Departures of note

Lúcia Hinz was a Brazilian visual artist from Caicó, in the Seridó region of Rio Grande do Norte, who became one of the leading names of northeastern Brazilian art abroad. Based in Germany since 1988, she took her works to exhibitions and collections in Brazil, Europe, and the United States. Among the highlights of her career were her participation in the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris and the creation of the panel 'Capital da Cultura' at the National Library in Brasília. She was elected a full member of the Academia Brasileira de Belas Artes. Beyond the visual arts, she also devoted herself to literature, publishing the autobiography 'Quase nua – entre a razão e a emoção'. She died in Germany on November 2, 2026, at age 69, after about three months of treatment for lung cancer, leaving her husband, three children, and two grandchildren.