Exhibition: DRAWINGS FOR AN ART MUSEUM BY LINA BO BARDI
4 April - 5 July 2009
Henry Moore Institute, 74 The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AH
In the first UK exhibition to explore the vision of the
architect Lina Bo Bardi, the Henry Moore Institute
focuses on her drawings for the iconic Museum of Art in
São Paulo (MASP), designed and built between 1957 and
1968. The exhibition presents drawings from the
Instituto Bo Bardi which explore her ideas for the
exterior and interior of MASP, including displays for
the art collection as well as the ways in which the
whole site might be used as a public space.
Exhibition: MIRA SCHENDEL - MONOTYPES AND OTHER WORKS
2 June - 11 July 2009
Stephen Friedman Gallery, 25-28 Old Burlington Street,
London W1S 3AN
Stephen Friedman Gallery is proud to present an
exhibition of monotypes and other works from the Estate
of the Brazilian artist Mira Schendel (b. 1919, Zurich
d. 1988, São Paulo). This two-part exhibition
encompasses an in-depth survey of the artist's works
and includes seminal drawings from the 1960s and
paintings, objects and collages from the 1950s to the
1980s.
Exhibition: FLOATING by WAGNER PINTO
4 June - 4 July 2009
Concrete Hermit Gallery, 5a Club Row, London E1 6JX
Brazilian artist Wagner Pinto presents his pictorial
world for the first time outside of his home country.
Taking his influence from the mix of religions and
influences from across South America such as candomble
a religion which melds Catholicism and African
traditions, Pintos paintings materialize forces of
nature, mythology and religious icons, imaginary
situations, mental impulses and fine energies. To Pinto
this sensory universe that influences elements of
Brazilian culture is an inexhaustible source of
possibilities for expression avoiding aesthetic
stereotypes. He says The shows will be transformed into
a fertile and dreaming landscape free of any
interpretation. The idea is to bring to the surface, to
the senses and to the view of visitors a floating
universe, where even waves of thoughts have a rhythm,
harmony, body and color, making the invisible visible
to the human eye and in this way, to try to give a new
direction to abstract art.
Exhibition: LARA VIANA
12 June - 19 July 2009
Phoenix Gallery, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter
EX4 3LS
The first solo exhibition by Lara Viana, who was born
in the city of Salvador in Bahia. Her paintings centre
around the representation of a disconnection or
distance and the memory of belonging, and here they are
based on a mixture of found images, visited places, and
the artist's own early memories. These memories are
never clear, the familiar turning on itself to become
unfamiliar, the unfamiliar seeming oddly familiar,
truth and fiction never quite separated. Lara was
recently selected to exhibit in Bloomberg New
Contemporaries 2008 and at the Whitechapel Gallery in
2009.
Exhibition: REGINA VATER - MEMORY OF LIGHT
23 June - 19 August 2009
Gallery 32, 32 Green Street, London W1K 7AT
The Embassy of Brazil is pleased to annouce the
exhibition "Regina Vater - Memory of light". Vater, who
has been in the vanguard of Brazilian art since the
1970's will be showing, in this solo-exhibition, a
selection of previously unseen works such as video,
visual poetry, installations and prints.
TUTORED WINE TASTING
29 June 2009 | 6pm
Guanabara, Parker Street, London WC2B 5PW
The Brazilian Chamber of Commerce would like to invite
you to a tutored Brazilian wine tasting by Dirceu
Vianna Junior, MW Brazil's first master of wine.
Members of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Anglo
Brazilian Society, £20; Non-members £25
Exhibition: ANA MARIA PACHECO
2 July - 2 August 2009
Salthouse Church, Cross Street, Salthouse, Norfolk NR25
7AX
The North Norfolk Exhibition Project is delighted to
present Salthouse 09, a site specific exhibition of
contemporary art in the historic setting of Salthouse
Church. This exhibition, curated by Simon Martin,
includes Ana Maria Pacheco's most recent sculpture,
Memoria Roubada II, which will be shown in the Church
Tower.
Exhibition and Book Launch: ARCHITECTURAL PROPOSALS FOR
RIO DE JANEIRO
3 July, 5.30pm (book launch and private view) | 4 - 25
July 2009 (exhibition)
Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture,
36 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ES
The exhibition 'Environmental Synchronisation: The
Choreography of Flow' showcases the work of students at
the Architectural Association (AA) School of
Architecture on architectural proposals for new
programmes along the 'Via Perimetral' coastal highway
in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The students' work,
guided by Anne Save de Beaurecueil and Franklin Lee of
the firm SUBdv, is also the subject of a book,
'Articulated Grounds', which will be launched
immediately before the private view of the exhibition.
Exhibition: BRAZIL IN BRIXTON – Featuring 12 artists
from Rio de Janeiro
6 July - 18 July 2009
Diverse Gallery, 62 Atlantic Road, Brixton, London SW9
8PY
Bring the colours, vibrancy and joy of Brazil to
London, featuring contemporary artwork from 12 Rio de
Janeiro based artists. Exhibition launch evening will
include Q & A with some of the artists,
refreshments and music.
Concert: KATIA B
7 July 2009
Guanabara, Parker Street, London WC2B 5PW
Katia B sings, plays, composes and even co-produces.
Her very own, unique identity allows her to have no
fixed style, pleasing diversity of approaches: electric
beats, acoustic drums and percussion, feisty organ,
gentle bossa guitar, sparkling piano, crackling samples
and loops, all brilliantly mixed with vocals that are
variously loose, crude and sophisticated. Not to be
missed!
SEMINARS ON BRAZILIAN MIGRATION
9 July 2009 | 5.30pm
Royal Holloway, University of London, Montague House,
Montague Place, 11 Bedford Square, London WC1E 6DP
"Japanese, Brazilian or Asian? Japanese Brazilians on
the move between Brazil, Japan and Australia" by Dr
Cristina Rocha, University of Western Sydney. "An
approach to the Brazilian immigration in Spain" by Dr
Leonardo Cavalcanti, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona.
Please register for free by sending an email to
geb.anasouza@yahoo.co.uk
Recital: THIAGO ARANCAM
9 July 2009 | 7.30pm
St John's, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
Brazilian tenor Thiago Arancam will be performing at
the Rosenblatt Recital Series at St. John's Smith
Square on 9 July. He is a fantastic tenor and is very
established abroad. He will perform songs and arias
from Bizet, Puccini, Gomes, Villa Lobos, Sorozabal,
Babi De Oliveira, Verdi, Gastaldon, and Tosti.
Exhibition: NEW DESIGN ENTREPRENEURS – ONE YEAR ON
9 - 12 July 2009
Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, Islington,
London N1 0QH
The Brazilian Consuelo Radclyffe is one of the
participants in this exhibition by talented design
entrepreneurs. She makes three-dimensional figurative
sculptures from clay, wire, paper and other materials
(see her
website for pictures), with her
work expressing a range of narratives based on
Brazilian themes and on life in general.
Exhibition: PORTUGAL - EXPRESSIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ART
10 - 23 July 2009
Red Gate Gallery, 209a Coldharbour Lane, London SW9 8RU
A collective exhibition of works by Portuguese artists:
Francisco Urbano, Carla Taveira, José Cunha, Florentina
Resende & Maria Rafael. These five artists echo
trends and styles from masters of the past but approach
them in very individual and modern ways. These artists
have brought contemporary art to the forefront of the
Portuguese art world by pushing their ideas and methods
to previously unexplored areas. All five have unique
styles and techniques however their shared Portuguese
heritage provides a common thread through their work.
Exhibition: ALEXANDRE DA CUNHA
10 July - 13 September 2009
Camden Arts Centre, Arkwright Road, London NW3 6DG
Camden Arts Centre has commissioned London-based
Brazilian artist Alexandre da Cunha to create a new
sculptural installation for Gallery 3. His dynamic,
large-scale sculptures improvise on the concept of the
readymade by reusing everyday objects. Da Cunha's work
often deals with the wider concern of the human
condition, commenting on the distribution of wealth in
his native Brazil.
Concert: ORQUESTRA IMPERIAL
12 July 2009 | 7pm
Koko, 1A Camden High Street, London, NW1 7JE
Direct from Rio the seventeen piece retronova samba big
band makes a very rare UK appearance. Orquestra
Imperial arose out the shared dream of a lot of shakers
and movers on the Rio musician scene who all wanted to
shake and move in a typical Brazilian traditional music
orchestra with a "something else".
Welsh Proms: CARATINGA
17 July 2009 | 5pm
St David's Hall, Cardiff CF10 2DP
Get in the mood for the weekend with a daytime concert
of music that explores the Brazil of a bygone era. Join
the fabulous quartet of musicians who make up Caratinga
for a concert of infectious rhythms including samba,
choro, polkas, tangos and waltzes for guitar, mandolin,
violin, clarinet percussion as well as songs.
Workshops: SAMBA FROM BRAZIL
18 July 2009 | 3pm
Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N
2AN
As part of its series of workshops on Latin American
and Iberian dances, ACALASP presents Samba from Brazil.
Tickets will be available at the door, but we recommend
booking in advance by emailing
graca@brazil.org.uk or
calling 020 73999238.
Welsh Proms: OS SAMBISTAS
22 July 2009 | 5pm
St David's Hall, Cardiff CF10 2DP
An early evening concert of samba, choro, baiao and
frevo tunes and songs from Cardiff-based Os Sambistas.
Since getting together four years ago, this lively
seven-piece band's blend of rich Brazilian influences
has made them increasingly in demand.
Concert: SPOK FREVO ORCHESTRA
26 July 2009 | 5pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
The Frevo is, outside Brazil, one of the least-known of
its dance rhythms. It's also, quite possibly, the most
infectious. Frevo comes from the Portuguese word ferver
(to boil) and is a kind of super-charged Polka and has
its own umbrella-wielding dance. The 18-piece Spok
Frevo Orchestra, enhance traditional frevos with
blistering new arrangements and opening spaces for
jazzy solos and improvisations.
Theatre: BOAT MEMORY
27 - 31 July 2009 | 7.30pm
St Matthew's Church, St Petersburgh Place, Bayswater,
London W2
Generation Theatre will be presenting Boat Memory by
Laline Paull. Boat Memory tells the true story of
Captain Robert Fitzroy who brought three native Indians
from Tierra del Fuego to England in 1830 as a daring
social experiment. Alongside the shows, there will be
daytime talks and workshops on drama, music, dance and
capoeira to celebrate the long history of Bayswater's
involvement with Latin America.
For tickets and information call 0796 2658747.
Theatre: POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL (EDINBURGH FRINGE
FESTIVAL)
10 - 14 August 2009 | 9pm
Zoo Southside, 117 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh
The love story of a rich girl and a beggar poet told
through 60's Bossa Nova music. A show full of Brazilian
rhythm, sensuality and humour that evokes the
atmosphere of a bar in Rio de Janeiro. Directed By
Franko Figueiredo.
