## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/index%2Ephp/) 2. [News and Stories](/index%2Ephp/news) 3. [Dr. Alena Robin: Tropi-X: Brazilian Art in Canada, 1970s – Now ](/index%2Ephp/markdownify/node/4177) February 13, 2026 # Dr. Alena Robin: Tropi-X: Brazilian Art in Canada, 1970s – Now ![Robin Exhibit](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_large/public/2026-02/ALW_6998_1_9.jpg.webp?itok=LpjCeM6U) Museum London, Installation View, Tropi-X: Brazilian Art in Canada, 1970s – Now, November 22, 2025 – April 19, 2026. Photo Credit: Alex Walker rgb(255,255,255) ### **Dr. Alena Robin: Tropi-x: Brazilian Art in Canada, 1970s – Now: A Collection, a Concept, an Exhibition** - February 13, 2026 - 1:00pm - 205 Richmond Street West, Room 510 The exhibition, [**Tropi-X: Brazilian Art in Canada, from the 1970s - Now**](https://museumlondon.ca/exhibition/tropi-x-brazilian-art-in-canada-1970s-now/) *(Museum London, Nov. 22, 2025-Apr. 19, 2026)***,** brings renewed attention to the largest collection of Brazilian art in Canada, housed at Museum London. It currently comprises 31 artworks by 24 artists, including paintings, engravings, textiles, and one woodcarving. This talk will focus on the museum’s collection, how it came to be and when it was donated to the museum. It will furthermore explore the research and the curatorial concept that was developed to reactivate the collection with the objective of increasing knowledge and appreciation about Brazilian art in Canada and the creative work of Brazilian artists living in Canada. **Alena Robin** is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Visual Arts at Western University. A trained art historian, she specializes in religious art from Colonial Mexico. Other fields of interest are the conservation of cultural heritage, and art from Latin America in Canada, from the perspective of the history of collections and exhibitions. She also investigates Latin American diaspora art on a regional level. She currently is studying collections and exhibitions of Brazilian art in Canada. She is a co-curator of the exhibition [Tropi-X: Brazilian Art in Canada, 1970s – Now](https://museumlondon.ca/exhibition/tropi-x-brazilian-art-in-canada-1970s-now/) (currently on display at Museum London). ![Dr. Robin](/sites/default/files/2026-02/Alena%20Robin.png) *Below:* Museum London, Installation View, *Tropi-X*: *Brazilian Art in Canada, 1970s – Now*, November 22, 2025 – April 19, 2026. Photo Credit: Alex Walker ![Robin Exhibit](/sites/default/files/2026-02/ALW_6998_1_9.jpg) [ Dr. Alena Robin: Tropi-X: Brazilian Art in Canada, 1970s – Now .arrow-link-long { fill: #000; } ](https://www.uwo.ca/visarts/about/facultypages/robin_a.html) ## Other Recent News [### 2027 Critical Distance Centre for Curators Projections Program Call for Artists OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create CDCC Projections Program Career Launcher. Four (4) to five (5) selected emerging artists will receive $690 to exhibit work in a single channel, projection-based screening program that will be displayed at the CDCC in March 2027. October 30, 2026 ](/news/2027-critical-distance-centre-curators-projections-program-call-artists) [### OCAD U’s Global Centre for Climate Action and EU bring large-scale art to Toronto’s Canada Malting Silos The Light and Melting Temporalities transformed the waterfront into a canvas for climate reflection. October 6, 2026 ](/index%2Ephp/news/ocad-us-global-centre-climate-action-and-eu-bring-large-scale-art-torontos-canada-malting) [### Call for Project Participants: From Our Points of View Encounters with Artists A student-led year-long visiting artist project, under the mentorship of Governor General's Award winning artist Max Dean September 30, 2026 ](/news/call-project-participants-our-points-view-encounters-artists) Related Stories ## Related Stories [### Cartoonist Kate Phillips at OCAD U (Teams) Cartoonist and Illustrator Kate Phillips at OCAD U! February 3, 2026 ](/index%2Ephp/news/cartoonist-kate-phillips-ocad-u-teams) [### Author Sid Sharp on "Myrtle Bog" Sid Sharp discusses their new book, Myrtle Bog, at OCAD U! February 2, 2026 ](/news/author-sid-sharp-myrtle-bog)