João Artacho Jurado (1907-1983) was the proprietor of construction company Monções Construturas and was responsible for the project and construction of several outlandish residential buildings in the 1940’s and 1950’s in downtown São Paulo and adjacent neighborhood Higienópolis. With a background in … Continue reading
Feature on Carlos Motta‘s unique practice on Brazilian business trade magazine Época Negócios.
On Wednesday August 8th at 8 pm at Union Square Park, NYC, the Instituto de Cultura Contemporeana (ICC) from Sao Paulo, Brazil, will showcase a program that includes videos by Brazilian artist Eder Santos and director Cao Guimarães, as well as a show by … Continue reading
Set in São Paulo, the third title of video game franchise Max Payne sees its title character shooting his way in and out of the city’s urban landscape, favelas and luxury high-rises. The imaginary of Brazilian violence is exploited as … Continue reading
As part of Visionaire magazine’s upcoming September Rio de Janeiro issue, a limited edition portfolio will be published featuring 10 anaglyphic 3D images of some of Oscar Niemeyer’s most iconic buildings. Produced in collaboration with art seller website Paddle 8 … Continue reading
On view at ESPASSO NY are new prints from Julio Bittencourt’s 3-year project In a Window of Prestes Maia 911 Building, which documented residents of a squatted building in São Paulo through the windows of their apartment. In an effective voyeuristic tableaux, conjuring Hitchcock’s Rear … Continue reading
