Luana Fortes

Bio

Luana studies Brazilian Cultures and Identities at the Universidade de São Paulo. She was a professor at Centro Universitário Armando Alvares Penteado and is a graduate intern at the Getty Research Institute.

Stories

  1. Building a Community through Protests, Parties, and Performance

    Article

    Image resembling a U.S. flag, but with skull icons instead of stars. Reads "BUSH AIDS FLAG" at the bottom.

    How ephemera can help illuminate queer history

    Oct 25, 2023

  2. Judith Lauand’s Free Hand

    Article

    A colored photograph in brown-tones shows a figure in profile, sitting against a sheer curtained wall, on a wooden chair, painting a canvas on an easel

    How the only female member of the Brazilian group Ruptura expanded the boundaries of concrete art

    Mar 23, 2023

  3. Flying Fish, Unicorns, and Humanoid Bears

    Article

    Engraving depicting a group of different fantastic animals fighting and feasting, including a unicorn, fantastical birds and beasts

    How Arnoldus Montanus imagined the Americas in 1671

    Jan 3, 2023