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CUIDADO.
noun Portuguese · /kwɪˈdadu/

  1. attention: due and special care
  2. with trouble: she wrapped it very carefully
  3. precaution: do it carefully
  4. responsibility: she's taken over the care of the garden
  5. well-elaborated finish: she is well cared for
  6. precise, considered: her diction is careful
  7. caution: look out, be careful!

CUIDADO is Larissa Guimaraes' practice across architectural design and art history — establishing networks of care for cultural assets through the sustained engagement of collectors, custody holders, and publics. Her research moves between 20th century Latin American and contemporary South Asian art and architecture. She holds a bachelor's degree from Columbia University and an MArch from Princeton University. Her work has been supported by the Mellon Foundation and DocoMoMo. She is fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French.

Curatorial

Projects spanning artist residencies, exhibitions and archival research in Brazil, India, Sri Lanka and the United States.

Writing
2025 Issey Miyake⇁ and Neri Oxman⇁, MoMA.org
2021 Trem de Arte⇁, MIT Press · Thresholds no. 49
2020 A Critical Attitude in Face of Reality, Princeton School of Architecture · Pidgin no. 28
2018 Walls of Air⇁, Brazilian Pavilion catalog · Venice Biennale
Research

Alternative histories of modernism and collection stewardship.

Editorial & Teaching
2023 Lina Bo Bardi: Material Ideologies⇁, Princeton University Press
2022 Norma Merrick Sklarek Lecture⇁, Barnard College
2020–21 Women in Design and Architecture⇁, Princeton University (president)
2018 Water Communities⇁, Barnard College
2019–22 Adjunct studio and lecture instructor at Princeton University and Syracuse University