BECAUSE OF HIS SUCCESS ABROAD, VIK MUNIZ BECAME A SUCCESS IN HIS HOMELAND. ONLY AFTER THE ACCLAIM OF FOREIGN MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES DID HE FIND ROOM FOR HIS ART IN BRAZIL.
	WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF, INSTEAD OF LEAVING HUMBLE PIRITUBA, IN SÃO PAULO, GOING AFTER A CHANGE OF FORTUNE (AND FINDING IT IN THE UNITED STATES), HE HAD GONE ON LIVING THERE? WOULD HE HAVE BECOME AN ARTIST? OR WOULD HE BE A WAITER, LIKE HIS FATHER? WOULD HE MAKE THE NEWS?