Rio, Cidade Febril

Inspired by the work of historian Sidney Chalhoub, the gallery Rio, Cidade Febril narrates how the city reacted – and continues to react – to the different waves and epidemic outbreaks throughout its history: from the recurring epidemics of yellow fever and smallpox in the 19th century to the dreaded – and so stigmatized – Aids epidemic, passing through the Revolta da Vacina, the consolidation of the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, the arrival of the Spanish flu and, of course, the recent covid-19 pandemic. The history is told not only from the point of view of the diseases and their cures, but also how the state and the population faced each of them and the social and cultural marks that were engraved in the memory and history of the city.