When I was alone, he touched me on the arm and said “Diego, you destroyed all my desire to see a movie”, and laughed. It was Mimi, who, together with her husband, Edmundo, has lunch practically every day at the same restaurant as me. They came from Brazil a few years ago, “life in Rio … Read more
This text concerns the opposition by the artistic community to the results of the contest to support the arts by the General Directorate of Arts of the Ministry of Culture, an issue that falls under the design, implementation and evaluation of public policies. Public policies correspond to the action of the State in order to … Read more
The decision to move the capital from Rio de Janeiro to Brasília was one of the most famous episodes in the history of urbanism, architecture and the arts in general in the 20th century. More than a thousand kilometers from the sea, Brasília took shape in the second half of the 1950s and was inaugurated … Read more
The saga of the pearl “La Peregrina” is well known to the public, since it was removed from the bottom of the Caribbean sea in the 16th century, until it reached, more than 400 years later, the neckline of Elizabeth Taylor. But this route, full of adventures, mysteries and dramatic moments, is not the only … Read more
In the last week of 2022, four pillars of the train stopped being gray in the Rio Branco neighborhood, in Novo Hamburgo, and started to give more color to the surroundings of the tracks. With them, the city starts the new year with 141 pillars adopted through a project between City Hall and private companies. … Read more
The Museu Afro Brasil (MAB), in São Paulo, received a new plaque with the name honoring the sculptor Emanoel Araujo, founder and director-curator of the cultural equipment, located in Ibirapuera Park. Araujo died at the age of 81, on September 7. This Tuesday (27), the government of São Paulo handed over the first phase of … Read more
Gaucho Igor Azevedo Igor Azevedo is a photographer who records and immortalizes the best… Gaucho Igor Azevedo Igor Azevedo is a photographer who records and immortalizes the best moments in people’s lives and has over 15 years of experience in the field. He started his career at the age of 14, after the loss of … Read more
DOHA – I confess that I don’t know if Portugal has any animal considered national. If you have it, I guess it’s either cod or sardines, sold in china at every Nepali shop. I know, this much I know, … Read more
Together with spirituality, the feast of Santa Luzia shows the culture of the city (photo: Gustavo Werneck/EM/DA press) The tradition is kept ever more alive: procession through the colonial streets, music band to salute the patron saint, songs of praise sung by men and women and the faith of the people taking care of all … Read more
A petition against Kanye West has gone viral in recent days. She asks the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) to withdraw the honorary doctorate awarded to rapper Kanye West in 2015. The list of losses suffered by Kanye West due to his recent spate of anti-Semitic statements is not short: Adidas, Balenciaga … Read more