Sculpture (2008) of Darlan Rosa in front of Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília

The Casulo Project - A fleet of outdoor sculptures in CCBB-DF.

The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) Brasilia hosts the newest project from the artist Darlan Rosa: an interactive sculpture park designed for children and adolescents so that enchant adults.

The works Marquise, Caterpillar, Hive and Cocoon, which gives its name to the project, could not be anywhere else but at CCBB Brasília, gracing the vast garden that surrounds the absolute concrete building, through which every year dozens of plays, exhibits, films and other cultural events, allowing Brasilia living with art.

Casulo is night, is day, is child and adult, lit by colored lights that give life to the curves carved in steel spherical shapes. It is with the support and a partnership Brasilprev and joy and the smile of a child, the Cultural Center Bank of Brazil once again innovates and embraces a project not only unprecedented but permanent, which is here to stay and provide the public Brasiliense one more opportunity to see the world in a simple and colorful perspective of childhood.

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Darlan Rosa

Born in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Darlan Rosa began his artistic apprenticeship at early age with his father, a marble sculptor. In 1967, he relocated to Brasilia, Brazil´s modern capital, where he currently lives and works. Rosa´s artistic trajectory includes 25 solo exhibitions in Brasilia and in main Brazilian state capitals, where he has several public art currently installed. Among others, he has presented his artwork in renowned exhibitions such as the Sao Paulo International Biennal of 1976. Outside Brazil, his work has been exhibited multiple times in countries such as France, El Salvador, and Jordan. In addition, Rosa has taught art at the University Centro Unificado de Brasilia (Ceub) and at the University of Brasilia (UnB).

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Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil

The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB, in English: Bank of Brazil Cultural Center) is a cultural organization of the Banco do Brasil based in Brazil with centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte.

The CCBB began in 1986. It opened in Rio de Janeiro in 1989, Brasilia in 2000, São Paulo in 2001 and Belo Horizonte in 2013. Its three centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and São Paulo are among the top hundred most visited art museums in the world. In 2013, the three centers combined had 4.4 million visitors: 2,034,397 visitors in Rio de Janeiro, 1,468,818 visitors in Brasilia, and 931,639 visitors in São Paulo.

The largest of the CCBB institutions is located in Rio de Janeiro, in an art-deco building designed by Francisco Joaquim Bethencourt da Silva. Similar in size is the São Paulo institution, designed in the same style by Hippolyto Pujol. The smallest of the three complexes the Brasilia branch, designed by Alba Rabelo Cunha. Both the Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo branches contain theatres, cinemas, and multiple art galleries.

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Garden of the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil

The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB, in English: Bank of Brazil Cultural Center) is a cultural organization of the Banco do Brasil based in Brazil with centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte.

The CCBB began in 1986. It opened in Rio de Janeiro in 1989, Brasilia in 2000, São Paulo in 2001 and Belo Horizonte in 2013. Its three centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and São Paulo are among the top hundred most visited art museums in the world. In 2013, the three centers combined had 4.4 million visitors: 2,034,397 visitors in Rio de Janeiro, 1,468,818 visitors in Brasilia, and 931,639 visitors in São Paulo.

The largest of the CCBB institutions is located in Rio de Janeiro, in an art-deco building designed by Francisco Joaquim Bethencourt da Silva. Similar in size is the São Paulo institution, designed in the same style by Hippolyto Pujol. The smallest of the three complexes the Brasilia branch, designed by Alba Rabelo Cunha. Both the Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo branches contain theatres, cinemas, and multiple art galleries.

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Fountain in the garden of Posada del Gobernador, Colonia, Uruguay

Posada del Gobernador

Called “Posada del Gobernador” for being located on lands once belonging to the portuguese governors, it was the first Inn created right in the Historic Quarter of Colonia del Sacramento.

This 1850 Colonial Building rebuilt in 1981, has historic remains in its gardens. Our Inn stands out from other hotels in the quarter for its spacious facilities.

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Colonia del Sacramento

Colonia del Sacramento (formerly the Portuguese Colónia do Sacramento) is a city in southwestern Uruguay, by the Río de la Plata, facing Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is one of the oldest towns in Uruguay and capital of the Colonia Department. It has a population of around 27,000.

It is renowned for its historic quarter, a World Heritage Site. Modern Colonia del Sacramento produces textiles and has a free trade zone, in addition to a polytechnic centre and various government buildings.

History

Founded in 1680 by Portugal as Colónia do Sacramento, the colony was later disputed by the Spanish who settled on the opposite bank of the river at Buenos Aires. The colony was conquered by José de Garro in 1680, but returned to Portugal the next year. It was conquered again by the Spanish in March 1705 after a siege of five months, but given back in the Treaty of Utrecht. Another attack during the Spanish-Portuguese War, 1735-1737, failed.

It kept changing hands from crown to crown due to treaties such as the Treaty of Madrid in 1750 and the Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1777, until it remained with the Spanish. It then transferred to Portuguese control again, being later incorporated into Brazil after 1816, when the entire Banda Oriental (Uruguay) was seized by the government of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and renamed the Cisplatina province.

On 10 January 1809, before the independence of Uruguay, it was designated as a "Villa" (town) and has since been elevated to the status of "Ciudad" (city).

Since independence Colonia del Sacramento has expanded to the north and east, but the original Barrio Histórico (historic quarter) retains its irregular, terrain-fitting street plan built by the Portuguese, contrasting with the wider, orthogonal calles in the newer Spanish area.

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Art in the park of the Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba

Oscar Niemeyer Museum

The Oscar Niemeyer Museum is located in the city of Curitiba, in the state of Paraná, in Brazil. It was inaugurated in 2002 with the name Novo Museu or New Museum. With the conclusion of remodeling and the construction of a new annex, it was reinaugurated on July 8, 2003, with the current denomination to honor its famous architect who completed this project at 95 years of age. It is also known as Museu do Olho or Museum of the Eye, due to the design of the building.

The museum focuses on the visual arts, architecture and design. For its magnificence, beauty and for the importance of the collection, it represents a cultural institution of international significance. The complex of two buildings, installed in an area of 35 thousand square meters (of which 19 thousand are dedicated to exhibition space), it is a true example of architecture allied with art. The first building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1967, faithful to the style of the time, and conceived as an educational institute. It was remodeled and adapted to function as a museum, for which Niemeyer designed the annex, reminiscent of an eye, imprinting it with a new characteristic identity.

The museum features many of Niemeyer's signature elements: bold geometric forms, sculptural curved volumes placed prominently to contrast with rectangular volumes, sinuous ramps for pedestrians, large areas of white painted concrete, and areas with vivid murals or paintings. A collaborator previously on Ibirapuera Park with landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx, Niemeyer's namesake museum is also within a garden designed by Burle Marx, and that within 144 thousand square meters of woodland. Though rooted in modern architecture since his involvement in the international style, Niemeyer's designs have much in common with postmodern architecture as well and this is as contemporary a building as the artwork it displays.

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