Arte Museum in Rio

The Art Museum  promotes a transversal reading of the city´s history,  its symbolic life, conflicts, contradictions, challenges and expectations. this exhibition misture the historical and contemporary art through exhibitions of long and short term, nationwide and internationally. The museum also comes with the mission of placing art in public education through the school of look.

 

Museu de Arte do Rio - in front of the Port of Rio de Janeiro at Praça Mauá n.5 - centro
CEP 20081-240
Rio de Janeiro/RJ
(21) 2203 1235  opens from tuesday to sunday  10am to 5pm  

 

The SEA is installed in Praca Maua, in two buildings interconnected and heterogeneous profiles: the mansion Dom
João VI, tumbled and eclectic, and the neighboring building, modernist style - originally a bus. The Palace houses the exhibition halls of the museum.
The neighboring building houses the School of look, which is an environment for production and provocative experiences, collective and personal, with the main focus on the formation of educators from public schools.

 

As recommended by UNESCO, the SEA has activities that involves collecting, recording, research, preservation and return of cultural property to the community - in the form of exhibitions, catalogs and educational programs in multimedia with his own collection - now in process of formation through acquisitions and donations

 SEA also has loans of works by some of the finest public and private collections in Brazil for the execution of it´s program.
SEA, opened in March 2013, serves as a space proactive support to education and works in partnership with the Municipal Education of Rio de Janeiro and other departments of education. The school Look develops an academic program, built in collaboration with universities  to discuss art, culture, image, education and curatorial practices.
The project is an initiative of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro and the Roberto Marinho Foundation, with Vale and Globo as sponsors and support of the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro and the Ministry of Culture through the Federal Law for the encouragement of Culture.

SELARON STAIRCASE

The stairs located in Lapa in front of Rua Joaquim Silva is one of the attractions that my  customers like to visit the artist has  twenty years of tiling and re-tiling each step into a never-ending mosaic of colours he  received  tiles from all over the world and he collected as many tiles on his travels around the world when he decided to live in Brazil and began renovating the steps in 1990 .

he also used to paint many pictures and displays them with the tongue out one of his characteristics

we could easily find him sitting on the stairs with so many of his creations

there you´ll see tiles from over 60 countries around the world there are 250 steps measuring 125 metres long which are covered in over 2000 tiles

A NICE SUNDAY DAY IN RIO

Last week I was invited for a lunch and I couldn´t imagine how great was the place the name of this stunning area it´s Lajedo  located at vargem pequena in the city of Rio de Janeiro and close to the neighborhood of barra da tijuca and Recreio

we saw a nice samba show near the swimming pool with great dancers !

FRESH GRILLED SEAFOOD WITH MY FAMILY AT THE BEACH

 

in one of the most beautiful beaches in the city of Rio with a length  of 24 kms on a summer day I
went with my family my  mother, sisters and niece to have lunch at one of the kiosks located on the beach front .

I was invited by my older sister last  weekend on a sunny day and  we hvae  decided to enjoy the beach and the sun we also had one of our favorite dishes of seafood .

Yummy !!!!!  l´that was delicious ! finally comes our plate of grilled seafood simply lovely, a delight! we were all satisfied with the dish and ate so much , lol .

this adorable  lady is my mom she has  eighty-one years old she still looks beaufiful  and she is always positive about life, she accompanies us in all events that we go , she is  a lady beyond  her time she has always a kind word  for her  daughters, love you mom!

my niece loves photography like me and she was searching for the best  angles to take pcitures of the beach  and of her aunts and grandmother , wonderful pictures, thank you darling  , I love you!

OPEN FLEA MARKET - RUA DO LAVRADIO

when you visit Rio probrably I will take you to a open flea market that happens every first saturday of the month in downtown Rio you will see there  an antique fair at Lavradio street this open flea Market is part of my tours when you are there you feel that you returned to the past because they sell a bit of everything

in Brazil we have a lot of the African influence on the art of carving so there you will find animals in wood similar to the ones you find in Africa

while you walk through the Lavradio street you see old buildings dated from the XIX centtury most of them are being restored by the city council

when you are there  it´s interesting to stop at one of many bars and restaurants where you can enjoy the  snacks and listen to and authentic brazilian samba music

this flea market is near the Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro that was inaugurated in 1976 after 12 years of construction  you cannot miss a visit to this church it´s dedicated to San Sebastian the patron of the city and consists of an enormous cone, complete with four beautiful stained-glass windows the cathedral interior is spacious, with enough room to fit over 20,000 people inside, and is home to many paintings, sculptures and murals which were completed by local artists .

COPACABANA - RIO DE JANEIRO

located in the southern zone of Rio the Copacabana beach it's one of the most popular beaches in the world has 4 kms of extension and have  it's anniversary of 120 years ,  most of my guests that visit Rio stay in this neighborhood , the beach is nice , there are lots of kiosks along the way , the beach is very crowded and with some benefits for example  if you order a coconut water or caipirinha ( made with cachaça , sugar and lemon ) and  a fried fish you will have a waiter bringing it to you , in the beaches of Rio  you don´t need to pay to use it  the beaches are free and you can drink no problem , here we have some young man making sculputures with the sand they build nice girls with bikini or  the statue of Christ sometimes  mountains ,  you can pose in  front of these sculptures leaving a few coins to  them .

when you visit Rio I´ll take you to drink a coconut water in copacabana beach or anyother beaches here you can choose where also you will  find many restaurants some of them very good with the specialty in seafood or meat , the best hotels are located in front of the beach we have 5 stars hotels and a  few blocks down the street we have the smaller hotels with 3 or 4 stars ,  here you can find anything you need during your stay  as pharmacies, supermarkets , bakeries , grocery stores , shops , exchange bureaux  you name it .

if you arrive early at the beach  you can see people jogging , mothers with the babies , people walking  , cycling , some of the people just want  to relax sitting on a chair in front of the beach and others just want  to get a suntan , it´s a good place to relax and read a good book .

if you decide to stay in Ipanema , Santa Teresa , Leblon , Barra da Tijuca or any other area  of Rio you can always visit copacabana beach , Ipanema is just 20 minute walking and leblon it´s a little bit further but you can easily arrive there .

 

the fort of copacabana it´s located are the very beggining of copacabana beach so if you are there you can always visit the fort it´s interesting it was built in the 1914´s to defend our city and in  the fort you can have a colonial breakfast at Confeitaria ( bakery ) Colombo you will drink a nice coffee with cookies  with a nice view of the  beach also you can see the Sugar Loaf mountain and all the extension of the beach or simply the sunset from the fort .

near the fort you will see the fisherman and their boats they leave early in the morning to the open sea to grab some fish and they sell the fish on a fishmarket just down the corner but arrive early to buy the fish .

every day in the  morning the fisherman sew  their nets that are cut  when they pull to see if  they got some fish on that day .

across the copacabana beach in the very end there is a small beach called Leme beach this neighborhood is very small but nice ,  if you go there you can see the fisherman near the rock fishing on a lazy day also there are few kiosks there to sit and relax .  

when I´m on a tour or during the week I take few hours just to walk there to see this  beauty .

THE FRUITS OF BRAZIL

When you visit Rio you will taste  all kinds of tropical  fruits we have the most delicious fruits on this universe an when I receive my guests  they always want to try the our coconut water  we drink the  coconut water everywhere in Rio specialy in front of the beaches , in downtown , at the Parks you name it !