Gallery sights in São Paulo
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Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP)
Sampa's pride, the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) museum possesses Latin America's most comprehensive collection of Western art. Hovering above a concrete plaza that turns into an antiques fair on Sundays, the museum, designed by architect Lina Bo Bardi and completed in 1968, is considered a classic of modernism by many and an abomination by a vocal few. The collection, though, is unimpeachable, and ranges from Goya to El Greco to Manet.
The Impressionist collection is particularly impressive. There are also a few great Brazilian paintings, including three fine works by Cândido Portinari. The museum hosts temporary exhibits, and there is a bright, pleasant cafeteria o…
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Centro Brasileiro de Estudos Latino Americano
Centro Brasileiro de Estudos Latino Americano (CBEAL) is a cultural and research foundation, housed in the Memorial da América Latina complex. It includes an auditorium that stages free concerts, and various interesting handicraft exhibits from regional Brazil and other Latin American countries. Cândido Portinari's painting Tiradentes hangs in the Salão de Atos, and huge panels by Carybé and Poty Lazzarotto represent the people of South America.
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Fundação Maria Luisa e Oscar Americano
Fundação Maria Luisa e Oscar Americano, home of the couple who developed the leafy, upscale suburb of Morumbi, this house turned museum makes a fine retreat as much for its gardens as for its collection of painting, sculpture and objets d'art from the 18th to 20th centuries. The 1950s house is a small masterpiece of Brazilian modernism and there's a lovely café that serves traditional high tea.
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Museu de Arte Moderna
Brazil's oldest modern art museum, Museu de Arte Moderna, possesses a fine collection of Brazilian modernists such as Anita Malfatti and Di Cavalcanti as well as works by Miró, Chagall, Picasso and Dufy. However, the public spaces are devoted exclusively to temporary exhibits. Check the museum's website for current offerings.
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Instituto Tomie Ohtake
The Instituto Tomie Ohtake , is a cultural institute founded by Ruy Ohtake, São Paulo's most prominent contemporary architect. The building itself is a curving, colorful affair, perhaps not to all tastes but certainly striking. Inside, an attractive gallery space features changing exhibits of prominent, mostly local artists.
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Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
Housed in an extraordinarily and lovingly restored Beaux Arts building, the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil holds innovative exhibitions of contemporary art as well as excellent film series and theatre performances.
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