Art and crime are often found together as expressing oneself often doesn’t align with the law, and sometimes defying the law furthers the meaning of the work, in this case it is a bit of both. In São Paulo (Brazil), you will find that entire sections of the city have
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In Brazil, not only is universal healthcare a right – so is beauty. In the public hospitals of Brazil plastic surgeries are subsidized by the government. As one of the largest consumers of plastic surgery in the world, Brazil has nearly half a million of these free or low-cost surgeries
Transgender actress Viviany Beleboni appeared in a Brazilian pride parade crucified and with a crown of thorns like Jesus did. Her motive, as stated in the article, was to represent the struggle and judgement homosexual people encounter on a day to day basis in Brazil. While her point is clear,
Dutch artists Dre Urhahn and Joreon Koolhaas painted whole neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro and Phildelphia with the help of the communities involved. They focused on poverty stricken areas, and centered their projects on the inhabitants and neighborhood. This allowed residents to take part and mold the project to their