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.

Cartas a Alécio de Andrade

LETTERS TO ALÉCIO DE ANDRADE

Born in Rio de Janeiro, photographer Alécio de Andrade (1938-2003) did most of his work in Paris, where he lived since the early sixties. Throughout his career, Andrade maintained a constant dialogue with Brazilian intellectuals, and this tireless exchange is the theme of this exhibition, bringing together a set of the original letters and 45 portraits taken by the photographer. They depict writers, artists and other important Brazilian figures, including Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Fernando Sabino, Otto Lara Resende, Paulo Mendes Campos, Hélio Pellegrino, Vinicius de Moraes, Ferreira Gullar, Oscar Niemeyer, Glauber Rocha, Celso Furtado, Mario Pedrosa, and Lygia Clark.

Letizia Battaglia: Palermo

LETIZIA BATTAGLIA: PALERMO

Since 1971, when she began her career, Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia is intrinsically linked to the city of Palermo. She documented the conflicts thak took the city by storm in the 1970s and 1980s, during the most violent times of the "Mafia War". These intense images, often brutal, are among her best-knownworks. But Battaglia also documented life in poor neighborhoods, political movements, and the rising of a new society, creating images that became iconic. The exhibition brings together 58 of her photographs, videos, and archival material.

Seydou Keïta

SEYDOU KEÏTA

Over the course of his career, Seydou Keïta (1921-2001) produced a great number of portraits of Malian people. In his studio, next to the train station at Bamako, he captured the expressions, the garments and the taste of visitors who passed by. Taken between 1948 and 1962, his photographs also portray a time of transformation in Mali, which was moving toward its independence in 1960. This exhibition rounds up 136 works by the photographer, including 48 vintage copies developed and enlarged by Keïta himself. The other 88 works are photographs developed in France under Keïta’s supervision over the 1990s.

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
Parking at IMS Rio is free. The parking ticket must be validated at the reception desk before exit.

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.