Category: Arts & Culture
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Photographer Valdir Cruz Presents “Presenças”
Throckmorton Fine Art announces a special 20th anniversary exhibition of photographs from Guggenheim featuring the award-winning Brazilian photographer Valdir Cruz.
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Seeds Of Dreams, an exhibition by Hilal Sami Hilal
Hilal Sami Hilal was born in Vitória, Brazil, into a Syrian family. His early work in the 1970s began with drawings and watercolors until Hilal decided to explore Japanese paper-making techniques. With a trip to Japan, his research intensified, leading to a second visit to the country in the 1980s. Crossing cultural influences between East…
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Republica launches “Brutal & Beautiful” worldwide
Republica, this is the name of the Brazilian band that has been growing in the international scene. Formed by Leo Beling (vocals), LF Vieira (guitars), Marco Vieira (bass), Jorge Marinhas (guitars), and Mike Maeda (drums), the band recently released its fourth solo album, Brutal & Beautiful. The launch of Republica’s new album was done in…
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6 Years of Brazilian Theater in New York
Group .BR is the only Brazilian theater company in NYC, showcasing Brazilian culture through performing arts. The group is celebrating its 6th anniversary this year. Group .BR caters to enthusiasts of multicultural arts, contemporary, physical, and avant-garde theater. It produces plays in Portuguese with English subtitles, offering the audience the opportunity to connect with the…
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Michelangelo at The Met: A Once-in-a-Lifetime Exhibition
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), a giant of Western art history, is the subject of this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition. Throughout his long life, Michelangelo was celebrated for the excellence of his disegno, the power of drawing and invention that served as the foundation for all the arts. For his mastery in drawing, design, sculpture, painting, and architecture, he…
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Last Chance: Alfredo Volpi at Gladstone Gallery
Gladstone Gallery presents, until December 22, an exhibition of historical works by Brazilian painter Alfredo Volpi (1896–1988), the first solo presentation of his work in the United States.Volpi is considered one of the most influential and celebrated Brazilian painters, whom the prominent intellectual Mario Pedrosa called “the master of his time.” He was a prominent…
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A Brazilian Girl in the White House
William Duncan is a retired veteran and was one of the first 700 pilots trained to fly military helicopters. Excited, Emilia says: “to hear such wise words, and to see the sparkle in his eyes when it comes to the services rendered to his nation was thrilling, especially when I hugged him, I couldn’t hold…
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The 50th Anniversary of the Tropicalist Movement in Brazil – Part II
With so many provocations to the status quo, the reactions to Tropicália also became more forceful. In a debate organized by students from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism in São Paulo in June 1968, Caetano, Gil, Torquato and the concrete poets Augusto de Campos and Décio Pignatari, who expressed sympathy for the movement, were…
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is narrated in the third person, very well written and fluid. Mark Twain values simplicity, which makes everything easy to understand, considering it is a children’s book. The author makes clear the innocence and naivety of the characters, especially Tom Sawyer, something that defines the story well, as the protagonist,…
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Florida Cup & Fan Fest 2018
The 2018 Florida Cup will take place from January 10 to 20 in Orlando, Florida. Three Brazilian teams (Atlético Mineiro, Corinthians and Fluminense) are confirmed for the competition, which will hold its fourth edition in 2018. The competition has grown from four teams from two countries to clubs from various parts of the world. Today,…