is a Ph.D. candidate in Art History and Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University, specializing in early modern European art, early 20th-century art historiography, and aesthetics. He holds a B.A. in Visual Arts and an M.A. in History of Art from the State University of Campinas, Brazil, where he translated into Portuguese and analyzed Edgar Wind’s Art and Anarchy for his Master’s thesis. His research has been supported by prestigious fellowships, such as the Folger Short-Term Fellowship. Takaes has published in international journals such as the Journal of Art Historiography, Figura, and Engramma.
