03What to See & DoCULTURE
TODAY’S PICK — PINACOTECA — LUZ
Pina Luz extended Thursday — Tayou’s Nocaute until 20h, free entry from 18h
Thursday is the one day the Pinacoteca Luz runs extended hours: 10h–20h at Praça da Luz 2, with free entry for all visitors between 18h and 20h. On the week’s dry day at 10% rain it is also the most natural outdoor-to-indoor route — walk from Luz station through the Jardim da Luz to the 1900 Ramos de Azevedo building, let the afternoon programme run, and stay for the free evening window. For those heading to the 19h Palmeiras kick-off, the 18h–19h Pina Luz slot works as a pre-match stop before riding Linha Verde south to Sumaré; for those staying in Luz, the full evening programme runs until 20h. The 10% rain means the Jardim da Luz is worth using today.
What to look for: Pascale Marthine Tayou’s Nocaute fills seven galleries at Pina Luz — sculpture, assemblage and large-format installation by the Cameroonian-Belgian artist making his first institutional Brazil solo. The 1998 Paulo Mendes da Rocha renovation, which opened the atrium and won the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, gives the show the volume it needs. At Pina Estação, Macunaíma é Duwid, curated by Gustavo Caboco, reframes Mário de Andrade’s modernist novel through an Indigenous lens. Pina Contemporânea runs Para Crianças in partnership with Munich’s Haus der Kunst.
