High up in the Gávea neighborhood and surrounded by the lush Floresta da Tijuca, the house where Walther Moreira Salles and his family used to live became in 1999 the headquarters of the Instituto Moreira Salles in Rio de Janeiro. IMS Rio offers exhibitions, film screenings, concerts and cultural events, and shelters the institution’s photography, music, literature and iconography collections. The house, planned by Olavo Redig de Campos with landscape design by Roberto Burle Marx, is a landmark of 1950s modern architecture and an attraction in itself.

Pixinguinha – Naquele tempo, hoje e sempre

PIXINGUINHA – BACK THEN, TODAY AND FOREVER

Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho, or Pixinguinha, is one of the most relevant names in the history of Brazilian Music. His personal collection has been a part of Instituto Moreira Salles since 2000 and part of that is shown on the exhibition, like the flute used by the musician that restored in 2019, as well as scores that made up four books published by IMS and images that are part of the institution’s photographic archives, such as the portraits taken by Walter Firmo, Maureen Bisilliat and David Drew Zingg.

Visitors will also be able to listen to striking recordings by Pixinguinha and get to know the stories behind those, as well as watching videos of songs interpreted by the Pixinguinha na Pauta Orchestra and a version of “Carinhoso” sung by Chico Buarque and other artists. Luiz Fernando Vianna, coordinator for Radio Batuta, was the curator responsible, while Ana Carolina Montenegro was responsible for the exhibition’s visual concept.

Harun Farocki: Quem é responsável?

HARUN FAROCKI: WHO IS IN CHARGE?

Throughout his career, German filmmaker and artist Harun Farocki (1944-2014) crafted a politicized body of work that focused on analyzing the making and circulation of images within contemporaneity. His work, ever more relevant in times of hyperconnection, can be seen on this exhibition, which gathers 15 pieces, from video installations to films, where the artist reflects on the use of diverse imagery - from photography to computer graphics - in the context of social observation and control systems.   The selection was done by Antje Ehmann, curator for the Harun Farocki estate, in Berlin, and Heloisa Espada, visual arts curator for IMS.

The exhibition presents an overall take of Farocki's work since the early days of his career in 1964, up until the time of his passing in 2014. With over a hundred films and videos under his belt, the artist was heavily influenced by the political discussions that marked the end of the 60s. A witness to the Vietnam War and the student protests of that time, Harun was an ardent critic of the cultural industry, advocating for, along Jean Luc-Godard and others from his generation, activist, politically-charged cinema. In the 1990s, Farocki started to showcase his work on museums and galleries, becoming a reference in the video art segment.

Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 476 - Gávea

By bus
Bus lines: Troncal 5 (Alto Gávea x Central via Praia de Botafogo); 112 (Rodoviária – Alto da Gávea via Túnel Rebouças / Rio Comprido); 538 (Rocinha-Botafogo); 539 (Rocinha-Leme); Ônibus executivo (frescão) Praça Mauá-Gávea

By car
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Exhibitions and admission to the house is free. Tickets for the cinema can be purchased at the reception or online at ingresso.com (please check the calendar available online). For shows, courses and special events, tickets (also available through Eventbrite) or passes may be distributed separately.