What attracts me it the free and sensual curve." This philosophy was brought to life in concrete by Oscar Niemeyer for more than seven decades. In the landscapes of Rio, the architect drew his ...

As with Pierre Jeanneret and his vision for Chandigarh in India, Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) is famous for his involvement in ...

The RA turns over its grand halls to an erudite, even academic look at half a century of Brazilian painting. There are some interesting finds amid the abundance.

In the 1980s, as Brazil restored its democratic regime, Oscar Niemeyer returned from exile. Confronted with a country where the population had spread to the outskirts of cities, Niemeyer continued ...

Image by Wilfredo Rafael Rodriguez Hernandez, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. In 1900, Paris hosted its first Olympic games. It had been the second city to host them after the first Olympics in Athens ...

Against a colonial past dominated politically by large agricultural producers and sustained by enslaved labor, the early 20th century in Brazil was marked by a certain uncertainty in the political ...

Every line and texture is designed to flatter and bring focus to the humans who will inhabit the space throughout the evening ...

Models Angelina Kendall, Anok Yai, Leon Dame, Selena Forrest and Woosang Kim were photographed at Casa das Canoas, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, and outdoors, framed by the verdant exotic vegetation.