A Brazilian court has banned street artists in Rio de Janeiro from performing in subway carriages, saying they disturb commuters’ “tranquility.”
“This parade is an act of resistance to the oppressive new government,” said Monica Machado, a percussion player in a band.
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay has announced that the Brazilian city will be the World Capital of Architecture for 2020.
The multi-tiered library is so spectacular, so ornate, that its stunned visitors feel like they’ve walked into a Harry Potter film set.
“I hear none of the music, really nothing, but I feel the vibrations. It’s as if there’s a force that I feel on my skin,” says a deaf attendee.
Rio de Janeiro’s carnival officially kicks off Friday, but this year revelers have more on their minds than drinking, dancing and dressing up — there’s politics. Rei Momo, the genial
In the build-up to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympics, the network of cables and six hilltop terminals was meant to show that Alemao was about more than battles between drug gangs and police.
“Open your world.” Celebrities from such disparate fields as show business and the arts, communications media, sports and big business did just that recently as they welcomed Heineken, reputed as the world’s no. 1 premium beer, in a gustatory and audiovisual event.
When Arthur Bispo do Rosario needed art supplies within the psychiatric institution where he lived, he’d barter cigarettes or trade favors with the guards. When that didn’t work, he’d sometimes rough up fellow inmates and snatch away their belongings.
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