Roberta Smith writes for the New York Times: “With their first public artwork in Manhattan, which went up at the northwest corner of Houston Street and the Bowery on July 17/2009, the Brazilian brothers Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, who call themselves Os Gêmeos, bring graffiti art to its Rococo phase” [...]

UK monthly graphic design magazine Grafik features a review of Rogério Duarte’s exhibition in Australia in its issue #180.

Brazilian graphic designer Kiko Farkas gave a talk at the Nanjing Arts Institute on November 10th 2009 during the opening of an exhibition of 50 of his posters for the São Paulo Symphonic Orchestra.

The Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, the Franz Mayer Museum, the National Association of Schools of Graphic Design (Frame), the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes and the Mexican Council for Accreditation of Program Design (Comaprod) are bringing the 9th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial to Mexico, with lectures by André Stolarski and Chico Homem de Melo [...]

Brazil Contemporary is an overview exposition compiled by the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI), Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and the Netherlands Photo Museum. These three institutions have joined forces to introduce to the general public Brazilian artists, architects, photographers and designers [...]

‘Brazil Illustrated’ brings together three individual artists — Bruno Kurru, Wagner Pinto and Eduardo Recife — whose work synthesizes the numerous possibilities of the medium in its multiple variations. The exhibition, curated by João Guarantani, concentrates on the possibilities of illustration outside its applied state, before it is appropriated by design and visual communication, and presents an exploration of the most expressive qualities of the medium in its raw state through site-specific installations.

With Brazilian designers and companies like F. Akasaka and Melissa helping to put Brazil on the map for design (not just street art), there’s a lot of talent that’s on the brink of making it big, which is the subject of the exhibit “Brazilian Design Today: Frontiers.” [...]

For the first time in Australia, Brazilian graphic artist Rogério Duarte will exhibit original examples of art and design including his acclaimed album covers and film posters at The Narrows, within the 2009 Melbourne International Arts Festival.

MoMA presents the seventh annual Premiere Brazil film exhibition, which introduces New York audiences to accomplished, original films by Brazilian filmmakers, from July 16 through August 3, 2009 [...]

Almost 300 Brazilian graphic design projects – from visual identity systems and packaging to posters and typeface design – will be exhibited during the 2009 Shanghai International Creative Industry Week from October 15th–21st, and at the Beijing Icograda World Congress from October 26th–30th.