São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP)

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The São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) is a major Brazilian art museum renowned for its iconic modernist building on Avenida Paulista and its outstanding collection of European and Brazilian art.

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instanceOf art museum
cultural institution
museum in Brazil
architect Júlio Neves
Lina Bo Bardi
architecturalStyle modernist architecture
city São Paulo
coFounder Pietro Maria Bardi
collectionSize one of the largest art collections in Latin America
continent South America
country Brazil
director Pietro Maria Bardi
founder Assis Chateaubriand
governingBody non-profit foundation
hasCollectionType Brazilian painting
European painting
Latin American art
design and objects
photography
prints and drawings
sculpture
hasEducationalProgram courses and workshops
lectures and seminars
hasFeature glass façade
large free-span volume elevated on red concrete beams
open plaza under the building
hasFunction art exhibition
cultural programming
education and research
hasLandmarkStatus architectural landmark of São Paulo
hasSpace auditorium
library
permanent collection galleries
temporary exhibition galleries
inaugurationDate 1968
knownFor collection of Brazilian art
collection of European art
glass easel display system
iconic modernist building on Avenida Paulista
languageOfInstitution Portuguese
locatedIn Bela Vista, São Paulo
São Paulo
locatedOn Avenida Paulista
namedAfter Assis Chateaubriand
nativeName São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
offersGuidedToursIn English
Portuguese
openingDate 1947
region Southeast Region of Brazil
surface form: Southeast Brazil
relocatedToAvenidaPaulista 1968
shortName MASP
typeOfMuseum fine arts museum

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Avenida Paulista hasLandmark São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP)
this entity surface form: Museu de Arte de São Paulo
São Paulo hasMuseum São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP)
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subject surface form: São Paulo Museum of Art
this entity surface form: Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand