Tarsila and the samba

This lecture will show you how, in the 1920s and 1930s, Tarsila do Amaral and other modernist artists played a leading role in the political project to make samba - a music once discriminated against and even repressed by the police - a major symbol of Brazilian culture, in a country searching for its identity a century after independence.

This conference will be held in the Salle Médicis, Palais du Luxembourg, entrance via 15 ter rue de Vaugirard

Free admission upon reservation - Booking required

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