FAQ : Frequently Asked Questions

Which browsers can I use to access the Portinari Portal?

The Portinari Project website is compatible with several browsers, the most popular of which are Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and others. If you notice any problems accessing or viewing the system, we recommend testing it in other browsers. We also recommend using up-to-date browsers.

How can I buy a Portinari Project publication?

Over the years, the Portinari Project has been responsible for gathering information about Portinari's work and life and publishing it in books. These publications are available for sale from the Project. To access the publications, you can request them in the 'Contact' > 'Contact us' section of this portal, addressing your request to the 'Portinari Project'. The publications will be dispatched after payment through bank deposit.

The following publications are currently available:

Candido Portinari: o lavrador de quadros. Introd. Fernando Xavier Ferreira; apres. João Candido Portinari; texto Antonio Callado et al. Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Projeto Portinari, 2003. 312 p. il.

Portinari, Candido. Candido Portinari: catálogo raisonné = catalogue raisonné. Org. João Candido Portinari, Christina Penna. Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Projeto Portinari, 2004. 5 v. il.

Guerra e Paz: Portinari. Patroc. Dom Quixote Galeria, Mineração Floresta do Araguaia, Siderúrgica do Pará; Coord. e pref. João Candido Portinari; texto Luiz Fernando Dannemann et al. Rio de Janeiro: Projeto Portinari, 2007. 231p. il.

Guerra e Paz, de Portinari Memorial da América Latina. Org. João Candido Portinari, Maria Duarte. Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Projeto Portinari, 2012. 242p. il.

Portinari, Candido. Portinari, o menino de Brodósqui: retalhos de minha vida de infância. Apres. João Candido Portinari; org. Projeto Portinari. 2. ed. São Paulo, SP, 2001. 96 p. il.

More information can be found in the 'Portinari Project' > 'Publications' section of this portal.

How can I organize an action from the Portinari Project's educational program in my city/school/institution?

The Art Education Center has held a vast number of replica exhibitions across the country, such as: "Portinari's Brazil", "Portinari - Art and Environment", "Portinari - Art and Science", "Portinari Time", "Portinari, Images of Brazil", "Portinari - the Painter of Peace". The Itinerant Exhibitions are powerful actions in bringing Candido Portinari's collection closer to the most diverse Brazilian regions and realities, serving communities, public and private educational institutions and cultural spaces.

To propose an action in your city, school or institution, please contact us through the 'Contact' section of this portal.

How do I request permission to use images of Candido Portinari's works?

Please just send us an email in the "Contact" section.

Can I visit the Portinari Project headquarters?

The headquarters of the Portinari Project houses the documentary collection relating to the artist's life and work. This textual and audiovisual material was gathered over four decades of research. There are historical photographs, videos, oral testimonies, letters, periodicals, personal documents, as well as a vast number of publications referring to the painter Candido Portinari. We welcome researchers and small groups of visitors by appointment. To schedule your visit, please contact us via the "Contact" section.

What is a Certificate of Authenticity for a Portinari work and how can it be obtained?

The Certificate of Authenticity is a document issued by the Portinari Project for works certified by its authenticity commission and then cataloged. If you have any works by Portinari that have not been catalogued or do not yet have a Certificate of Authenticity, please contact us through this portal in the "Contact" section.

How can I search for items in the Portinari Portal collection?

On the main page of the Portinari Project, we provide a search tool for browsing the collection.

HOW IT WORKS: When you type in any word, the system uses autofill to suggest possible results. Clicking on a suggestion takes the user to the item's page. Once on the item's page, the user can browse through the relationships, or do a new search using the magnifying glass icon in the main menu.

The user can also not click on the suggestions (autofill) and press ENTER to do an "open search".

By default, the tool searches Works. But in addition to Works, the user can choose to search in the following typologies: Iconographic, Audiovisual, Bibliographic, Events, Agenda and News.

The search tool returns items that have the search term in the title, description or related subjects. This allows results to be found even if the search term is not in the title of the work, for example.

On the search results page, we can complement the search by using the filters, customized for each type. In the case of Works, the user can use the following fields:

WORK CATALOGUING FORM (FCO)

TITLE

TYPE OF WORK*

TECHNIQUE*

SUPPORT*

DESCRIPTORS - TOPIC*

DESCRIPTORS - PEOPLE*

DESCRIPTORS - ORGANIZATIONS*

DATE

UNFILTERED SEARCH

* autofill field

After filling in the fields, you can submit the query by pressing the SUBMIT button.