Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief for Thursday, May 14, 2026

A heavy political-market shock day plus two Copa do Brasil progress nights. The cultural calendar runs deep with No Martins still drawing strong crowds at the MAR and the Vinícius Bar reopening its serious-music lineup.

No Martins, Sortilégios de desvio — go now, not later

If you only have ninety minutes to give Rio’s culture this week, give them to No Martins. The young paulistano’s first institutional solo at the MAR has been drawing strong crowds since the late-March opening and runs through September 20, but the rooms get quieter by midweek afternoon and the paintings reward time. The premise, curated by Marcelo Campos with Amanda Bonan, Thayná Trindade, Amanda Rezende and Jean Carlos Azuos, sets two registers against each other: the visual denunciation of state violence (the territorial divisions, the exclusionary policies, the segregated urban geography) and what the artist himself calls the desvios, the ways Black Brazilian life sidesteps the violence to keep culture, health, leisure and memory alive.

What you should look for: figures in everyday clothes, not the folkloric or religious costumes that anchored most twentieth-century Afro-Brazilian painting. That choice does most of the work. The figures live now. They live here. Per ART AFRICA, the show “unfolds as a field of deviations, where form and meaning are continually reconfigured.” The MAR co-organised with Galeria Almeida & Dale.

Where to go after: walk five minutes along the Boulevard Olímpico to the Praça Mauá esplanade for the late-afternoon Guanabara light. Thursday 11h–18h · R$20 / R$10 meia · free Tuesdays and Saturdays · Closed Wednesdays · Praça Mauá 5.

Yoshitaka Amano, Além da Fantasia — for the other half of your sensibility

If No Martins is the political-conscience choice, Amano at the CCBB is the pleasure choice, and they pair well as a single Centro afternoon. Two hundred and eighteen originals across the second floor, curated by Antonio Curti, covering the full arc from Tatsunoko Production’s Gatchaman-era anime through Final Fantasy, Vampire Hunter D, the Devaloka series and the Angel’s Egg collaborations with Mamoru Oshii. The AYA Studio immersive room, built from thirteen Devaloka works, is the show’s set piece and worth at least twenty minutes on its own. Free admission, runs through June 22, quieter on Thursdays than weekends.

Combine with the MAR for the most efficient Centro cultural plan of the week: MAR first (11h opening), VLT to Carioca, walk to CCBB by 14h, finish at the AYA room. Thursday 9h–20h · Free · Rua Primeiro de Março 66.

Wagner Tiso at Vinícius Bar — the Thursday to actually leave the house for

The pick of tonight’s Carioca music calendar runs at Vinícius Bar in Ipanema from 20h: Wagner Tiso, one of the surviving giants of the Clube da Esquina generation, the long-time arranger for Milton Nascimento, the man who wrote the score to Walter Salles’s Central do Brasil. The room, at Rua Vinícius de Moraes 39, seats roughly seventy people, drinks are sharp, and the sightlines are short. R$70 meia. Book ahead.

If the Tiso ticket is gone, the strong alternates: Maria Alcina at Blue Note Rio (Av. Atlântica 1910, Copacabana) 20h, R$60 meia, the cabaret-Tropicalist veteran in her element; Kiko Horta & Antonio Guerra at Casa do Choro (Rua da Carioca 38, Centro) 19h, R$40 meia, accordion-and-clarinet choro for the purists; Cybine Combinations at Audio Rebel (Rua Visconde Silva 55, Botafogo) 20h, R$20 antecipado, the experimental room of the week with Seht Zhan, Mário Del Nunzio and JP Caron on the same bill.

Also worth knowing: the Cristo Redentor is lit in blue and orange tonight at 19h30 for the Sindepat Summit at the ExpoRio Cidade Nova, the kind of small ceremonial illumination better viewed from a Botafogo rooftop than up close.

MAM Rio Rubem Valentim retrospective + Hélio Oiticica gallery, free, Tue–Sun 10h–18h · Paço Imperial Constelações 40 anos, free, Tue–Sun 12h–18h · Casa França-Brasil photography programme, free, Tue–Sun 10h–20h · IMS Gávea photography and music, free, Tue–Sun 11h–20h · Caixa Cultural Centro, free · João Senise at Teatro Rival (Cinelândia) 19h30, R$60 meia · Marcelo Callado + Tori at Manouche (Jardim Botânico) 21h, R$60 meia · Tem Mas Acabou at La Esquina (Lapa) 19h, R$20 · Mark Lambert at IBEU Copacabana 19h, free.

MetrôRio runs full weekday hours 5h–midnight on both lines. The BRT TransOlímpico, TransCarioca, and TransOeste corridors run standard timetables. The VLT Parada dos Museus connects the MAR; VLT Carioca serves the CCBB. Note: rodízio is not in force in Rio; the rotating plate restriction applies only to São Paulo.

No Carioca-side football tonight at the Maracanã or Nilton Santos with Flamengo and Botafogo both playing away. CET-Rio expects normal Thursday-evening flow. The Sindepat Summit at the ExpoRio Cidade Nova brings added Cidade Nova congestion around opening and closing windows.

Lunch at Praça Mauá and Centro: Café do MAR runs the prato executivo R$72 from 11h30 with Guanabara views. Confeitaria Colombo at Rua Gonçalves Dias 32 runs the prato-do-dia in the 1894 Belle-Époque hall (R$78, 12h–17h). Bar Luiz at Rua da Carioca 39 runs choucroute from 12h. Cais do Oriente at Rua Visconde de Itaboraí 8 runs the bacalhau-do-porto in the restored 1840s warehouse.

Thursday dinner runs full programme. Lasai at Rua Conde de Irajá 191, Botafogo (Rafa Costa e Silva tasting R$420 from 19h). Oro at Rua General San Martin 889, Leblon (R$540 from 19h). Olympe at Rua Custódio Serrão 62 (Claude Troisgros 19h–23h). Post-Vinícius-Bar Ipanema: Zazá Bistrô Tropical at Rua Joana Angélica 40 until 1h. Post-Audio Rebel Botafogo: Comuna at Rua Sorocaba 585 late.

Bank branches run 10h–16h Thursday; ATM and digital channels operate continuously. The Receita Federal Centro branch at Rua do Acre 73 opens 8h–17h; the May 30 IRPF deadline is now 16 days away. Shopping centres operate 10h–22h. The B3 trades 10h to 17h25 with the post-Vorcaro-shock follow-through expected to dominate the session. The Sindepat Summit at the ExpoRio Cidade Nova runs day two.

Thursday in Rio at 26°C with 10% rain: a strong working-week beach window. Posto 9 in Ipanema and Posto 5 in Copacabana run normal Thursday rotation. Lifeguard cabins (Guarda-Vidas) staffed 7h–19h. The Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas 7.2 km perimeter loop opens fully. Run Rio’s Thursday-evening 18h30 session leaves from the Parque dos Patins.

Working-week fitness: British Society Athletic Club tennis from 18h; Hebraica Rio Thursday programme. For the international community: Goethe-Institut intermediate German classes 19h; Alliance Française Thursday cinema 19h30; American Society Thursday programme rotates monthly.

Jardim plays for the draw, Vitória needs two

Vitória host Flamengo at the Barradão in Salvador Thursday 21h30 for the Copa do Brasil fifth-phase return leg (SporTV, Premiere). Leonardo Jardim’s side won the first leg 2–1 at the Maracanã April 22 (Evertton Araújo and Pedro for Flamengo, Erick for Vitória), so the Mengão advances on a draw or one-goal defeat; Vitória need to win by two or by one to penalties. Probable Flamengo XI: Rossi; Varela, Léo Ortiz, Léo Pereira, Ayrton Lucas; Evertton Araújo, Jorginho; Plata or Luiz Araújo, Carrascal, Cebolinha or Samuel Lino; Pedro. Desfalques: Paquetá (thigh edema), Arrascaeta (clavicle), Plata (muscular doubt), Pulgar (shoulder doubt). Jair Ventura’s Vitória, unbeaten in four, will press from kickoff with Erick and Matheuzinho back from suspension. Referee Raphael Claus (SP). Tickets sold out.

Glorioso at Arena Condá 18h; Cruzmaltinos through despite scare

Earlier Thursday 18h: Chapecoense host Botafogo at the Arena Condá for the Copa do Brasil fifth-phase return leg (SporTV, Premiere). The Glorioso won the first leg 1–0 in Rio. Wednesday at São Januário: Vasco drew 2–2 with Paysandu (Rojas pen 34’/1T, Thiago Mendes 41’/1T; Thayllon 46’/1T, Saldívia OG 2T) but advanced 4–2 on aggregate. Thiago Mendes was red-carded in 2T for an elbow and will miss Saturday’s visit to Internacional at the Beira-Rio (18h30). Sunday recap: Fluminense at 27 points and host São Paulo Saturday May 16 20h30 at the Maracanã.

Wednesday delivered the worst session of the month for Brazilian assets. The Ibovespa fell 1.80% to 177,098.29 points (low 176,787.09) on heavy R$66.39 billion volume after Intercept Brasil reported Senator and presidential pre-candidate Flávio Bolsonaro requested funds from Daniel Vorcaro, former owner of Banco Master under federal intervention, to finance the Dark Horse film about former president Jair Bolsonaro. The dollar surged 2.31% to R$5.009, the highest since April 10. Petrobras PETR4 fell 1.47% to R$45.03, Vale gained 1.05% to R$84.06, Itaú flat R$39.90. Per Jefferson Laatus (Grupo Laatus), “the right-wing candidate with the best chance of winning this year’s election is directly involved with Banco Master per the reportage, contaminating the campaign.”

The government announced a R$0.89-per-litre gasoline subvention for producers and importers to contain the Iran-driven oil price pass-through (R$0.62 to the final consumer after the mandatory 32% anhydrous ethanol blend). Per Elos Ayta, Petrobras closed Q1 as the most profitable oil major globally at US$6.25 billion, ahead of Shell (US$5.69bn) and ExxonMobil (US$4.18bn). The C6 bank now projects 2026 IPCA at 4.8%; the Focus Boletim Monday raised it to 4.91%. April IPCA Tuesday at 0.67% (12-month 4.39%).

President Trump’s Beijing summit with Xi Jinping continues today with critical minerals and Iran-deal mediation on the agenda. The Selic remains at 14.75%; terminal forecasts spread from BTG/ASA at 13.00% to SulAmérica at 14.00% for end-2026. The next Copom meeting is June 17–18. Thursday’s session opens with the Vorcaro-shock follow-through and the US CPI release at 9h30 BRT.

Fri May 15: Brasileirão R16 opens. 26°C, 10% rain.

Sat May 16: Fluminense x São Paulo 20h30 Maracanã (Brasileirão R16, Globo/Premiere/Record). Cruzeiro x Vasco 18h30 Mineirão. MAR free Saturday. 26°C, 35% rain.

Sun May 17: Athletico-PR x Flamengo 19h30 Arena da Baixada (R16). Botafogo x Corinthians 16h Nilton Santos (R16). 27°C, 15% rain.

No Martins’s first institutional solo, Sortilégios de desvio, at the Museu de Arte do Rio is the cultural pick of the working week. The MAR opened the show on March 28 in partnership with Galeria Almeida & Dale, curated by Marcelo Campos with Amanda Bonan, Thayná Trindade, Amanda Rezende and Jean Carlos Azuos. The exhibition runs through September 20 with two registers: the visual denunciation of state violence and the desvios, the ways Black Brazilian life sidesteps it. R$20/R$10 meia, free Tuesdays and Saturdays. Praça Mauá 5.

Vitória host Flamengo at the Estádio Barradão in Salvador on Thursday May 14 at 21h30 BRT for the Copa do Brasil fifth-phase return leg (SporTV and Premiere). Leonardo Jardim’s Flamengo won the first leg 2–1 at the Maracanã on April 22 (Evertton Araújo and Pedro for Flamengo, Erick for Vitória), so the Rubro-Negro advances on a draw or one-goal defeat. Desfalques: Paquetá, Arrascaeta. Referee Raphael Claus (SP). Botafogo visit Chapecoense 18h same evening.

The Ibovespa fell 1.80% to 177,098.29 points on Wednesday May 13 on R$66.39 billion volume after Intercept Brasil reported Senator and presidential pre-candidate Flávio Bolsonaro requested funds from Daniel Vorcaro, the former owner of Banco Master under federal intervention, to finance expenses for the Dark Horse film about former president Jair Bolsonaro. The dollar surged 2.31% to R$5.009, the highest close since April 10. Petrobras PETR4 fell 1.47% to R$45.03, Vale gained 1.05% to R$84.06. The government also announced a R$0.89-per-litre gasoline subvention to contain Iran-driven oil pass-through.

Vasco drew 2–2 with Paysandu Wednesday May 13 but advanced on a 4–2 aggregate. Johan Rojas opened on a penalty at 34’/1T and Thiago Mendes added the second at 41’/1T; Thayllon pulled one back at 46’/1T and Saldívia conceded an own-goal in the second half. Thiago Mendes was red-carded for an elbow and will miss Saturday’s visit to Internacional at the Beira-Rio. The Cruzmaltinos picked up R$3 million in Copa prize money; the oitavas draw is pending CBF scheduling.