During these holidays, there is no excuse not to go and visit the most Rio-like of museums: the Rio Art Museum. In addition to being free until January 15th, the museum has several exhibitions on display. Shall we check it out?
Until January 22, 2023, the traveling exhibition of the 34th São Paulo Biennial – Faz Escuro Mas Eu Canto – is at the museum, bringing together works by thirteen artists from eight countries. The works were selected based on the statement The Portraits of Frederick Douglass. A great abolitionist leader in the United States, Douglass is considered the father of the civil rights movement in that country. In 1841, he commissioned his first photographic portrait: a pioneer, he realized the importance of recording his image in the anti-racist struggle. Over the next five-plus decades, he would become the most photographed person in the United States in the 19th century.
Until February 26th, three attractions are at the museum:
In the foyer of Escola do Olhar, the Clara Nunes exhibition reveals to the public a contemporary reading of the singer and her trajectory.
Agnaldo Manuel dos Santos is exhibiting the exhibition “The Conquest of Modernity” which brings together wooden sculptures produced by the black artist from Bahia during his career. These are works that capture his multiple interests in forms, themes and references.
In Emmanuel Nassar's new exhibition, Lataria Espacial, a life-size plane is landed in the SEA. Made of galvanized steel, the unprecedented eight-meter piece occupies the center of the ground floor of the space's exhibition pavilion where visitors can interact with the work and climb the aircraft ladder to take photos. The exhibition also features around 40 works that dialogue with pop art, an artistic movement from the 1960s that works with advertising imagery. Thinking about this relationship, the artist appropriates signs and street elements to portray a Brazil battered by the daily struggle.
Margens, by Frenchman Ludovic Carême, runs until March 26, 2023 and presents black and white photographs that document the harsh reality of Brazilians in their experiences in São Paulo, Acre and Rio.
Based on social, cultural, economic and political contexts of the 19th century that are covered in the book “Um Defeito de Cor”, by Ana Maria Gonçalves, the exhibition, which has the same name, is curated and signed by the writer from Minas Gerais and is currently on view until May 14, 202.
Oh! And don't forget to stop by the library and, of course, the most charming viewpoint in Rio to guarantee a beautiful photo.
Service:
Rio Art Museum.
Praça Mauá, 5, Centro.
Opening hours: Thursday to Sunday - from 11am to 6pm (entrance until 5pm).
Free: from December 15, 2022 to January 15, 2023
