Rio De Janeiro Daily Brief For Friday, March 13, 2026

2026-03-13 08:07:04

(MENAFN- The Rio Times) Welcome to your Rio de Janeiro daily guide for Friday, March 13, 2026. Carmen Portinho: Modernidade em Construção at the MAM enters its penultimate day before closing Sunday - two days remain for the retrospective tracing the engineer-urbanist who reshaped how Rio built and lived, running alongside Daniel Buren's sail installation in the foyer. The CCBB premieres Coração na Boca tonight in Teatro II - a new theatrical work inspired by Godard that runs through late April - while Cão closes its acclaimed run this weekend. At the MAR, tomorrow brings a double event: Guilhermina Augusti's first institutional solo exhibition opens at 15h and it is a free Saturday under the MAR de Graça programme. Thursday's session reversed three days of gains: the Ibovespa fell 2.55% to 179,284 after the new Iranian Supreme Leader declared the Strait of Ormuz should remain closed, while Brent surged past US$100 and the dollar climbed to R$5.24. This Rio de Janeiro daily guide covers culture, weather, transport, food, and everything you need for the day.

This is part of The Rio Times' daily Rio de Janeiro daily guide coverage for expats and the international community. 01Weather & What to WearWhat to wear Temperature 24–27°C Cloudy, warming up Rain Chance 50% Scattered showers UV Index Moderate Cloud cover dominant Fri 13 27°C 50% rain - Portinho penultimate day Sat 14 27°C 15% rain - MAR free + Augusti opening Sun 15 28°C 10% rain - Portinho closes Mon 16 28°C 10% rain - dry spell begins Weather tip: Friday reaches 27°C with 50% rain chance - carry a compact umbrella for afternoon showers but expect warmer conditions than midweek. The weekend brings a sharp improvement: Saturday holds at 27°C with only 15% rain, ideal for the MAR de Graça free Saturday and the Guilhermina Augusti opening. Sunday climbs to 28°C under largely clear skies - perfect for Carmen Portinho's closing day at the MAM and the Fluminense match at the Maracanã. Light clothing works today; sunscreen advisable from Saturday onward. 02Day at a GlanceQuick scan -MAM RIO OPEN - Carmen Portinho: 2 days left, closes Sunday March 15. Daniel Buren Voile/Toile through Apr 12. Wed–Sun 10h–18h. Free admission -CCBB OPEN - Viva Mauricio through Apr 13. Vetores-Vertentes through Mar 30. Coração na Boca premieres tonight. Cão final weekend. 9h–20h. Free -MAR OPEN - 36th Bienal de São Paulo itinerant, through May 3. Tomorrow: Guilhermina Augusti opening + free Saturday. Tue–Sun 11h–18h -MUSEU DO AMANHA OPEN - Tue–Sun 10h–18h. Praça Mauá 1. Closed Mondays -BLUE NOTE RIO - Lara Estelita: Jeito Lindo. 20h tonight. Av. Atlântica 1910, Copacabana -WEATHER - 24–27°C, 50% rain, cloudy. Saturday improves: 27°C, 15% rain. Sunday 28°C, clear

Friday is a full museum day in Rio - all four major institutions along the Praça Mauá to Flamengo corridor are open. The headline is urgency: Carmen Portinho's MAM retrospective has two days left. If you haven't visited, today and tomorrow are the final weekday and Saturday windows before Sunday's closing. The CCBB adds a double theatre event: Coração na Boca, a new Godard-inspired production starring Priscilla Rozenbaum, premieres in Teatro II tonight, while Cão - the acclaimed work-precarity satire by Clowns de Shakespeare and Magiluth - plays its penultimate Friday performance. Lara Estelita brings her Jeito Lindo show to the Blue Note Rio at 20h.

03What to See & DoWhat to see & do MAM Rio - Carmen Portinho: Modernidade em Construção (Two Days Left)

Carmen Portinho: Modernidade em Construção closes on Sunday March 15 - two days from today. The retrospective covers the engineer, urbanist, feminist activist and long-serving MAM director whose career spans the formative decades of Brazilian modernism. Over 300 historical documents are organised across three nuclei - housing and social urbanism, feminism, and art and education - alongside commissioned works by Milena Manfredini, Rommulo Vieira Conceição and Ana Linnemann. Today is the penultimate day; Saturday's visit can be combined with the Daniel Buren sails in the foyer. Free admission.

Av. Infante Dom Henrique 85, Parque do Flamengo. Wed–Sun 10h–18h. Free. Closes March 15.

MAM Rio - Daniel Buren: Voile/Toile – Toile/Voile

The eleven Optimist-class sails from January's Guanabara Bay regatta continue to fill the MAM foyer, arranged in strict finishing order - Buren's protocol unchanged across fifty years of editions in Geneva, Lucerne, Miami, Minneapolis and now Rio. Each sail carries his signature 8.7cm vertical stripes. The first Brazilian edition of this landmark project. Free admission.

Av. Infante Dom Henrique 85, Parque do Flamengo. Wed–Sun 10h–18h. Free. Through April 12.

CCBB - Coração na Boca (Premieres Tonight) & Cão (Final Weekend)

Two theatre events converge at the CCBB tonight. Coração na Boca premieres in Teatro II - a new production directed by Felipe Vidal, inspired by Godard's Pierrot Le Fou, starring Priscilla Rozenbaum and José Karini. The piece explores existential themes through overlapping personas rather than adapting the film directly. It runs through April 26. In Teatro I, Cão - the acclaimed collaboration between Clowns de Shakespeare (RN) and Magiluth (PE) satirising work precarity - enters its final weekend, closing Sunday March 15. Both shows at 19h tonight. R$30/R$15.

The exhibitions continue: Viva Mauricio - the immersive Turma da Mônica experience - runs on the ground and first floors through April 13. Vetores-Vertentes: Fotógrafas do Pará showcases Amazonian women photographers through March 30. Free admission for exhibitions.

Rua Primeiro de Março 66, Centro. Wed–Mon 9h–20h (last entry 19h). Closed Tuesdays. Exhibitions free. Theatre: R$30/R$15.

MAR - 36th Bienal de São Paulo Itinerant (Tomorrow: Guilhermina Augusti Opening)

The MAR is open today with the 36th Bienal de São Paulo itinerant exhibition - 19 artists curated by Keyna Eleison, running through May 3. But tomorrow is the day to plan for: Guilhermina Augusti's Entrar na Grande Noite opens in the library gallery at 15h with a conversation between the artist and the curatorial team led by Marcelo Campos. Augusti's first institutional solo exhibition combines serigraphs and paintings exploring radical Black studies, race, gender and philosophy. Tomorrow is also a free Saturday under MAR de Graça - pair the new opening with the Bienal for a full museum morning.

Praça Mauá 5, Centro. Tue–Sun 11h–18h (last entry 17h). Tue free. Sat free in March (MAR de Graça). Regular: R$20/R$10. Through May 3 (Bienal).

Blue Note Rio - Lara Estelita: Jeito Lindo (Tonight, 20h)

Lara Estelita presents Jeito Lindo - a new show mixing MPB and poetry, debuting an inédito repertoire after surpassing one million streams. Part of the Blue Note Rio's March women's programme. 20h tonight.

Av. Atlântica 1910, Copacabana. Tickets via Eventim.

04Getting AroundHow to move

MetrôRio runs Lines 1, 2 and 4 on normal weekday service, 5h to midnight. For the MAM: Line 1 to Cinelândia or Largo do Machado, then walk through Parque do Flamengo. For the CCBB and MAR: Line 1 to Cinelândia or Uruguaiana, then VLT to Parada dos Museus.

VLT Linha 1 connects Terminal Gentileza through Centro daily 6h–midnight. Parada dos Museus serves the CCBB, MAR and Museu do Amanhã - all open today.

Friday evening - Lapa: Weather improves toward evening. If heading to Lapa for nightlife, VLT to Central do Brasil and walk south, or Metrô Line 1 to Cinelândia and walk west. Friday nights bring heavier pedestrian traffic on Rua do Lavradio and around the Arcos da Lapa from 21h.

Tomorrow - Nilton Santos: Botafogo host Flamengo at 20h30 for the first weekend Brasileirão fixture of the season. Metrô Line 2 to Engenho de Dentro station. Expect heavy congestion along Linha Amarela and Av. Radial Oeste from 18h. Post-match trains run approximately 30 minutes after the whistle.

Fares: Ônibus, BRT, VLT: R$5.00. MetrôRio single: R$7.00. Metro–BRT integration: R$9.70. Jaé card accepted across municipal modes.

05Where to EatWhere to eat

After the MAM - Parque do Flamengo and Catete: Walk south from the Buren sails through the park to Lamas (Rua Marquês de Abrantes 18, Flamengo) - open since 1874, serving traditional carioca plates like filé à Osvaldo Aranha. Open for lunch from 11h30.

Near the CCBB and MAR - Centro: The Travessa do Comércio under the Arco do Teles arch offers several restaurants and bars within a short walk of the CCBB entrance. Boteco Casual serves affordable petiscos and draft chope. Friday lunch fills early - arrive before 12h30 for a table.

Friday night - Copacabana: If attending Lara Estelita at the Blue Note Rio, the beachfront along Av. Atlântica has several dining options within walking distance. Azumi (Rua Ministro Viveiros de Castro 127) serves Japanese-Brazilian fusion and is open until late on Fridays.

06Practical InfoNeed to know

All major museums open today: Friday is one of the best museum days in Rio - the MAM, CCBB, MAR and Museu do Amanhã are all open. Casa Museu Eva Klabin is also open Fridays (14h–18h).

Carmen Portinho - closing Sunday: Two days remain. Today and tomorrow are the last full visiting days before Sunday's closing. Free admission at the MAM.

MAR free Saturday tomorrow: The MAR offers free admission every Saturday in March (MAR de Graça), as part of its 13th anniversary celebrations. Guilhermina Augusti's solo exhibition opens at 15h. Regular admission R$20/R$10; Tuesdays always free.

IPCA and markets: February's IPCA came in at 0.70% - above the 0.65% consensus - reigniting inflation concern ahead of the Copom meeting on March 17–18. The Ibovespa fell 2.55% to 179,284 on Thursday, wiping out three days of gains. The dollar climbed to approximately R$5.24. Brent surpassed US$100 after Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, declared the Strait of Ormuz should remain closed. The government responded by zeroing PIS/Cofins on diesel to contain fuel price pass-through.

Golden Globe Tribute Awards - March 18, Copacabana Palace: Rio hosts the first-ever Golden Globes event in Brazil. Five days away.

Emergency: SAMU 192, Polícia Militar 190, Bombeiros 193, Defesa Civil 199. Hospital Municipal Souza Aguiar (Centro), Hospital Municipal Miguel Couto (Gávea).

07Community & LifestyleLocal life

Round 5 wrapped up last night. Vasco beat Palmeiras 2–1 at São Januário in the first home win under new management - a result that lifted the Cruz-Maltino off the bottom of the table. Fluminense won 2–0 at Remo. São Paulo beat Chapecoense 2–0 in Roger Machado's debut. Grêmio drew 1–1 with Bragantino. Combined with Wednesday's results - Flamengo 2–0 Cruzeiro, Atlético-MG 1–0 Internacional, Corinthians 0–2 Coritiba - Round 5 is complete, with Athletico-PR v Botafogo postponed to March 29.

The weekend is the Brasileirão's first on Saturday and Sunday. All five previous rounds were played midweek around the state championships. The marquee fixture: Botafogo v Flamengo at the Nilton Santos tomorrow at 20h30 - the first clássico carioca of the Brasileirão season. Flamengo arrive on seven points after the Cruzeiro win; Leonardo Jardim has won all three of his matches in charge. Fluminense host Athletico-PR at the Maracanã on Sunday at 16h.

The cultural weekend ahead. Tomorrow is one of the best museum days of the month: MAR free Saturday plus the Guilhermina Augusti opening at 15h; the MAM open for Carmen Portinho's penultimate day with the Buren sails; and the CCBB running Viva Mauricio plus Cão's final Saturday. Sunday is closing day for both Carmen Portinho and Cão. Plan accordingly - the MAM will be crowded on the last day.

08Game DayGame day

Brasileirão Round 5 - Final results: Wednesday: Flamengo 2–0 Cruzeiro (Pedro, Carrascal), Atlético-MG 1–0 Internacional, Bahia v Vitória, Corinthians 0–2 Coritiba. Thursday: Remo 0–2 Fluminense, Vasco 2–1 Palmeiras, São Paulo 2–0 Chapecoense, Grêmio 1–1 Bragantino. Athletico-PR v Botafogo postponed to March 29.

Brasileirão Round 6 - This weekend (first Saturday/Sunday fixtures of the season): Saturday March 14: Santos v Corinthians, Botafogo v Flamengo (20h30, Nilton Santos), Bahia v Atlético-MG. Sunday March 15: Fluminense v Athletico-PR (16h, Maracanã), Palmeiras v Mirassol (18h30), Cruzeiro v Vasco (20h30, Mineirão). Monday March 16: Chapecoense v Grêmio (20h).

Nilton Santos access (Saturday): Metrô Line 2 to Engenho de Dentro station. Gates open approximately 18h30. Congestion expected on Linha Amarela and Radial Oeste from 18h. Post-match trains run approximately 30 minutes after the whistle. Biometric facial registration mandatory for all entrants.

09Business & MarketsMarket watch

Ibovespa: Fell 2.55% on Thursday to 179,284 points, wiping out the gains from Monday through Wednesday. The index hit a session low of 178,495. Volume surged to R$35.5 billion - well above average - as global risk aversion intensified. The selloff was triggered by the new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei declaring the Strait of Ormuz should remain closed as a pressure tool, reversing earlier optimism about a swift resolution.

Dollar: Rose to approximately R$5.24 on Thursday, climbing alongside other emerging-market currencies as oil volatility and the IPCA surprise drove safe-haven flows. The peso chileno, rand and peso mexicano all weakened.

Selic: 15.00% (current rate). The Copom meets March 17–18 and had signalled the start of a cutting cycle. However, Thursday's IPCA print - February at 0.70%, above the 0.65% consensus, with the 12-month rate at 3.81% - complicates the picture. A 25bp cut remains the base case but the size and forward guidance are now uncertain. The inflation target is 3.0% with a 1.5pp tolerance band.

Oil: Brent surged 9.21% to close at US$100.46 on Thursday. WTI settled at US$95.73 (+9.74%). The spike followed Khamenei's declaration that Ormuz should stay closed. The Brazilian government responded by zeroing PIS/Cofins on diesel prices to limit pass-through to consumers. Petrobras has still not adjusted domestic fuel prices despite the widening gap with international benchmarks.

Context: Thursday reversed the cautious relief rally of the prior three sessions. The IPCA above consensus adds domestic pressure to an already volatile external picture. Markets face a weekend of uncertainty: the Copom in four days must weigh oil at US$100, above-target inflation, and a currency that weakened sharply in a single session. Friday's session will be closely watched for whether the selloff extends or finds support near the 178,500 area tested on Thursday.

10Plan AheadPlan ahead This Week

Saturday March 14: MAR opens Guilhermina Augusti - Entrar na Grande Noite, 15h, library gallery. Free Saturday (MAR de Graça). MAM open for Carmen Portinho's penultimate day. Botafogo v Flamengo, 20h30, Nilton Santos. Blue Note Rio: Betta - Tribute to Alanis Morissette, 20h. 27°C, 15% rain.

Sunday March 15: MAM Rio - Carmen Portinho retrospective closes. Last day. Cão closes at CCBB. Fluminense v Athletico-PR, 16h, Maracanã. 28°C, clear.

Monday March 16: MAR and Museu do Amanhã closed (Mondays). Chapecoense v Grêmio, 20h, Arena Condá. 28°C.

Coming Up

March 17–18: Copom meeting - Selic at 15%, rate cut expected but IPCA and oil at US$100 may temper guidance.

March 18: Golden Globe Tribute Awards gala, Copacabana Palace. First Globes event in Brazil. Blue Note Rio: Flávia Bittencourt, 20h.

March 21: Orquestra Imperial - "Erasmo Imperial" - Circo Voador, Lapa. 20h.

March 24: Blue Note Rio: Alma Naidu - German jazz vocalist's Brazil debut.

March 28: MAR opens Nô Martins - third new exhibition of the anniversary month.

March 30: Vetores-Vertentes closes at CCBB.

April 11–12: Sail GP, Baía de Guanabara - first South American edition. April 12: Daniel Buren closes at MAM.

Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief - Friday, March 13, 2026

Published for residents and visitors. All times in Brasília time (BRT, UTC-3).

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