Rio's New Art Museum

[ihpguy]

Nice image of the new art museum on the Praca Maua, pretty close to Meio Mundo, with the soaring roof and the Policia Federal/FBI headquarters peeking out behind.

And another showing the area where Meio Mundo is located. In front, way in the corner is the art exhibition space of the Mails Cultural Center, just to the right are the Casa Franca-Brasil exhibition space and directly behind and larger, Banco Brasil Centro Cultural, now with a large animation exhibition which followed a selection of Impressionist works from the Musee d'Orsay. And then to the right in the center of the Praca Pius/Pio X, Candelaria Church, right of that the twin buildings of Banco Santander and Seguros/Insurance Souza Cruz....and discretely hiding behind MEIO MUNDO. In the center of the shot is the main entrance to the naval base(I have been with two navy guys at Meio Mundo over the years and just to the west on the Largo Santa Rita is an outdoor semi-gay cafe where you can "encounter" others) and the currently being demolished, Perimetral/Elevated Perimeter Highway.

[axiom2001]

Is a new museum to be built on Av Atlantica on the site of an old night club which had a rough reputation? Three years or more ago, the design was approved, but I do not remember the tentative date for its completion. Is what you posted the one?

[ihpguy]

Nope Axiom.

The location that you are thinking of is the old site of HELP disco in Copacabana. The Museum of Image and Sound.

The new art museum is on the Praca Maua, which is where the cruise ships dock and the northern terminus of Avenida Rio Branco. It is about a block and a half north of Meio Mundo and next to the soon-to-close agglomeration of strip clubs, the old, very tall, being-rehabbed Radio Tower, Federal Police and Justice Ministry headquarters. The more modern half of the museum used to be a hospital. You can get a better feel in the second photo and the third show the new Calatrava museum.

[axiom2001]

Nope Axiom.

The location that you are thinking of is the old site of HELP disco in Copacabana. The Museum of Image and Sound.

The new art museum is on the Praca Maua, which is where the cruise ships dock and the northern terminus of Avenida Rio Branco. It is about a block and a half north of Meio Mundo and next to the soon-to-close agglomeration of strip clubs, the old, very tall, being-rehabbed Radio Tower, Federal Police and Justice Ministry headquarters. The more modern half of the museum used to be a hospital. You can get a better feel in the second photo and the third show the new Calatrava museum.

Obrigado!