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    Oscar Niemeyer in Italia: curated by Francesco Perrotta-Bosch

    6 December 2025 - 9 May 2026
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Casa Zalszupin

  • Hosted in the residence that Jorge Zalszupin designed and in which he lived in for almost 60 years, ETEL opens the space that will be the headquarters of the Jorge Zalszupin Institute, dedicated to researching and documenting the collection, and to exhibitions.

     

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  • The house itself can barely be seen from the street as it is nestled under and behind a large, oversized...

    South garden of Casa Zalszupin overlooking the dining room. Photo: Potyra Tamoyos

    The house itself can barely be seen from the street as it is nestled under and behind a large, oversized centenarian tree. Zalszupin’s architecture refers to both his Scandinavian and Brazilian influences. “It’s a house where he experimented a lot with different references, mixing them together, from traditional Brazilian elements like the rough stucco wall treatments, to the Scandinavian looking curved wood ceiling”, explains Carmona. The interiors have a carefully orchestrated sequence of spatial contractions and expansions, low ceilings that give way to double-height spaces, and openings that carefully calibrate views and lights with a most engaging effect and an overall feeling of shelter.

     

    Paul Clemence

  • In order to protect and spread the heritage of Zalszupin, as well as the history of Brazilian design, ETEL now...

    Jorge Zalszupin's atelier. Photo: Potyra Tamoyos

    In order to protect and spread the heritage of Zalszupin, as well as the history of Brazilian design, ETEL now announces its newest initiative: Casa Museu Zalszupin. The designer's residence will be transformed into a center of reference, documentation and dissemination of this collection of great cultural importance, to be the seat of the Jorge Zalszupin Institute in the future. 

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    About ETEL A century of Brazilian furniture forms the Design Collection. With its pioneering work in reprints, ETEL sheds new light on the exquisite designs of modern production in Brazil, lately discovered and today considered one of the most relevant of the period in the world. A production characterized by craftsmanship and the use of precious raw materials, created by architects and artists committed to highlighting local culture under the influence of international vanguards. The rescue is based on a rigorous methodology, fidelity to the originals and an intense dialogue with institutes and families that represent works. The collection, curated by Lissa Carmona, includes pieces by Oscar Niemeyer, Lina Bo Bardi, Jorge Zalszupin, Sergio Rodrigues, Oswaldo Bratke, Branco & Preto and Giuseppe Scapinelli, among others. The continuity of the modern legacy is given by prominent contemporary creators, including Isay Weinfeld, Arthur de Mattos Casas, Claudia Moreira Salles, Carlos Motta, Etel Carmona, Lia Siqueira and Dado Castello Branco.