Queermuseu

Queermuseu — Cartografias da diferença na arte brasileira (lit. 'Queer Museum — Cartographies of Difference in Brazilian Art') was a Brazilian art exhibition presented at the Farol Santander Porto Alegre center. The exhibition generated controversy due to accusations of promoting pedophilia, zoophilia, and blasphemy. Propagated on social media, mainly by the Free Brazil Movement, these accusations were part of a moral panic surrounding early childhood education. Santander responded to criticism and pressure from religious and conservative groups by canceling the exhibition. This decision generated further criticism, based on claims of defending freedom of expression and artistic creation. After a crowdfunding campaign, the exhibition was reopened in 2018 at Parque Lage in Rio de Janeiro. The curator of Queermuseu, Gaudêncio Fidelis, reported that the reopening was visited by more than ten thousand people. He emphasized that he received numerous death threats because of the exhibition. Following this incident, other exhibitors began including age ratings for their exhibitions, as was the case with the Farnese de Andrade exhibition in Curitiba, which took place in the same context as Queermuseu.