Favela Painting: Giving Pride to Brazil's Poor
"I’ve never been to a museum in my life, and now I’m living in one," said one of Brazil's poorest of her Vila Cruzeiro favela neighborhood. Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn perform a vibrant form of charitable art they call "Favela Painting". A favela is a Brazilian shanty town that houses the city's…
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