Weekend in SP
The 6th edition of Virada Cultural will take place this Saturday and Sunday (May 15-16) at different parts of the city. Virada Cultural is the biggest music fest in São Paulo. During 24 hours, millions of paulistanos and tourists divide their time amongst hundreds of attractions. Genres range from Orquestra Sinfônica de São Paulo to Titãs, and include 15 international bands.www.viradacultural.org
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) – Mr. America
Artwork by the iconic Pop Art artist can be seen at Estação Pinacoteca. Recurring themes in Warhol's work include consumerism, cultural obsession with celebrities and the postwar atmosphere of the late 60's in the United States. The exhibition holds famous silkscreen prints, paintings and photographs such as the Marilyn Monroe and Campbell Soup series. Both Lu and I have visited the exhibition and agree that it is pristinely curated. An absolute must see! But hurry: it is only up until May 23rd, from 10am to 6pm.
Estação Pinacoteca - Largo General Osório, 66 - Luz. R$3 to R$6. Saturday is Free.
Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980) - Museu é o Mundo
The work of Hélio Oiticia is displayed at Itaú Cultural. He is considered one of the most revolutionary artists of his time, and is internationally renown for his innovative experimental art. I have seen several of his pieces at London's Tate Modern as well as at the Inhotim Museum (Brumadinho, MG). I recommend it to anyone who appreciates modern art.
Itaú Cultural. Av. Paulista, 149, 2168-1776
from 11AM to 8PM, Mondays closed
On October 19, 2009, a fire destroyed about two thousand works by Oiticica.
3 comments:
i was at the virada! it was really an incredible atmosphere. you could find people from literally all walks of life, doing all sorts of crazy stuff, a real microcosm of são paulo's cultural mix. plus, the cost/benefit couldn't be better; cant go wrong when its all FREE. of course, that made the owners of bars and padarias feel compelled to ripping their customers off for everything from water to beer to WC use, but regardless, great event.
Thanks for being so participative Daniel!
I have a few friends who went last year and they said it was really chaotic. I heard it was a little more organized this year. I wish I had gone, I reeeaaally missed out on some stuff I wanted to have seen.
Gostaria de fazer um comentário sobre a exposição de Warhol. A famosa lata de sopa Campell's, que virou um ícone da arte pop e ate um símbolo reconhecido internacionalmente (conhecida muito alem de onde a penetração comercial da marca), vai ter sua imagem redesenhada. Vai adotar um "look" mais moderno. Isso porque o padrão de saúde infantil da época era o daquela criancinha rechonchuda e alegre, contrasta com o atual padrão de saúde e isso, segundo neuroscientists pesquisando o assunto, afeta a rentabilidade da marca. Portanto diga adeus a uma imagem tão conhecida.
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