Tate St Ives presents Maresias, a major exhibition of the work of Beatriz Milhazes (b.1960, Rio de Janeiro), one of the leading abstract artists working today. The exhibition celebrates the evolution of her approach over four decades, while also highlighting nature as an enduring and increasingly important theme in her work. Turner Contemporary, who first staged Maresias, have collaborated with Tate St Ives to reimagine the exhibition to be seen this summer in Cornwall, bringing it to a.
On the occasion of a major survey of her work at Margate’s Turner Contemporary, Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes discusses being political, fusing elements of European modernism with Brazilian culture and the increasing importance to her of the natural world