Memorial da América Latina

This guide to the Memorial da América Latina in São Paulo follows Oscar Niemeyer's seven-meter concrete hand, its palm bleeding a red map of the continent since 1989, through the decades of tropical rain that crept inside its structure. You'll hear how restorers traced cracks through the hand in 2016, racing to seal them before the next wet season. It also crosses the plaza to the Salão de Atos, where a reflecting pool holds a Bruno Giorgi sculpture, an idea Niemeyer borrowed from his own project in Brasília.