Meanwhile, the Ashmolean Museum, also in Oxford, has a tiny show of Brazilian baroque art, including expressive wood carvings by a legendary 18th-century mulatto sculptor who was nicknamed O Aleijadinho, the Little Cripple, because in later life he became so disfigured by disease that his assistants had to strap his tools to his wrists.

ECONOMIST: Brazilian art

"The Brazilian dropdown reinforces the question of whether the country is doing enough to recover vigorous growth rates, " says Mr Wood.

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