: Decolonial Routes Towards Pluriversality, University of York. Paper: 'The Biennial as a Decolonial Platform? The 35th São Paulo Biennial and the Choreographies of the Impossible', 4-6 October 2023.

University of Leicester Doctoral College Researcher Conference, University of Leicester. Paper: 'The Biennial as a Platform for Knowledge about Contemporary Art and its History', April 2023.

UK Association for Art History Annual Conference, University College London (UCL). Paper: 'Brazilian Indigenous Art on a Global Stage: The Politics of the 34th São Paulo Biennial', April 2023.

Emerging Scholars Symposium: Visualizing Identity: Exploring Dimensions of the Self through Art, University of Georgia and Georgia Museum of Art. Paper: 'Tarsila do Amaral's A Negra: The Portrait of the Black Woman and the Legacy of Colonialism in Brazil', February 2021 (online).

Copyright and Public Interest Conference, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Paper: 'Issues of Authenticity in Modern and Contemporary Art', November 2018. 

Copyright and Public Interest Conference, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Paper: 'The Copyrights of Works of Art and the Mechanical Reproduction: The Brazilian Factual Status of Sculptures', November 2017. 

Public Engagement & Impact

Walkthrough of exhibition Allan Weber: My Order at Nottingham Contemporary, 19 February 2025 (more info). 

Taught a short online course on the Venice Biennale (November 2024). 

Co-convened the M4C-funded one-day symposium Identity Complex: Identity representation within global exhibition-making at Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, 7 June 2024 (more info). 

Delivered the online talk The 60th Venice Biennale: The Theme Explained, in collaboration with London Art Walk (March 2024).

Delivered two online talks on the 2024 Venice Biennale in collaboration with Art'emRede (February 2024). 

Delivered the online talk Beyond São Paulo and Venice: A Visit to the Liverpool Biennial, in collaboration with Art'emRede (October 2023). 

Delivered the talk From Biennale to Biennialization at Galeria Movimento, Rio de Janeiro (October 2023). 

Delivered the talk From Biennale to Biennialization at Canteiro Campo de Produção em Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo (July 2023). 

Other Research Interests

  • Contemporary art and globalisation
  • Brazilian modern and contemporary art  
  • Exhibition histories
  • Curatorial studies
  • Art and culture in the post-1989 context
  • The politics of curating, display and art institutions
  • Decoloniality 
  • Aesthetics 

Memberships

  • UK Association for Art History 
  • The Paul Mellon Centre's Doctoral Research Network 
  • ICOM UK (International Council of Museums UK)
  • Archivo International Network for Photography and Visual Culture
  • Young Professionals in the Arts 

Academic Qualifications

MSc Modern and Contemporary Art: History, Curating and Criticism, Distinction, University of Edinburgh (2020) 

LLB - Bachelor of Laws, Honors, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio (2016)

Academic Roles

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Museological Review Issue 27: "What if we could trust the ground under our feet? Museums as spaces of rootedness and response-ability" (2023-2024) 

Marker (Temporary), School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, MA Museum Studies and MA Art Museum and Gallery Studies Practice (2023)

Awards

2019-2020 Chevening Scholarship UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office 

2017 PUC-Rio Prof Alredo Lamy Filho Special Award for Most Innovative Undergraduate Dissertation