In the 19 thirties, Brazil was ruled by a military dictatorship. The modern artwek became a cultal fetis in brazil as a result of that. 50 years on, you have another nationalist government and where is the modern art movement now? Mike says it's suffering what one person described to him as 'cultural asphyxia' But i think if one looks at the bigger picture on the cantinery of themodern art movement, while that is going on in bBrazil, b Brazilian music has become firmly part of the global main stream for decades.