GUEST OF THE MONTH (August)

Our Guest of August is Giovanni Crupi, from Milan, Italy. Even though we are having so many nice and interesting guests, Giovanni is seriously running now for the guest of the year award, due to his great commitment and love toward C38.
Giovanni has repeatedly extended his stay with us, being a lonely traveller and such a great person , all C38 staff have become very close friend with him.



On his first visit in South America,Giovanni this year has exchanged the "usual" trip in Asia for the mysterious Brazil and now he swears will come back very soon. Back home Giovanni is very busy with the Museo della Scienza(www.museoscienza.org)where is one of the big brains behind one of the best italian museum. Grazie GIO for the good times, arrivederci a presto!

Grace 2nd Birthday

For a short week we had the pleasure to have at C38, Little Princess GRACE, that celebrated her mother birthday with us and a small BBQ. From early morning until late Grace has enjoied the big rooms of C38, run around the main hall and jumped on the bean bags, giving us huge smiles.



The little princess is going to get a younger brother in october, as a gift for life, even if she is turning two years old today.So we will prepare a special cake to celebrate among our staff.


Grace s father will be also blowing on the candles tomorrow, but we are not allow to reveal how many will be...
Castelinho38 is wishing them a very special birthday.

Oto and the pups

The time has come for our 8 Rhodesian Ridgeback puppies to leave the mother and join their new family. Two brother left for Macae, as suprise birthday presents for Martina (10) and Francisco (13), sons of our C38 best client Alex. One has climbed the montain region with our friend Yann, to be his companion and guard in Benfica(S. Pedro da Serra)



The lady should meet soon her friend Silva( adult male RR ) in a superb mansion not far from here, in Santa Teresa...So don t miss the last pups available before is too late..
A special visit to the puppies arrived this sunday, with little OTO (almost one year old) interacting with the dogs..



Oto had a great time playing and looking the little ones around him, and so did we taking pictures and watching them having fun with eachother.

Serra Carioca - Montain Region

A few hours drive from RIO de Janeiro, there are plenty of options for those who loves montains and a cooler climate.As the second biggest forest area in the Rio de janeiro state, in Macae de Cima we find the best nature expression.



Located on the mountains of Macae de Cima Forest (environment protected area), are the cities of Mury, Lumiar and Sao Pedro. Distant only four km from each other, and only minutes from Nova Friburgo, these cities offer you many attractions as waterfalls, valleys and mountains. During the day, walking, hiking, canoeing, horse riding through the rivers, valleys, ponds, and rivers beaches; at night the charming presence of restaurants, and small shops, inviting you to a relaxing amusement.



Lumiar and São Pedro da Serra are located in the forest of Rio de Janeiro, around 700 meters high. Weather is very nice in the summer, and intense cold in the winter



Sao Pedro city offers you also valleys and mountains. By car or bus, from the bus terminal of Nova Friburgo, go to direction the cities of Lumiar and São Pedro da Serra, 35 km far from the center of Nova Friburgo.

Corpos - Bodies

Mostra Corpos No Castelinho38



Na ultima sexta, 15 de agosto,o Castelinho38 recebeu muitos amigos e convidados para prestigiar as obras dos artistas Daniela Antonelli e Mario Vitor.(http://danimario.carbonmade.com//)




Corpos reúne uma série de sessenta fotogravuras. Tudo feito a partir do trabalho de fotopinturas da designer gráfica Daniela Antonelli e das ilustrações e fotografias de Mario Vitor. O fio condutor é o corpo humano, que foi o principal objeto de estudo da dupla.



A mostra estara aberta ao publico de terca a domingo das 11hs ate 20hs, e vai ficar em cartaz ate dia 14 de setembro. Alem das fotogravuras, tem uma video projecao ilustrando o trabalho partindo das fotos do Mario que mostram os varios angulos do corpo da Antonella, que intervem em cima das fotos, criando uns efeitos de cores e lineas que vale a pena ver ao vivo.



Os artistas trabalharam muito para deixar a montagem da exposicao perfeita e estao de parabens pelo lindo resultado, a presenca em massa e as criticas positivas dos convidados confirmaram ainda mais o sucesso da noite.



Os convidados poderam se misturar aos hospedes e amigos do C38, no terrace-bar sob uma noite de lua quase cheia e temperatura de verao. A equipe toda do C38 agradece mais uma vez Mario e Antonella e convida todos para conhecer esse bellissimo trabalho!!

Winter Sunsets

Young Artists coming soon @ C38

Do not miss this coming friday, new exhibition opening at 19hs, two young artist showing their art works to the world at C38 gallery!!!

Barcas -Ferries

C38 team strongly recommend the visit to Niteroi city.
This town is located in the other side of the Guanabara Bay, and it has an amazing view from Rio.


Niteroi is also famous for the fish market and the Museum of Contemporary Art, that was designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
The museum is the main attraction and also the post card of the city.


The best way to reach the city is using the ferry boat.
The ferry leaves from Praça XV every day, each 30 min


The crossing takes approximately 20min and give you a different perspective from Rio.
Once there you are only 5 min away from the museum and Icarai beach.
Enjoy...

Progetti - New Art Gallery in town

A Cidade do Rio de Janeiro ganhou uma nova galeria de arte!

A Galeria Progetti, localizada na Travessa do Comércio, junto à Praça XV, ocupa um sobrado de três andares de 1889, que faz parte de um dos conjuntos arquitetônicos mais bem preservados do Rio de Janeiro.

A mostra individual de Jannis Kounellis, um dos nomes centrais da arte contemporânea internacional, e um dos expoentes da arte povera abriu a galeria, sabado 02 de agosto, contando com a presencia de todos os artistas e autoridades da arte contemporanea no Brasil.




À frente da Progetti estão os galeristas italianos Paola Colacurcio e Niccolò Sprovieri, ambos com larga experiência nas artes, que escolheram a cidade do Rio de Janeiro para sediar a segunda experiência como galeristas – Niccolò é o responsável pela Sprovieri Progetti, sediada em Londres, e Paola trabalhou por mais de vinte anos na histórica Galeria Lucio Amelio, de Nápoles.

Kounellis é um dos mais importantes artistas oriundos da arte povera, movimento que nasceu nos anos 1960 na Itália e estendeu sua influência para diversos países.



Jannis Kounellis, dia 05 de agosto a 01 de novembro de 2008, de terça a sábado, das 11h às 19h, na Galeria Progetti, Travessa do Comércio, 22, Arco do Telles |Centro, Rio de Janeiro (RJ). | Telefone: (21)2221-9893| Email: info@progettirio.com.Entrada franca