Vogue

The New York Botanical Garden Celebrates Its Roberto Burle Marx Show With a Jungle Garden Party

The lingua franca was Portuguese. The weather was marvelous and the foliage dense. The women glided in flowing caftans and romantic slips while sharp-looking men appeared in white linens. Bossa nova ...
The New Yorker

A Brazilian Polymath’s Tropical Oasis at the New York Botanical Garden

Roberto Burle Marx (1909-94) was a Brazilian polymath whose highest calling was designing landscapes, most famously the mosaic path that swirls along two miles of Copacabana Beach, in Rio de Janeiro. ...
Hyperallergic

The Visionary Modernist Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx

Aerial view of Modernist Garden Path, Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx at the New York Botanical Garden (image courtesy of the New York Botanical Garden) Landscape design is a ...
The New York Times

Roberto Burle Marx and His Leafy Vision of the Tropics

The New York Botanical Garden has opened its largest ever show, devoted to the Brazilian landscape architect. By Jason Farago This Friday in Rio de Janeiro is the shortest day of the year, the start ...
Hyperallergic

The Abstract Gardens, Both Painted and Built, of a Brazilian Modernist

It’s not easy to summarize Roberto Burle Marx and the many facets of his creative output. Born in São Paulo in 1909, he was first trained as an artist, and went on to become incredibly prolific as a ...