Gallery sights in Rio De Janeiro
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Centro de Referência do Artesanato Brasileiro
This new museum, which opened in 2009, showcases the craft-making traditions all across Brazil. Changing exhibits feature woodcarvings, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, metal work, basket weaving and even recycled materials in the creation of both popular and sacred art. Although nothing here is for sale, if you’re interested in a particular piece, the staff can provide contact information for any of the artists represented.
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Centro Cultural Justiça Federal
The stately building overlooking the Praça Floriano served as the headquarters of the Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal) from 1909 to 1960. Following its recent restoration, it’s become the Federal Justice Cultural Center, featuring exhibitions focused above all on photography and Brazilian art, though some fascinating exhibits from abroad sometimes make their way here. There’s a pleasant café on the ground floor.
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Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica
This avant-garde museum is set in a 19th-century neoclassical building that originally housed the Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Arts. Today, the center displays permanent works by the artist, theoretician and poet Hélio Oiticica, as well as bold contemporary art exhibitions, well-tuned to Oiticica’s progressive aesthetics.
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Catedral Metropolitana
The enormous cone-shaped Catedral Metropolitana was inaugurated in 1976 after 12 years of construction. Among its sculptures, murals and other works of art are four breathtaking stained-glass windows, which stretch 60m to the ceiling.
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