“The museum’s first significant commitment to African art came in 1953, with the exhibition ‘Arte Negra,’ held six years after MASP opened,” added curator Amanda Carneiro. “This ...

The new, 14-story tower of Sao Paulo Museum of Art — better known as MASP after its initials and one of the country's most visited — opened its doors on March 28, bringing to completion its ...

For MASP artistic director Adriano Pedrosa, who reinstated Bo Bardi's iconic glass-and-concrete easel installation for the museum's permanent collection shortly after joining in 2014, the ...

Enjoy 12 digital issues a year from the global design authority A sense of mystery clings to Lina Bo Bardi, a modernist who ...

Bardi and her husband, the museum’s founding director Pietro Maria Bardi, shared a vision for MASP as a space of openness, revolving around a wall-less gallery design that displayed works on easels, ...

(Leonardo Finotti) Another major emphasis of the project was improving MASP’s visitor circulation. The museum’s main entrance is now located on the ground floor of the Pietro Maria Bardi ...

Interior staircase in Masp's new Pietro Maria Bardi Building Photo by Leonardo Finotti As South America’s pre-eminent museum dedicated to Modern art, Masp consistently collected European masters ...

The project, which has taken six years and $43m, more than doubles the museum’s total space, adding around 11,000 sq. m to the campus. Masp’s famous original building is now complemented by an ...

The new, 14-story tower of Sao Paulo Museum of Art — better known as MASP after its initials and one of the country’s most visited — opened its doors on March 28, bringing to completion its ...

São Paulo is marking the opening of its famed art museum's new building with a Renoir exhibit and art lovers are already flocking to the Brazilian city. The new, 14-story tower of Sao Paulo ...

Vehicles drive past the Sao Paulo Art Museum or MASP, in Sao Paulo, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) ...