Rafael Cardoso is a writer, art historian and PhD at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. He is the author of several books about history of art and design: Design para um Mundo Complexo (2012); Impresso no Brasil, 1808-1930: Destaques da História Gráfica no Acervo da Biblioteca Nacional (2009); and A Arte Brasileira em 25 Quadros (1790-1930) (2008) among other fiction and non-fiction works. He is also an independent curator, responsible for exhibitions as Do Valongo à Favela: Imaginário e periferia (Museu de Arte do Rio, 2014); Rio de Imagens: Uma Paisagem em Construção (Museu de Arte do Rio, 2013); From the Margin to the Edge: Brazilian Art and Design in the 21st Century (Somerset House, London, 2012) and Eliseu Visconti: A Modernidade Antecipada (Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, 2011). He is currently working with the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as well as the Universität Hamburg and the Freie Universität in Germany.