Plans to restore and paint 2,500 houses in Bogotá’s historical downtown area of Candelaria are clashing with graffiti artists whose colorful murals have transformed the area and brought tourists to the neighborhood.
Author Archives: Gisele Regatao
Gisele Regatao is a professor and multimedia journalist who has written about everything from samba music in her native São Paulo to start-ups in Mumbai and the ever-expansion of museums in New York City. She is the executive producer and editor of Hyperallergic's podcast.
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Considering Art and Crisis in Brazil, from Tropicália to Today
The impeachment of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff and the current economic crisis will have a long-lasting impact on the country, including on one of the largest open-air contemporary art collections in the world.