Mirroring the Streets of Fortaleza in Protest |
Anyone walking the streets of the Aldeota neighborhood of Fortaleza may run into tree stumps cum art by José Guedes that are forcing people to reflect on the indiscriminate felling of trees in the Ceará state capital.
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Brazil Photos: Marc Ferrez (1843-1923) |
As a photographer for the Imperial Navy and the Imperial Geographic and Geological Commission, Marc Ferrez specialized in panoramic landscapes – urban, rural and coastal. He also produced an extensive series of photographs depicting the city of Rio de Janeiro. See images by the man considered to be Brazil’s most important photographer of the 19th century from an exhibition at the Moreira Salles Institute in Rio de Janeiro.
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Afro-Brazil Museum Reappraises Brazilian Culture |
A museum dedicated to a reappraisal of the history, memory, culture and identity of black Brazilians opened in São Paulo in late 2004.
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Milú Villela: Supermom to the Rescue at São Paulo’s Museum of Modern Art and Itaú Cultural Center |
Water dripped through the roof, and financial resources were drained when Milú Villela first set foot in the São Paulo's Museum of Modern Art (MAM). The self-described supermom turned the institution into one of São Paulo’s top attractions and did an encore at the Itaú Cultural Center.
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Filming Jorge Amado in Salvador, Bahia |
Three film crews scampered from one folklore-rich location to another. A leading man streaked for the cameras, drawing the ire of the local bishop. Two decades ago, this one-time colonial capital in Brazil's impoverished northeast spent a few racy weeks as a tropical Hollywood. And all thanks to novelist Jorge Amado.
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Security Stolen: Assaults “Permitido” by Artist José Guedes |
A mock traffic sign at the intersection of Padre Antônio Tomás and Eng. Santana Júnior avenues sent a strange message: assaults allowed. The author of this urban intervention is the artist José Guedes, who took public his indignation with the high incidence of muggings and kidnappings in the area.
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