São Paulo Museum of Modern Art

São Paulo Museum of Modern Art
Established	1948
Location	Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, Brazil
Coordinates	23.587734°S 46.655784°W / -23.587734; -46.655784
Type	Arts
Director	Milú Villela
Curator	Felipe Chaimovich
Website	http://www.mam.org.br/

The São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, (Portuguese: Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, or MAM), is located in Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo.

Founded by Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho, and built in 1948, the museum is modeled on the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The Museum has a collection and includes more than 4,000 works by artists such as Anita Malfatti, Aldo Bonadei, Alfredo Volpi, Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, José António da Silva, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Mario Zanini, and Pablo Picasso.

History

The museum was built as a temporary pavilion under a sinuous concrete Oscar Niemeyer-designed structure that crosses the Ibirapuera park. It has been offered several buildings in São Paulo in the past, including Niemeyer’s Oca building in the same open space, but its directors have chosen to maintain its current location — despite heavy criticism from Niemeyer and other architects, as it is said to be inadequate to house and display the collection. The museum was refurbished by the architect Lina Bo Bardi in the 1980s and gained protection as local heritage.

References

• São Paulo Museum of Modern Art (Portuguese)