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Mostra Noix: First Art Exhibition in Honório Gurgel in Rio’s North Zone Demonstrates the Urgent Need for Public Arts in the Peripheries

By Felipe Migliani • Translation by Ujwala Murthy • February 28, 2023

Clique aqui para Português In November 2022, a group of eight women residents of Rio’s favelas, suburbs, and peripheries put on Mostra Noix, the first fine art exhibition in the history of Honório Gurgel, a […]

‘A Park to Call Our Own’ Parque Madureira Becomes a Center for Organizing in the North Zone

By Priscila Rodrigues • Translation by Rachel Fox • March 2, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Priscila Rodrigues in Portuguese published by Observatório de Favelas click here. “I have to go into the city.” It might sound strange to those who have always lived […]