EDITORIAL PROJECTS

The National Encounter of Indigenous Students (ENEI), held in 2022 at Unicamp (Brazil), is an annual event led by Indigenous students and has become the main academic forum for discussions on issues concerning Indigenous peoples in Brazil.

The proceedings compile the abstracts of the research presented during this edition, offering an overview of the work being developed by Indigenous researchers across different regions of the country and in all fields of knowledge. 

Portuguese

2023, 186 pages

259 mm x 210 mm

ISBN:978-85-93921-03-2

Organized under the theme MOTION: Migrations, the 35th CIHA World Congress (2022) brought together scholars, researchers, and professionals from around the world to discuss migration as a critical lens to understand the production, circulation, and interpretation of art throughout history. The proceedings gather papers from presentations delivered across sessions, offering a multifaceted perspective on how art history engages with the dynamics of migration. 

English

2023, 1881 pages

280 mm x 220 mm

ISBN: 978-85-93921-02-5

This richly illustrated book explores the life and personal archive of artist Rossini Perez (1931–2020), offering an intimate portrait through previously unseen works and documents uncovered in his Rio de Janeiro studio. Curator Sabrina Moura reflects on the artist’s final years and his journeys across Brazil’s hinterlands, Paris, and the Sahara, while guest contributors expand on his legacy. A collaboration between Vasto Edições and Editora Mireveja, the publication invites readers to engage with alternative narratives in Brazilian art history.

Portuguese

2023, 240 pages

156 mm x 230 mm

ISBN 978-85-93921-01-8

This volume, dedicated to non-European art history, presents a compelling body of research that challenges traditional disciplinary narratives and explores its subjects within a dynamic web of spatial and temporal interactions. The publication stems from a partnership between the University of Campinas (Unicamp) and the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, aimed at fostering the study of non-European artistic traditions in the Brazilian context. This collaboration led to the creation of a new graduate-level program within Unicamp’s Department of History (Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences), focused on African, Pre-Columbian, and Japanese art. The essays are divided into three sections: the first addresses Pre-Columbian and Amerindian art; the second explores Japanese art; and the third is dedicated to African and Afro-Brazilian art history.

Portuguese

2021, 240 pages

140 mm x 210 mm,
ISBN: 9788574483139

This volume, stemming from the 40th Colloquium of the Brazilian Committee of Art History (CBHA), seeks to foster a dynamic exchange of ideas and research among its members, encouraging the presentation of ongoing projects, preliminary findings, and critical reflections on methodological and historiographical challenges. Conceived during a period marked by social isolation, restricted personal contact, and limited access to archives and public libraries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the colloquium became a vital space for sustaining scholarly dialogue. Beyond reinforcing academic connections and shared affinities within the field, the initiative also played a formative role in supporting and mentoring a new generation of researchers committed to the study of art history.

Portuguese

2021, 375 pages

210 mm x 270 mm,
ISSN: 2236-0719

This book brings together contributions from the 2015 colloquium New Worlds: Frontiers, Inclusion, Utopias, held in Rio de Janeiro as a collaboration between the International Committee of Art Historians (CIHA) and the Brazilian Committee of Art History (CBHA). Centered on the geopolitical displacements involved in “expanding” the field of art history, the event questioned who holds power and voice in shaping the discipline today, and how images, ideas, people, and objects move across borders. Framing “new worlds” as relational positions within political mappings of art history, the discussions now resonate even more strongly in light of recent global debates in the field.

English

2017, 305 pages

290 mm x 210 mm

ISBN: 978-85-93921-00-1

 Vasto developed two special issues of the Argentinean magazine Dulce Equis Negra, co-edited with Marcos Adandia and dedicated to Brazilian art, photography, and poetry. A biannual publication that brings together photography, poetry, illustration, and essay, Dulce Equis Negra is known for its high-quality printing and strong textual production, privileging artistic expression and critical reflection. Issue #13 (2011), published in Buenos Aires, featured contributions by Samico, Luiz Braga, Milton Hatoum, Claudia Andujar, Rosângela Rennó, Mario Cravo Neto, Rosane de Andrade, Julio Bittencourt, and Titus Riedl. Issue #14 (2012), also published in Buenos Aires, highlighted the Museu da Imagem do Inconsciente, André Cypriano, Miguel Rio Branco, among others. 

Spanish and Portuguese

2012

240 mm x 200 mm

ISBN: 100061 

 Vasto contributed to the technical editing of the Brazilian edition of The Latin American Photobook, a landmark publication edited by Horacio Fernández. The book surveys 150 photobooks from across Latin America—from the 1920s to the present—highlighting underexplored histories of photography in countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Cuba. A result of extensive collaborative research with photographers, curators, and scholars including Marcelo Brodsky, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, and Martin Parr, this publication has become a key reference in the study of Latin American visual culture. 

Portuguese

2011, 256 pages

 310 x 232 mm 

ISBN:   8540501066