The giant rose-quartz work at a metro station in Copacabana will get a much-needed makeover

The alleged suspect in the murder has claimed Sikkema’s husband offered him $200,000 to carry out the killing, according to Brazilian media reports

A Gentil Carioca’s 20th anniversary affirms it as a rare example of long-term commercial success

The project, commissioned by Audemars Piguet Contemporary, draws on the artist’s Indigenous heritage to explore collective memory

The fair’s 80 exhibitors include a small but significant coterie of dealers from abroad while Brazilian collectors are out in force

Brazil's second-biggest fair is back at full scale and in-person after two years of hybrid editions, with modern and contemporary Brazilian art, plus a solo sector curated by collector Ademar Britto

A long-closed historic institution and a new museum have contracted committees of Indigenous advisors who will contextualise the ancient and present cultures of their tribes

Archaeologists have uncovered more than one million objects on the site

The museum is seeking $30m to reopen one wing in 2022 for the bicentennial of Brazilian independence

As pieces of its ancient Egyptian collection are salvaged, the museum’s director says it can no longer afford storage facilities

More than 30,000 imperial artefacts were found in the nearby RioZoo last week

An overheated air conditioning unit was the starting point of the inferno that destroyed the building last year

The Unesco-listed site is due to receive a museum of Afro-Brazilian culture

Our London and New York teams ponder 2018's biggest art stories. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

Museums are facing greater scrutiny over sponsorship and the artists they choose to display

Meanwhile, the museum partners with a Chinese tech firm to digitise its catalogued collection

New far-right president wants to remove the country’s ministry of culture

While most of its collection is still buried under rubble, the institution begins the long road to restoration with displays of stored works that were spared from the fire

Amid melee at Rio's National Museum, museology students begin project to digitise the institution