Minimuseu Firmeza: arte/vida em defesa de uma história da arte no Ceará

Abstract

This article presents the context of research on artists’ museums in Latin America and Africa. Initially we present what we understand by museum of artist and its relationship with museology and the history of art. To then analyze the Firmeza Minimuseum as a work of art from the trajectory of the artists Nice and Estrigas, describing the work carried out by them in the city of Fortaleza in defense of artists and the history of art in Ceará. We present an analysis of the actions developed relating them to the musealization of art: safeguarding and communication. Conducting workshops, conversation wheels, research, production of documentary sources, conducting exhibitions and publications on art. We argue that all this work of memory in defense of the arts takes place from a community museum that promotes the writing of a history of counter-hegemonic art, insurgent, which starts from the so-called periphery of the arts.