São Paulo Museum of Art
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand | |
The Lina Bo Bardi (left) and Pietro Maria Bardi (right) buildings of the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) | |
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| Established | 1947 |
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| Location | Avenida Paulista 1578, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 23°33′40″S 46°39′21″W / 23.56111°S 46.65583°W |
| Visitors | 729,325 (in 2019) |
| Director | Heitor Martins |
| Curator | Adriano Pedrosa |
| Architect | Lina Bo Bardi, horizontal block & Martin Corullon, vertical block |
| Public transit access | Trianon-Masp |
| Website | www |
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The São Paulo Museum of Art (Portuguese: Museu de Arte de São Paulo, or MASP) is an art museum in São Paulo, Brazil. It is well known for the architectural significance of its headquarters, a 1968 concrete and glass structure designed by Lina Bo Bardi. It is considered a landmark of the city and a symbol of modern Brazilian architecture.
The museum was founded in 1947 by Assis Chateaubriand and Pietro Maria Bardi, and is maintained as a non-profit institution. MASP distinguished itself by its involvement in several important initiatives concerning museology and art education in Brazil, as well as for its pioneering role as a cultural center. It was also the first Brazilian museum to display post-World War II art.
The museum is internationally recognized for its collection of European art, considered to be one of the finest in both Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere. It also houses an important collection of Brazilian art, prints and drawings, as well as smaller collections of African and Asian art, antiquities, decorative arts, and others, amounting to more than 8,000 pieces. MASP also contains one of the largest art libraries in the country. The entire collection was placed on the Brazilian National Heritage list by Brazil's Institute of History and Art.