Oscar Niemeyer: The Man Who Built Brasilia

Sat Jul 18 - Mon Oct 12, 2015 Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Contemporary Art Museum, Niteroi, Photo: Leonardo Finotti
Mentouri University, Constantine, Photo: Leonardo Finotti
Metropolitan Cathedral, Brasilia, Photo: Leonardo Finotti

Time Out says

Brazilian modernist revolutionary Oscar Niemeyer's extraordinary career gets a thorough treatment at the MOT's most ambitious architecture exhibit in a while. One of the first comprehensive retrospectives dedicated to Niemeyer after his 2012 death at the age of 104, 'The Man Who Built Brasilia' obviously centres on the wildly ambitious capital-construction project undertaken by the Brazilian government in the 1950s, detailing how Niemeyer took over from his mentor Lúcio Costa and essentially designed an entire city in the middle of nowhere. Overcoming bitter criticism, the futuristic Brasilia has come to be re-evaluated in recent years and praised as a visionary model of sustainable city planning, although many detractors still aren't convinced. Learn all about this project and Niemeyer's many other works at the exhibit, which is held as part of the celebrations for 120 years of diplomatic relations between Brazil and Japan.

Details

Open Jul 18-Oct 12 / closed Mondays (except for Jul 20, Sep 21 & Oct 12), Jul 21 & Sep 24

Time 10am-6pm (Jul-Sep Fridays until 9pm)

Admission ¥1,100, college students and seniors ¥800, high school and junior high students ¥600

Telephone 03 5245 4111

Venue Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Address 4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku

Transport Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Station (Hanzomon line), exit B2; (Oedo line), exit A3

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