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PHOTOS: With galleries shut due to coronavirus, Brazil has a drive-thru art show
Updated On Jul 25, 2020 07:12 pm IST
With galleries and museums shuttered for the coronavirus pandemic, a Brazilian art gallery owner decided to adapt the culture of drive-in movies to the visual arts and inaugurated a drive-thru exhibition in Sao Paulo. “DriveThru.Art” displays art works on 18 panels measuring 10 meters (33 feet) wide by 5 meters (16 1/2 feet) high by different artists in a huge shed that once housed a metallurgical business. Viewers can visit only inside a car. The cost is 40 reais ($8) per car, with up to four people. For those who do not have a car, the exhibition offers one that can accommodate up to three people, for the same price.
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A woman takes in an art exhibit from the backseat of a car as she is driven through a warehouse displaying paintings and photos in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, July 24, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Galleries, cinemas, theaters and museums are closed due to the restrictive measures to avoid the spread of COVID-19, but a group of artists and a curator found a way to overcome the restrictions to share their art with the residents of Brazil’s largest city. (AP)
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A car is seen near an art piece as people visit a drive-through art exhibition, during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sao Paulo, Brazil July 17, 2020. (REUTERS)
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People look at an art piece from inside a car as they visit a drive-through art exhibition, during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sao Paulo, Brazil July 17, 2020. (REUTERS)
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A man looks at an art piece from inside a car as he visits a drive-through art exhibition, during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sao Paulo, Brazil July 17, 2020. (REUTERS)
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Nina Siqueira, 7, looks at an art piece next to her mother Joana Siqueira and father Pedro Mendonca from inside their family car as they visit a drive-through art exhibition, during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sao Paulo, Brazil July 17, 2020. (REUTERS)
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