Embassy of Brazil in London

An ambitious exhibition featuring large-scale, theatrical and visually stimulating work by international artists who have been inspired by the language of lace. 'Lost in Lace' will entice visitors into magical environments where spaces become fluid and thread creates new boundaries. Visitors will be able to walk through, between, and under textile installations in the architectural spaces. Striking attention to detail and the symbolic language, patterns and techniques of lace will show visitors the radical new approaches to textile and space being made by UK and international artists. Featured artists showcasing their work include Lise Bjørne Linnert, Michael Brennand-Wood, Tamar Frank. The exhibition will feature a large-scale installation by Brazilian artist Ana Holck and is supported by the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations.

An exhibition of works by artists from across Latin America, including the Brazilians André Komatsu and Brígida Baltar, who share an engagement with the landscape, whether urban or rural. More specifically, they are concerned with travelling or moving through the landscape, and frequently with walking, which is combined in their work with diverse approaches to drawing. The exhibition, curated by Tanya Barson, Curator of International Art, Tate Modern, is supported by the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations.

For its 2011/12 Seminar Series, King's Brazil Institute has invited a range of speakers to talk about a number of Brazil-related subjects. A full list of these talks is available on the King's Brazil institute website. (see link below)

Combining photography, film and installation, 'The near and the elsewhere' explores the current global downturn - observing the constant upheaval within developing cities and the shrinking personal space available to their inhabitants. The exhibition, which includes works by the Spanish-Brazilian artist Sara Ramo, shows the physical growth and loss of urban architecture in cities across the world. It presents breathtaking views of or-ganic sprawling metropolises, but also examines previously populated spaces now empty in the wake of the housing crash.

No Lone Zone is a technical term which refers to a restricted area where at least two people must have sight of a critical or sensitive procedure. The exhibition brings together works by Cinthia Marcelle (Brazil), Teresa Margolles (Mexico), David Zink Yi (Peru) and the Tercerunquinto collective (Mexico) that explore this concept in relation to the vulnerability of current social and economic structures. Con-sisting of sculpture, video and installation, the exhibition reflects on the senses of loss, danger or urgency that inform human actions and collective endeavours in such a turbulent global context.

The exhibition, which features new paintings by three artists, Luiz Zerbini (Brazil), Richard Wathen (UK) and Vicky Wright (UK), follows no particular theme. By recognizing the fact that painting, in particular, is able to function in an autonomous way, it hope to provide an opportunity to see a selection of individual works in their own terms.

Brazil is increasingly playing a key role in the global economy but continues to be hampered by its unsatis-factory infrastructure. Upgrading this infrastructure is a key element of the Brazilian Government's ambitious Growth Acceleration Programme (PAC). Greater private investment in Brazil also needs to be secured. Ro-bust insurance protection for public and private interests is a key driver to viability of such projects. The event will look at some key aspects of such programmes benchmarked against international practice.

Burgeoning scholarly and popular interest on the rising powers of the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) notwithstanding, there are three important gaps in the literature as well as popular debates. This conference offers a unique forum whereby top-notch scholars and leading figures in business and public policy come together to address the central question: what opportunities and challenges does the rise of new powers bring to the international system, and how might the opportunities be optimally harnessed and the threats curtailed?

This exhibition will explore for the first time the relationship between two seminal figures in twenteth-century design. Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992), best known for the buildings she designed and built in Brazil – the House of Glass (1950–51), Museum of Art in São Paulo (1957–68), the Sesc Pompeia (1977–86), amongst others – was a prolific designer, architect, writer and curator, deeply committed to the promotion of the social and cultural potential of architecture. Before adopting Brazil as her home country in the late 1940s, Bo Bardi lived in Milan, where she collaborated with the renowned architect Gio Ponti (1891–1979).

One of the most successful Brazilian female artists of our time performing her unique jazz, reggae and soul-infused samba and bossa nova rhythms with full band. Support from her fellow countryman, and rising tropicalia pop funk star, Curumin. Céu captivated the world with her self-titled debut album in 2008. Céu earned both Grammy and Latin Grammy nominations, countless press accolades, and chart topping numbers and became the biggest selling Brazilian artist in the UK.

From Brazil, Companhia BufoMecânica brings a breathtaking production, combining Shakespeare's text with circus, multimedia, visual metaphor and aerial choreography. Inspired by Shakespeare's history plays, the bloody events of the War of the Roses are vividly re-imagined in a glorious black carnival of villainy, corruption and seduction. Begins in promenade and moves into The Courtyard Theatre from outside the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. In Portuguese with English surtitles.

The Personality of the Year Awards Dinner, which has been organized annually by the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain since 2001, honours two outstanding leaders who have been particularly instrumental in forging closer ties between the two nations. Each year over 500 leaders from the international business, financial, legal, academic and diplomatic communities convene in London at the traditional gala event to pay tribute to the honourees. As London hosts the Olympic Games in 2012, our event will focus on the privilege to live through the fortunate conjunction of the British hand-over of the Olympic Games to Brazil and the seemingly limitless and uniquely exciting business opportunities for both countries with all the added bonuses that the Games bring to our citizens. This year's awardees, Carlos Nuzman and Lord Sebastian Coe, have been chosen for their instrumental roles in the strengthening of cooperation between the UK and Brazil in organizing and hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which contributed to promoting business partnerships between the two nations.

From Brazil, Companhia BufoMecânica brings a breathtaking production, combining Shakespeare's text with circus, multimedia, visual metaphor and aerial choreography. Inspired by Shakespeare's history plays, the bloody events of the War of the Roses are vividly re-imagined in a glorious black carnival of villainy, corruption and seduction. Begins in promenade and moves into The Courtyard Theatre from outside the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. In Portuguese with English surtitles.

The fascinating contrasts and complexities of Brazil form the inspiration for Água; a joyous homage to a paradise of swaying palm trees, sultry jungles and stalking leopards. Água journeys from beach to rainforest and back again in a playful work brimming with joie de vivre. Dancers are illuminated by fairy lights and men and women splash playfully like children on the beach; Água exemplifies all that is best in Pina Bausch's profound and playful brand of dance theatre.