Colombia Was Not on the Pitch, but Its Stars Opened the World Cup
Colombian artists Shakira and J Balvin lit up the World Cup opening in Mexico, a reminder of how far the...
June 12, 2026Section
Art and Culture
Art and Culture News in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Sara Flores: The Amazonian Artist Carrying Peru to the Venice Biennale
Sara Flores, a major Shipibo-Conibo painter from the Peruvian Amazon, represents Peru at the Venice Biennale with the largest work...
June 12, 2026
Reparto: Cuba’s New Global Sound, Born in Havana Housing Projects
Reparto, a homemade Cuban music born in Havana housing projects, is going global as Latin superstars borrow its beat. Here...
June 12, 2026
Beatriz Gonzalez, The Great Colombian Artist of Grief Gets a Major European Show
Beatriz Gonzalez, the Colombian artist who turned violence and grief into art, gets a new European retrospective months after her...
June 10, 2026
Willy Wonka and Pocket-Size Art Light Up Buenos Aires This Winter
June is deep winter in Buenos Aires, and the city answers with indoor culture. A blockbuster family musical and an...
June 3, 2026
Julio Le Parc, Argentine Master of Kinetic Art, Dies at 97
Julio Le Parc, one of the most internationally recognized Argentine artists and a defining figure of kinetic and optical art,...
June 1, 2026
Final Fantasy Artist Yoshitaka Amano: Final Weeks of His Rio Show
The Yoshitaka Amano CCBB Rio exhibition, the largest of the Japanese artist's career, enters its final weeks before closing on...
June 1, 2026
São Paulo’s MASP Museum Dedicates 2026 to Latin American Art Histories
MASP dedicates its entire 2026 calendar to Latin American Histories—monographic shows, five thematic cores & a decade-long curatorial series. See...
May 30, 2026
A São Paulo Art Fair Bets on Latin America
ArPa Feira de Arte is a contemporary-art fair held in São Paulo. Its fifth edition runs from May 27 to...
May 28, 2026