Clique aqui para Português Maxwell Alexandre is a 27-year-old painter born and raised in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro’s biggest favela. His solo exhibition—titled ‘Pardo é Papel’ (‘Brown is Paper’) due to both the surface color […]
Clique aqui para Português A powerful new exhibit is launching in New York this December: Black Brazilian Women: Presence and Power. Organized by a SUNY-New Paltz master’s student, Sandra Coleman, the exhibit tells stories of 49 black Brazilian […]
Clique aqui para Português It’s an old story to anyone familiar with Rio’s favelas and their history: the first favela was founded in 1897, when veterans of the Canudos War, most of them former slaves, […]
Clique aqui para Português From March 9 to 14, Studio-X Rio hosted x-Week as part of the celebrations of its six-year anniversary. Organized in partnership with the Columbia Global Centers, which celebrates its four-year anniversary, the Museum […]
Clique aqui para Português On November 19, the 5th Hanging Garden Festival took place in Morro da Babilônia. The event, which has taken place over three editions in an area of the hill where the favela meets […]