Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief for Sunday, May 24, 2026
03What to See & DoCULTURE
TODAY’S PICK — MAM RIO — ATERRO DO FLAMENGO
MAM Rio free Sunday — Hélio Oiticica and Rubem Valentim in Affonso Reidy’s modernist landmark
If you give one Sunday to Rio culture this month, give it to the MAM Rio at Av. Infante Dom Henrique 85, set inside Affonso Reidy’s 1958 reinforced-concrete pavilion in the Burle Marx Aterro do Flamengo gardens — and free every Sunday. The day pairs better than any other: the Aterro is closed to cars Sunday, so the approach is a walk or cycle along the bay, and the museum is the natural pause inside that route. Two shows anchor the visit: the rotating Hélio Oiticica selection from the museum’s holdings, and the Rubem Valentim retrospective in the central gallery, both running through July.
