Rio Art Week starts on Wednesday with opening show at Arcos da Lapa

The Rio Art Week starts on Wednesday (16/09) with an opening show at the Arcos da Lapa, from 18h. The program brings together Diogo Nogueira, the Symphony Petrobras Orchestra, light show and presentation of the carnivalesco Milton Cunha, starting 12 days of cultural activities spread across different regions of the Center of Rio.

The initiative was carried out by the Prefeitura do Rio through the Municipal Secretariat of Culture. official calendar it brings together exhibitions, festivals, music, theater, dance, cinema, literature, urban art and technology. In all, there are 74 exhibitions and festivals in the main program, more than a thousand hours of programming and estimated audience of about 500,000 people, between cariocas and visitors, in almost 200 points distributed by nine cultural centers.

One of the highlights of the opening is the concert “On the Rock Trail”, presented by the Symphony Petrobras Orchestra under the rule of Felipe Prazeres and direction of Batman Zavereze. The repertoire brings together songs by names such as Paralamas do Sucesso, Legion Urbana, Lulu Santos and Rita Lee, bringing together the concert music references of Brazilian pop and rock.

The program also includes events such as ArtRio, Panorama, RioHarpFestival, Rio Cello, Midrash Theatre Festival, Light Festival, International Circus Festival, MIMO Festival, Open Door Art, FLUP and Paredão Festival. Among the exhibitions and attractions are “Dancing before the Moon”, “Abolitionist Women”, “Vik Muniz – At the naked eye”, “Lady of the Drowned”, new shows at the Imperial Palace, the Gastronomy Fair Black and activities related to the Old Portela Guard and samba culture.

The Week also promotes tributes to artists such as Ney Matogrosso, Tom Jobim, Moacir Santos, Miles Davis, Julia Lopes de Almeida, João do Rio, B.B. King and Beth Carvalho, and marks the anniversaries of cultural institutions such as the Pontal Museum, the National Museum of Fine Arts, the Cine Odeon and the National Radio.