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Theater demolished by the City of São Paulo holds hearing at the Legislative Assembly

Destroyed on February 13th by São Paulo City Hall tractors, the Ventoforte Theater is fighting tirelessly to rebuild itself. Next...
Wedding at the Oscar Niemeyer Museum

Oscar Niemeyer Museum hosts wedding party and sparks controversy

One of the largest museums in Latin America, designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, with a collection of 14 thousand works and 35 thousand square meters...

In Rio Grande do Sul, culture takes stock of losses in heritage and...

A task force bringing together UNESCO, the Ministry of Culture, Iphan and the departments of Culture and Education of Rio Grande do Sul began...

IPHAN will rescue technical performance

Leandro Grass took over the Institute in January and is promoting the dismissal of all paratroopers placed in the body by the former government
Indigenous curator Sandra Benites, now head of Funarte's visual arts department. Photo: Rodrigo Avelar

The refoundation of culture

When at the beginning of last February, employees of the National Museum received Leandro Grass, who had just been sworn in as president of the Institute of Historical Heritage...
Lithograph of the view of S. Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, taken from Ilha das Cobras, Germany, 19th C. XNUMX. Credit: Foundation

Brazil wins Red List (red list) that helps to identify cultural objects at risk...

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) launched the Red List Brazil, a bilingual document, in Portuguese and English, that lists the typologies...
Marcio Tavares, future executive secretary of the Ministry of Culture. Photo: Reproduction/Official page of the Workers' Party (PT)

EXCLUSIVE: Ministry of Culture comes with new secretariats and fine-tooth comb in the Bolsonaro administration

Since his name was confirmed in office for the future Ministry of Culture, historian Marcio Tavares has been on the field with a double task to interrupt the paralysis of the Bolsonaro government: administrative and political.
Archaeological Site of Cais do Valongo and Cais da Imperatriz

The abandonment of Valongo

On the pier built in 1811, in Rio, to receive thousands of enslaved people, and where important archaeological records were found, the strategy of dismantling policies to combat racism and inequality reigns.

Extremist Crusade: How Cultural Denialism Works in Museums

In actions by Ibram and Iphan, bolsonarismo invests against the most important Afro-religious collection in the country, under the custody of the Museum of the Republic, in Rio, and threatens to disrupt the entire National Museum System
Rosangela Reis Costa, restorer and coordinator of the restoration project. Photo: Leo Lara.

Casa Fiat de Cultura returns with restoration of works by Aleijadinho

Works by the Baroque master will be restored and later returned to their communities of origin; process can be followed live by visitors