The Week of Modern Art - By Daniel Zaidan
In 1912, Oswald de Andrade,
after a season in Europe, returns to Brazil.
He began to divulge, by newspapers from Sao Paulo,
the new European tendencies,
but the ideas were not well accepted.
In 1917,
Anita Malfatti had a show of her paintings in Sao Paulo.
Her paintings surprised the public wih a vanguard technique,
but the reactions were favorable
until Monteiro Lobato, an art critic from "O Estado de Sao Paulo" (newspaper),
wrote an fierce article,
in which he denounced all the modern art.
The reaction of "Sao Paulo's" elite was immediate:
scandale,
pictures returned,
an assault attempt on the painter,
and the show closed early.
Mario de Andrade and Oswald de Andrade
were thinking of a way to change the artistic mentatily of Sao Paulo
when they had the idea
of organizing a movement that would introduce modern art to the public.
Finally, in February, 1922,
The Week of Modern Art came to be in Sao Paulo.
Right from the beginning of the Week up until the readings of poets of the new wave,
the public showed its appreciation with long applause.
However, the most sensational moment of the Week
happened on the second night
when the poem: "Os Sapos" (The Toads)
by Manoel Bandeira was read. 
