Instituto Inhotim in Brumadinho, Brazil, recently inaugurated nine permanent large-scale works, Nine New Destinations, by the artists Chris Burden, Doug Aitken, Edgard de Souza, Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller, Jorge Macchi, Matthew Barney, Rivane Neuenschwander, Valeska Soares, and Yayoi Kusama.

Inhotim is a museum complex, formed by a non-linear sequence of pavilions in the midst of a botanical garden. The new works are assembled at the top of a mountain, inside dense woods, amidst eucalyptus trees, and behind a large lake. The integration and harmony between art and the environment is an essential part of Inhotim’s concept.