Odyssee @ Museu da Imagem e do Som
My new friend Lucas from Porto Allegre proposed to go to the Museu da Imagem e do Som de São Paulo, that is currently showing an exhibition on Stanley Kubrick. I have seen some of his movies, some of them a really long time ago, and thought it could be fun, but had no expectations. It […] Read More
Exhibition in the rain
I heard about a little art event at the Parque de Lage Art School that I had visited before, so I went again and had a second look at the exhibition. It was in the evening, with the Rio hip student crowd showing up. The dress code: Guys: scruffy. Girls: artsy-alternative. The setting was even […] Read More
Park of Ruins
I went up to Santa Teresa today, on foot. I had stopped a cab and told him I wanted to go to the museum on top, but he refused with the word ‘mais alta’ or something. Ok, so it wasn’t raining yet, so I walked. Quite steep. I realised I was nearly there when I […] Read More
Up the Lapa steps
I remembered vaguely reading about a guy who had decorated some stairs with some tiles, the ‘Lapa steps’, and was using donated ones from around the world… I wasn’t too excited about that, not being able to picture the whole thing, but I was around, so I thought I’d try to find them in the […] Read More
MAM
Getting to the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro on foot ain’t easy. Unfortunately, the car prevailed again and the museum is somewhat cut off from its neighborhood by a huge 8-lane semi-highway to the city airport, and a huge crossing of other streets nearby. Only passage over to the MAM and the bay […] Read More