Photo gallery of the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum exhibition

The exhibition Benches of the Brazilian Indigenous Peoples: Human Imagination and Wildlife was held in the Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, in Tokyo, Japan, from July, 30^th to September 17^th, 2018, and received more than 40 thousand visitors. The ninety stools belonging to the BEI collection brought to light the cultural and symbolic values of these artifacts to the peoples that produce them. At the same time, it has recognized a new aesthetic from a young group of artists, which combines tradition with free creation. The exhibition layout was signed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2013. The opening event had the presence of artist Mayawari Mehinaku as the representer of native peoples of Brazil.