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Museum of human rights

December 8, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

Yungay is also the home to the Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, that is dedicated to the memory of the military coup in 1973 and the following dictatorship. It is a modern building that recounts the events of 11 September 1973, when the military staged a coup against the elected socialist president […] Read More

A stroll through Barrio Yungay

December 7, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

I took a Metro ride into the Yungay barrio on Saturday. A new friend, Alvaro, wanted to show me this area and then take me to the Museum of Human rights, that memorizes the military coup and the following nearly two decades of dictatorship. Yungay is a beautiful area. I would not have had it […] Read More

Bellas artes

November 7, 2013August 26, 2016 Let it go

I don’t know why I overlooked this gem on the last trip. I went to MALBA, the museum of Modern Art. But not to this one, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. My expectations were low, Pablo, with whom I went, mentioned that it only had one single van Gogh… it sounded like that was […] Read More

But… where is the art…?

October 26, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

I really like museums. Anything with photography, a Picasso or Matisse will make me happy. São Paulo seemed to have a lot to offer… the MIS, the MASP, the MAM, the MAC…. all interesting targets. I was however a bit confused about the MAC, the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo. Judging from its […] Read More

Head over heels

October 23, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

To sum it up for Wednesday: I’ve had esfihas, some kind of tiny, lofty cheese pizza (you squeeze a fresh lemon over it), for breakfast with a friend, I got some US Dollars for Argentina in a Brazilian bank speaking with hands and feet (and undergoing a name change to Christian Deutsch in the process), […] Read More

Odyssee @ Museu da Imagem e do Som

October 22, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

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

Park of Ruins

October 17, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

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

MAM

October 15, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

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