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10 Unmissable Exhibitions To See In 2021!

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by Sasha Gattermayr

Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future at the Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York. Photo – David Heald.

Left: The Ten Largest, Group IV, No. 3, Youth by Hilma af Klint, 1907. Right: Group IX/UW, The Dove No.2 by Hilma af Klint 1915.

Hilma af Klint: The Secret Paintings 12th June – 19th September 2021 Art Gallery of New South Wales

You might recognise the pastel tones and soft, mystical forms of Swedish visionary Hilma af Klint. The 2019 exhibition of her newly discovered paintings at New York’s Guggenheim drew record-breaking crowds, and was broadcast all over Instagram. But nothing substitutes for the real thing!

The 100 works that comprise The Secret Paintings will premiere in the Asia Pacific at the Art Gallery of New South Wales this winter, which will be the first major survey of the experimental artist’s work in the region. The existence of the enormous, ambitious canvases was not known until recently when they found in storage after being kept there for the last few decades… unbeknownst to the art world!

Now brought to light, the dazzling exhibition represents an outpouring of appreciation for the trailblazing modernist artist. Don’t miss this international art sensation!

‘Friend Under the Tree‘ by Mirka Mora.

MIRKA 14th February – 19th December 2021 Jewish Museum of Australia, Victoria

It’s no secret we’re HUGE Mirka Mora fans, but this is big… even for us! MIRKA is the most expansive survey of the late, great artist’s work and dives deep into her rich personal history as well as her vibrant creative oeuvre.

After pushing back the opening due to last year’s restrictions, the Jewish Museum of Australia will transform into a ‘Mirka-world’ on Valentine’s Day, featuring more than 200 unseen pieces from the Mora family home and Mirka’s studio and archives. These will be featured alongside pieces from Heide’s permanent collection to create a vivid account of her life as a Holocaust refugee in Australia.

Visitors will be guided through the exhibition of artworks and personal effects by an audio soundscape of stories and memories – narrated by Mirka herself! This will be a truly immersive show of a Melbourne icon.

Left: The Royal Tour (Self Portrait 1), 2020. Right: The Royal Tour (Vincent and Elizabeth), 2020.

The Royal Tour (Charles, Vincent and Elizabeth), 2020.

Vincent Namatjira 8th – 25th September, 2021 This Is No Fantasy

2020 was Vincent Namatjira’s year. The artist received an Order of Australia in June, and then took out the prestigious Archibald Prize a few months later, becoming the first Indigenous artist to win the country’s most prestigious portrait prize. AND he released a book in December!

Originally from Ntaria (Hermannsburg), Northern Territory (125km South West of Alice Springs), Vincent identifies as Western Aranda. Today, he is based at Iwantja Arts in the remote community of Indulkana in South Australia’s APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) lands.

Vincent’s bold, unique paintings position notable historical figures (often political leaders or members of the British monarchy) in the vivid Australian desert, or himself in diplomatic scenes between international heads of states. His subversive style questions the nature of history and politics we understand today.

This Is No Fantasy gallery represents the of-the-moment artist and will host an exhibition of his recent works later this year. Details are yet to be finalised but mark the date in your diary, it’s going to be excellent!

Left: Cloud formations by Cecilie Bendixen, 2020 and Capitolviscera appliances mural by Jim Shaw, 2011. Photo – Tom Ross. Right: C=O=D=A by Cerith Wyn Evans, 2019–20. Photo – Tom Ross.

Triennial 2020 December 2020 – April 18th, 2021 National Gallery Victoria

Given this all-encompassing contemporary showcase only happens once every three years, its pretty much the defintion of ‘unmissable’.

With pieces scattered throughout the NGV’s permanent collection, the Triennial displays the work of over 100 contemporary designers and artists across many mediums and creative disciplines. From enormous digital landscapes by Refik Anadol to colourful installations by interior designer Danielle Brustman and an enormous iridescent Jeff Koons sculpture, the exhibition celebrates the diversity and of contemporary creatives around the world.

And to really sweeten the deal, entry is free! Make sure to book ahead.

The Lume at MCEC presenting Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers.

The Lume Permanent installation – opening Autumn 2021 (stay tuned!) Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre

Digital art isn’t usually our arena, but an epic-scale digital rendering of classic masterpieces that deposit you INSIDE the painting? Sign us up! The Lume is an immersive art experience that casts projections around a large observation room, enveloping the roaming visitor in the world of a painting.

Opening with the masterpieces of Vincent Van Gogh, visitors enter the world of the Dutch master via a symphony of light, colours, sound and even smells. The moving imagery guides viewers through the Netherlands, Paris and the French countryside, allowing them to visit the locations of the artist’s most famous scenes before arriving at the paintings themselves. The multi-sensory experience gives a sense of Van Gogh’s own thoughts, feelings, emotions and surroundings as he painted.

If quiet, white galleries is not your ideal art-viewing environment, The Lume is for you. It’s like the planetarium of art galleries!

Improvisation No III (Munich) by Erica McGilchrist, 1961.

House of Ideas: Modern Women 1st May – 31st October, 2021 Heide Museum of Modern Art

One of the best things about Heide is the history of the grounds itself, the bedrock of the Australian modernist art movement. House of Ideas: Modern Women celebrates the creative women connected to the iconic site.

From writers to artists, poets and progressive thinkers, these visionary female creatives have been largely forgotten by history, though making just as significant contributions to the bohemian movement as their male counterparts. The exhibition includes the work of Sunday Reed, Cynthia Reed Nolan, Barbara Blackman, Mary Boyd, Joy Hester, Mirka Mora and more to illustrate the central role these women played in creating the cultural and intellectual environment we understand today.

Left: Assemblage of the Fragmented Landscape by Mehwish Iqbal, 2020. Right: Fragile Ecologies by Lauren Berkowitz, 2018.

The National 2021: New Australian Art

The National is a six-year long partnership between three key galleries in New South Wales: the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Carriageworks and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. This year’s show is the last in a series of three biennial exhibitions, with works spread out across all three locations.

The National: 2021 is a sprawling survey of contemporary Australian art, bringing together artwork from artists of different generations and cultural backgrounds around the country. Thirty-nine artists, collectives and collaboratives present their responses to present-day Australia through a chosen medium, from sculpture to mural to bark painting.

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia 26 March– 22 August 2021

Carriageworks 26th March – 20th June, 2021

Art Gallery of New South Wales 26th March – 5th September 2021

The 2020 finalists on display. Photo – Charlie Bliss.

National Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory

The Telstra National Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Art Awards is a milestone event in the art calendar every year, and the 37th iteration will be no different!

The awards program and accompanying exhibition unites emerging and established Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists at the Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory in Darwin. The diversity of media displayed among the finalists in the last few years represents the richness of the contemporary art practices among leading Indigenous artists, and the fresh perspectives they bring to the artistic fabric of contemporary Australia. This show is knock-out every year.

Dates are yet to be finalised for this year’s program, but fingers crossed for an IRL ceremony and exhibition!

Left: ‘Sunflowers’ by Vincent van Gogh, 1888. Right: ‘Hillside in Provence’ by Paul Cézanne, c1890–92.

‘Four scenes from the early life of Saint Zenobius‘ by Sandro Botticelli, c1500.

Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London 5 March – 14 June 2021 National Gallery of Australia

Hold onto your hats, there’s a masterpiece blockbuster on its way to Australia!

Spanning five centuries and seven key artistic periods, Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London brings together 60 paintings by big time European heavyweights including Titian, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Velázquez, Goya, Turner, Renoir, Cézanne and Gauguin. These titans bookend Western European art history, starting with the Italian Renaissance and ending with the birth of modern art, catching the Dutch Golden Age, 17th-century Spanish movement and British portraiture in between.

This showstopper is presented in partnership with the National Gallery, London and is exclusive to the NGA.

The Green Room (Omega Project) by RONE, 2017.

RONE in Geelong 27th February – 16th May, 2021 Geelong Gallery

Rone is a longtime favourite in the TDF office, so just try and stop us from getting down to Geelong to see this!

From stencil works to archival photographs of his signature street murals and digital recreations of his installations, this is the first comprehensive solo survey of the artist’s iconic work. The exhibition culminates in a site-specific piece where one of the gallery’s rooms has been completely transformed into a RONE-style space.

The new multimedia commission will respond to the architecture and history of the building, reforming the grand reception area into a decayed and derelict room – reminiscent of his installations at the abandoned Burnham Beeches building in 2019. It will also contain a new soundtrack by composer Nick Batterham.

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Rio de Janeiro: Insider Travel Guide

(CNN)Travel fantasies don’t always live up to the reality, but the “marvelous city,” as Rio de Janeiro’s citizens call their beloved hometown, can knock even the most jaded travelers off their seen-it-all perches.

Dress appropriately, it can get extremely hot in Rio.

Famed for girls from Ipanema and Carnaval, the best of Rio is all that but a lot more.

The party goes on year-round in the cultural heart of Brazil, from the samba renaissance in the Lapa District, where you can choose from an array of great clubs, music and restaurants, to Carnaval rehearsals at local samba schools that redefine the word “celebration.”

The best of Rio beaches of the Zona Sul are heavily patrolled and many other areas — especially those troubled by crime and drugs — have been cleaned up, but you do need to exercise caution.

Don’t flash iPhones and money, don’t take more cash with you than you can afford to lose and use taxis at night called by your hotel to take you to the doorstep of your destination.

Mostly Rio specializes in merrymakers who bring you into the fold. Whether it’s hanging out over caipirinhas at a neighborhood bar, hiking in the rainforest or dancing in a circle of samba at an old dancehall, Rio is a realm of the senses, some of which you may find have been AWOL for a while.

Hotels

Luxury

Copacabana Palace

Like a glistening casino in Monte Carlo, the massive white edifice of the Copacabana Palace looms above the beach strip of Avenida Atlantica.

The most storied hotel in Rio, the Copacabana opened its doors in 1923 as a roost for dignitaries and diplomats.

The 1933 film “Flying Down to Rio,” set at the Palace but filmed in Hollywood, made it a hangout for celebs.

Orson Welles trashed his room here following a fight with Dolores del Rio, as did Ava Gardner after Sinatra dumped her.

The furniture doesn’t fly like it used to, but this best of Rio hotel still brings in the royals and their modern counterparts — rock stars.

It’ll set you back a bit for a stay in one of the 245 rooms, but you won’t complain about the impeccable staff or features such as “Juliet balconies” (in some rooms), spacious rooms and classic furniture. More recently constructed rooms with city views are located in the Tower Wing building.

Porto Bay Rio Internacional Hotel

The Porto Bay Rio gives you a resort-style experience in the heart of beachfront row Avenida Atlantica.

The modern, upscale facility pulls out all the stops, from luxurious rooms to fine dining and views up and down the world’s most famous beach.

The rooftop Bossa Lounge lets you knock back caipirinhas to the sound of bossa nova as you gaze from white sands to jungled slopes and the statue of Christ the Redeemer atop Corcovado. It’s a good place to slap yourself to see if you’re dreaming.

It would be hard to find a more panoramic view of Copacabana, Sugarloaf and Copacabana Bay than from the 20th-floor pool unless you’re operating a drone.

The rates aren’t cheap but good value for luxury with the declining value of the Brazilian real.

Mid-range

Mar Ipanema

This stylish boutique hotel has a primo locale, just five minutes from Ipanema Beach and a few blocks from the Rodrigo Freitas Lagoon.

The hippest beach hangouts are minutes away, as are a host of the city’s most happening boutiques, restaurants and bars in one of the safest neighborhoods in Rio.

The upscale Leblon district is a five-minute walk.

Mar Ipanema rooms feature tasteful dcor accented by Rio motifs that feel custom-crafted.

Wi-Fi is available in all rooms.

The one downside: you have to use the restaurant next door for dining. Room rates are below most in the neighborhood.

Budget

Rio Panoramic Hotel

The coastal views are not all in Copacabana. The other side of Sugarloaf and its bay filled with sailboats are also stunning.

Perched on a hill overlooking Botafogo Bay in the artistic and quaint Santa Teresa neighborhood, the Panoramic gives you a view of the city below and a vista of islands and Sugarloaf lining the bay.

The renovated Art Deco villa earns great reviews among Rio lodgings, averaging five stars on TripAdvisor.

This B&B was originally the home of a doctor, and it has been lovingly restored to bring the personal touch to its six well-appointed and air-conditioned rooms.

There’s a pool, breakfast in the garden and staff on site to offer tips on the attractions and shopping nearby.

Hotel Novo Mundo

Built in 1950, this three-star hotel has been a favorite of Brazilians over the years for its prices, views and proximity to Santos Dumont airport, the terminal for domestic flights.

Soccer great Pele used to stay here when he had a game in Rio.

The hotel is located at Flamengo Beach, a coastal stretch as scenic as the Zona Sul, but often overlooked by travelers.

Flamengo Park, a long stretch of green that parallels the coast, is across the street. Outside are great views of Sugarloaf and Guanabara Bay. The metro is a block away.

A stay on this side of Rio puts you closer to the action downtown, just a short walk away, such as the Lapa District and museums.

Golden Tulip Continental

It’s a high-volume beach hotel two short blocks from Leme, the least-known beach of the Zona Sul.

But the view from its rooftop pool rivals anything the five-stars have, and its complimentary breakfasts are well-stocked.

Rooms are distinctly modest, but they’re good enough for the many airline flight crews who stay here.

Located in a quiet, residential area, the surroundings are a welcome relief from the madding crowd of Copacabana.

Whatever you need is nearby — markets, bakeries, travel agencies, bars. Copacabana is a 10-minute walk.

Dining

Academia da Cachaca

Sprawling over a large sidewalk in the upscale Leblon district of the Zona Sul, the Academia da Cachaca is a best-of-Rio hot spot for conversation, creative caipirinhas (pineapple, passion fruit, lime, bittersweet orange and fruit of the season) and other concoctions, such as the Academic Grit (orange, ginger, rum).

The food is excellent and ranges from feijoada (the beans and rice mix that is a staple of the national diet) to escondidinho (shredded jerked beef, trout or chicken, shrimp, mashed cassava, cream cheese au gratin).

The atmosphere is laid back and the tables are close together, so if you don’t bring friends, you’ll make some.

This is also one of the best places in Rio for caipirinhas and indulging the sidewalk joie de vivre of Cariocas.

The high-octane alcohol at the center of the caipirinha, cachaca, is a sacred spirit here, and there are hundreds of bottles of the sugarcane firewater displayed on the shelves.

Nova Capela

With its ornate, tiled walls, array of framed pictures and close quarters, Nova Capela feels very Portuguese, but it’s been a Rio fixture since it opened in 1903.

Home to Bohemians and artists through the years and now popular with Lapa denizens, Nova Capela is one of the best restaurants in Rio.

There’s an air of craftsmanship here, with custom dishes (boar, goat) and attention to detail that extends to surprisingly good service, not a Rio signature.

The place is stocked with white-jacketed waiters.

The lamb with broccoli is a specialty here and melts in your mouth. The savory fare comes with the intimate vibe of a living room (a loud one).

Brigite’s

Brigite’s is one of the latest entries on Rio’s restaurant row, Rua Dias Ferreira, in the upscale Leblon district of the Zona Sul.

The eatery, owned by the impresarios of two other hotspots on Dias Ferreira, Sushi Leblon and Zuka, has quickly made a name for itself as one of the trendiest dinner and cocktail destinations on a very competitive street for foodies.

The menu focuses on Italian fare, specializing in elegant presentation and savory creations, such as its “Gamberone em Crosta,” which features prawns inside a lemon crust.

But the offerings span a wide range, from steak tartare to spaghetti and seafood dishes to vegetarian fare, if requested.

Fans rave as much about the cocktails as the food, from strawberry caipirinhas to mango mules.

Locals know to eat here on week nights, because the weekends are packed. Reservations are recommended.

Zaza Bistro Tropical

Owners Zaza Piereck and Preta Moyses turned their imaginations loose on a two-story colonial home in Ipanema in 1999, painting it ultramarine blue and stuffing it with bric-a-brac and figurines from around the world.

The upstairs dining area feels like you tripped down the rabbit hole and wound up in Fez, with Moroccan-style cushions for chairs.

There’s nothing predictable about the food, either. The fare leans toward healthy and organic and is displayed with a Japanese-style flair for presentation.

Check out the grilled sea bass with sweet and sour caramelized bananas or, for dessert, the petit gateau cake with milk caramel.

Culinary creativity has made Zaza a very popular place, so you’ll need to make reservations — online only.

Nightlife

Rio Scenarium

An old house full of antiques might not sound like the coolest ambience for a happening night spot, but Rio Scenarium pulls it off.

The decor, no doubt, has something to do with that.

The best-of-Rio club is three floors’ worth of antique clocks, paintings and chandeliers, carved out of a 19th-century mansion in the Lapa district.

This Victorian set decorator’s fantasy bridges vintage with modern, since Rio Scenarium is also a top music venue, with a first-floor stage and dance area that hosts the gamut of Brazilian rhythms, from rock to choro to MPB (Msica Popular Brasileira) and samba.

To keep the caipirinhas from ending the night before it gets started, you can take some food breaks, say, penne sauted in pesto sauce or grilled fish filet.

Reservations recommended.

Casa da Matriz

One of the originators of the Rio club scene, Casa da Matriz, or Matrix House, has been a hip home for students and all-night scenesters since the 1990s.

Lodged in the Botafogo district, Casa da Matriz has an arty, casual vibe, with colorful decor and various unique spaces.

The music lineup ranges from deejays to live performances, from the Mad Professor to Joao Brasil, as well as indie karaoke sessions on Thursdays.

The club specializes in indie rock and pop, but the deejays spin an eclectic mix ranging from soul to samba.

Jobi Bar

The neighborhood bar, or botequim, is the Carioca version of the British pub, a place where the locals comes to imbibe and unburden.

At the best botequims, like Jobi in Leblon, a stranger never remains alone for long.

This classic Rio bar has been a hub of socializing, venting and gesticulating since 1956.

In the usual style, the bar spills from indoors to outdoors, with tables sprawled across the sidewalk.

Pedestrians don’t come first here — gabbing does.

Signature menu items are shrimp with cheese or shredded dried meat with farofa and onions.

There’s also live music. There’s no rush to get your point across at Jobi, which doesn’t close until 4:30 a.m.

Bip Bip

Like a lot of bars in Rio, there’s no attempt at fancy furnishings at this modest Copacabana hangout.

The walls are a haphazard mlange of photos and old newspaper clips, and the unadorned tables are jammed in like sardines.

It’s so informal that customers wander to the fridge themselves to get beer, and sometimes even tabulate the bill.

Under the cover of night, however, Bip Bip turns into a music destination, a must-stop for local and touring musicians, which has helped the bar build a following that belies its humble digs.

Guests down suds and eat croquettes to a variety of musical offerings, with artists jamming casually at tables.

Mondays and Tuesdays are choro nights reserved for the intricate guitars and cavaquinhos of traditional choro music. Wednesdays, there’s bossa nova.

Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, it’s samba de roda, the circle of percussion and voice from which this art form sprang.

Lapa District

A former run-down collection of 19th-century mansions, the Lapa district, near the city center, has been rehabilitated over the last decade into the heart of a cultural renaissance in Rio.

Many of the crumbling edifices have been restored to their previous luster.

The sidewalks are packed and the bars pulsing with live music, mostly samba, which has fueled the revival.

Walk a few blocks here, and you’ll have more musical options than fingers.

At one bar, it’s an acoustic samba de roda group with drums and mandolin.

At another, there’s a gray-haired sambista belting out a classic samba cano (ballad) aided only by tambourine.

At still another, there’s a lively band with a horn section doing samba gafieira, the swinging brass version of the music, with the crowd dancing along.

You may find yourself “eating your ears,” as the locals call the ear-to-ear grin.

Shopping/Attractions

Shopping Rio

Like it has in much of the world, shopping in Rio has shifted to malls.

There are still great specialty shops: for musical instruments (Casa Oliveira), surfwear (Draco), hand-crafted jewelry (Maria Oiticica), books (Livraria da Travessa) and excellent bargains at the Target-like Lojas Americanas chain, particularly on CDs and DVDs.

But the best of Rio malls probably have what you need.

Shopping Leblon has more than 200 stores and easy access from the Zona Sul and tourist zones.

Botafogo Praia Shopping, in Botafogo, has a large selection of stores.

From a side door to the food court on the top floor, you can wander out to the rooftop for a stunning view of the marina and Sugarloaf.

For tourist fare, the outdoor flea market that springs up at night along Avenida Atlantica has the usual grab bag of T-shirts that fall apart with one wash, dresses and trinkets.

The Hippie Fair, held in Ipanema on weekends at Praca General Osorio, has better quality crafts.

Casa Oliveira Musicas, Rua da Carioca, 70, Rio Centro; +55 21 2508 8539

Draco, Rua Francisco Otaniano, Arpoador; +55 21 2227-7393

Livraria da Travessa, Leblon and Centro; Ipanema store: Rua Visconda de Piraja, 572, +55 21 3205-9002; Centro store: Rua Primeiro de Marco, 66, +55 212519-9000

Sugarloaf

Known as Sugarloaf for fairly obvious reasons, Pao de Acucar has posed for more photos than a truck full of supermodels, but there’s more to this monolith than mere prop.

It’s a show in its own right, something you find with a cable car trip to the top of the 396-meter peak.

You board two modern cable cars, the first to a peak called Urca, where caipirinhas and beer are available to steady wobbly knees.

The second gets you to the top of Sugarloaf for arguably the most spectacular city vista on the planet.

The scene is dazzling, with views from the beaches of the Zona Sul to the jagged Two Brothers peaks, to lush mountains.

Like any tourist mecca, it can get crowded at peak hours, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., so going early or just before sunset is best — and pick a day when the skies are clear.

If you arrive early you can spend the day at Praia Velmelho, an idyllic beach in a cove-like setting a short walk from the base of the cable car.

Cristo Redentor and Corcovado

Since taking his post atop Corcovado Mountain in 1930, Cristo Redentor has had to put up with monsoonal rains, marinating humidity and swarms of kids posing in his famous flying posture.

Yet Rio’s iconic Christ statue remains unfazed, a focal point for locals and travelers, 710 meters high on a ridgetop in the Tijuca National Forest.

No trip to Rio is complete without a journey to this high-flying landmark. Get alongside it, and it’s so massive (39 meters high, 635 tons) that it’s hard to get the whole thing into a photo.

Cristo Redentor does a little tour guiding on the side, the left arm pointing to the older north of Rio and the giant soccer stadium, Maracana, while the right arm waves to the Rodrigo Freitas Lagoa and the beaches of the Zona Sul.

Straight ahead from the platform is the city center, or Centro, the bay and Sugarloaf.

The key to an awesome day atop Corcovado is weather.

Wait for a clear day, or you’ll be staring at a layer of cumulus.

Beaches/Avenida Atlantica

The best show in Rio is free on the beaches of the Zona Sul. Park on the sand or walk the promenade of Avenida Atlantica, and you’ll have a front row seat to the scantily clad, play-hard philosophy of Cariocas.

Cyclists, joggers and skaters jam the bike and pedestrian lanes that hug the beach.

On the sand and in the water, it’s volleyball, soccer and surfing.

And everywhere, bodies — dark and tanned — do their best to ration bathing suit material.

Copacabana is the largest beach, opposite many of the hotels that line Avenida Atlantica, while Ipanema and Leblon are the hippest, home to artists and dedicated followers of fashion.

Outdoors/Adventure

Rio has enough outdoor options to rival Boulder, Colorado, in the United States.

You can rock climb on Sugarloaf or in Niteroi, hang glide from a ridgetop, hike in the forest surrounding the city or bike around one of the best outdoor refuges in town, the Rodrigo Freitas Lagoa.

A saltwater lagoon backed by steep hills and forest, Lagoa is the Central Park of Rio, a sanctuary from heat and urban chaos.

It’s a great place to walk, jog and play, maybe even a little baseball; there are a couple of diamonds here.

The Lagoa circuit leads to a great hike in Parque Catacumba.

The trail leads through the rainforest to some great views at the top.

Lagoa Adventures, a local outfitter, offers a canopy walkway high in the trees, a zip line, rock climbing wall and rappelling lessons.

Rio Adventures has an extensive range of pulse-pumpers, from a rope course and canopy adventure in the Atlantic Rain Forest to a hike up Pedro Bonita, to hang gliding.

Lagoa Adventures; Avenida Epitacio Pessoa, 3000, Parque de Catacumba; +55 21 4105 0079

Music

Drinking, partying and, yes, even the Rio beautiful-body parade all revolve around music.

Here’s where to experience the heart, soul and never-ending rhythm of the most musical city on the planet.

Carioca Da Gema

This top Rio venue was one of the trailblazers of the Lapa renaissance, and it’s always jammed on the weekends, when the top samba artists perform.

It’s the premiere club for two great art forms in Rio, samba and choro, an intricate, chamber-folk sound.

Many of Rio’s top samba artists perform here regularly. Be on the lookout for Ana Costa, Arlindo Cruz and the queen of Lapa, Teresa Cristina, for a pure fix of the marvelous city’s marvelous music.

The main floor is for dancing, and the few tables fill up quickly, so get here well before the 9 p.m. show time, especially on weekends.

Vinicius Bar

Bossa nova has legions of fans around the world, but in its home country, it’s all but vanished under a tidal wave of rap and sertanejo, a popular Tex-Mex sound.

The best place to catch the music made famous by Tom Jobim and Bebel Gilberto’s dad, Joao, is at Vinicius Bar, opened as an homage to the great lyricist and poet Vinicius de Moraes, who penned some of the most famous bossa songs, including “The Girl from Ipanema” and “Felicidade.”

Located a couple of minutes walk from the beach in Ipanema, the bar spotlights the jazz-tinged, languid sounds of a much slower Rio.

In keeping with the habits of de Moraes, a legendary bon vivant, the place is well-stocked for imbibing.

The breaded shrimp and Greek rice go nicely with a tangerosco, a tangerine-vodka combo.

Vinivius Bar, Rua Vinicius de Moraes, 39, Ipanema; +55 21 2287 1497

Estudantina Musical

This classic dance hall on the fringes of the Lapa district has been serving up happy feet for 83 years.

Ascend the wide wooden staircase and you’re no longer in the tourist bubble but inside the local culture with working-class folks who’ve put on their nighttime best to dance and party with giant bottles of Brahma.

They’re serious about their samba here. Bands play 90-minute sets.

The banner on the back wall says it best: “As long as there is dance, there will be hope.” Lots of that here.