Casa Daros

If I could dream a dream for Rio maybe Casa Daros would be it!
A mansion in Botafogo from 1866 bought in 2006 by Daros Latinamerica and carefully restored to become a space for art and education.
The "house" opened on March 23,2013, a project putting Rio on the map in the world of art, but more than that creating a place where people can meet, get to know art from Latin America, have lunch, study...or just get a break from the busy city all around.

I arrived on foot, and the first impression was nothing but the best:

As I entered the building I was greeted by a well-trained staff and by information in Portuguese, English and Spanish, and even if my expectations were high, I was a bit shocked to see that everything was working like swiss clockwork. But happy! Rio deserves such an institution! And the works of Brazilian artists Vik Muniz and Iole de Freitas, especially made for the Institution, fit like a glove. Beautiful.

Right now Casa Daros hosts the exhibition "Cantos Cuentos Colombianos" of Colombian contemporary art. Intriguing, interesting, scary and humorous are my adjectives for what I saw, heard and smelled. Yes, because this is contemporary art, there are videos, songs, sounds and a room filled with bananas.

 The coffin is by Fernando Arias

The sculptures are by Nadín Ospina.

But I admit that the Institution itself fascinated me the most,I loved the reading room, the restaurant and the shop, all of it so neat and perfect that for sure I will be back!

And as I left, I couldn't help taking some more pictures, of the beautiful woodwork and the building. Surely, A dream come true.