World famous architects like Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer dubbed the theater the ... in any other Russian city: murals and warehouses. In the Year of the Defense of Children (1979), pedestrian ...

The mesmerising curves of the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Pampulha are a Niemeyer hallmark. Its completion in 1943 was accompanied by an interior mural by Candido Portinari, while the site ...

Maybe one of the more astounding engagements was with the real Oscar Niemeyer: I have written about Niemeyer before: My moments with him were a gift that keeps on giving: A gift of words ...

Portinari achieved great success during his career and collaborated on numerous projects with the modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer. He received various high-profile commissions including the mural ...

Street art is a defining feature of the city’s urban identity, offering bold murals—many spanning ... designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, approaches its exhibits from a distinctly ...

Key feature elements include a custom interior mural on the fireplace by Stan Bitters ... we explore her work and lasting influence Oscar Niemeyer: a guide to the Brazilian modernist, from big hits to ...

But for the mosque, it could be Marseille or Miami, or Oscar Niemeyer’s Brasilia ... The next morning I meet zesty middle-aged guide Naima Boussaid and mural artist Karima Mansouri and we head to ...

According to the Academy Museum, director Moon Quan designed a number of the venue’s statues in collaboration with Chinese artisans, while Chinese American actor Keye Luke’s murals can be seen ...

I landed In Rio one afternoon: My dreams became my photographs: My photographs reflect my imagination: Dream with me. If you have ever heard of Brazil most likely the sounds of the Amazon forest ...

We pass the Edifico Gazeta, with its inclined mural and Eiffel Tower-inspired ... The biennial – housed in Oscar Niemeyer’s gorgeous pavilion – is the world’s second biggest, after Venice.

In his 1994 book, “Oscar Niemeyer and the Architecture of Brazil,” historian David Underwood described the city as one “born of imperial ambitions and as such could only reinforce the ...

The city, designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer and urban planner Lúcio Costa in the 1950s and a UNESCO World Heritage site, looked to some like it was straight out of a “1960s dystopian sci-fi ...