Rio’s Great National Art Museum Is Coming Back to Life
Rio's National Museum of Fine Arts, shut since 2020, plans a full reopening at the end of 2026, and one...
July 8, 2026Section
Art and Culture
Art and Culture News in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
An Artist Made a Whole Rio Show From Honey, Wax and Bees
See PRO-POLIS, a free Rio art exhibition of about twenty works made from honey, beeswax and propolis by artist Ricardo...
July 8, 2026
A Cameroonian Art Star Takes Over São Paulo’s Oldest Museum
Knockout, the first Brazilian solo show by Cameroon's Pascale Marthine Tayou, fills seven Pinacoteca rooms. See the contemporary art survey...
July 8, 2026
Bogotá Is Quietly Becoming a World Coffee Capital
Bogotá's specialty coffee scene is booming, and the city will host a major global coffee event in 2027. Here is...
July 8, 2026
A Mexican Master Takes Over São Paulo’s Most Famous Museum
MASP shows a major art retrospective of Mexican artist Damian Ortega, titled matéria e energia, gathering over thirty years of...
July 8, 2026
Ancient Weaving From the Argentine Chaco Lands in São Paulo
MASP in São Paulo shows around 30 works of Wichí textile art by Claudia Alarcón and the Silät collective, woven...
July 8, 2026
Santiago Is Getting a Major New Contemporary Art Museum
Santiago is set to gain NuMu, a major new contemporary art museum built around a private collection of more than...
July 8, 2026
Vik Muniz Gets His Biggest-Ever Retrospective, Free in Central Rio
The Vik Muniz retrospective at CCBB Rio gathers nearly two hundred fifty works, free until September seven, with a pterosaur...
July 7, 2026
Rio de Janeiro Wins 2028 Global Architecture Forum
Rio de Janeiro will host the 2028 UIA architecture forum, the first held in the Americas, drawing more than 5,000...
July 6, 2026