Inhotim: Where Contemporary Art Meets the Brazilian Forest
Inhotim — two hours from Belo Horizonte — is simultaneously one of the world's largest contemporary art collections and a 5,000-hectare tropical botanical garden; a wholly unique cultural phenomenon
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The Hélio Oiticica Pavilion
The dedicated pavilion for the works of Brazil's most important 20th-century artist is the intellectual center of Inhotim — Oiticica's participatory environments, colors and countercultural theory are presented in depth
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Chris Burden's Beam Drop
The site-specific installations at Inhotim are meant for the landscape — Chris Burden's Beam Drop, Tunga's La Voie Humide and Matthew Barney's De Lama Lâmina are impossible to experience anywhere else
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The Botanical Garden's collection
Inhotim's botanical garden - with 4,000 species of tropical plants - would be extraordinary even without the art; the orchid collection, the palm promenade and the bromeliads among the gallery buildings are world class
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Adriana Varejão Gallery
Brazilian artist Adriana Varejão's gallery at Inhotim – featuring her most ambitious painted tile work – reflects on Brazilian colonialism with searing intelligence in a dedicated architectural space
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Lake Walk Installations
Walking between Inhotim's galleries along the lake and through the forest – the distance between the works requiring 20 minutes of walking – makes the experience lasting; the landscape is part of the art
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Inhotim's Bernardo Paz Foundation
The philanthropist Bernardo Paz created Inhotim for 25 years — the scale of patronage the quality of the acquired art and the seriousness of the botanical collection make the project extraordinary in global terms