What to do and see in Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo (SP): The Best Art Museums

The Jacques ArdiesGallery is located at Vila Mariana and occupies an old house completely reformed. The gallery, which began its activities in August 1979, has by vocation the dissemination and promotion of the Brazilian Naif art. During these 30 years, many exhibitions were held, 105 individual exhibitions and 145 collectives in their own space and also in museums such as the MAC of Campinas, MAM of Goiânia, Espace Art 4 of Paris, Cultural area of IMF in Washington, to quote Only a few and also in art galleries such as the Jacqueline Bricard Gallery in the south of france, the Gallery Pro Art Kasper in Switzerland and the Gina Gallery in Tel-Aviv and recently in new York. We have many amazing pictures from more than 100 artists. Come visit!!

The latest concept of Art Gallery in Sao Paulo, attending the demand of the new public: latest generations see art differently as previously seen! Hosting the atelier of the founder artist Ceres Szneiberg, the gallery brings mixed collections of different artists, workshops and art classes - some available in Portuguese, English, Spanish & Hebrew, please contact us. Breath in creativity in every way, without the boring atmosphere of ordinary galleries. Enjoy!

Elevated over a concrete platform used for concerts and a weekly crafts fair, the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (São Paulo Art Museum, abbreviated MASP) is itself a work of art; the building is an imposing Modernist box suspended under two bright red concrete supports. Featuring classical European names such as Gauguin, Goya and Gainsborough, the museum also holds one of the largest collections of Brazilian and other Latin American artists on the continent.

Pinacoteca is a museum of visual arts, with emphasis on Brazilian production since the nineteenth century. It belongs to the São Paulo State Secretariat of Culture. It was founded in 1905 by the State Government of São Paulo and it is the oldest art museum in the city. It is installed in the old building of the Arts and Crafts College, designed in the late nineteenth century by the architect Ramos de Azevedo. In the 1990's it underwent an extensive renovation with the architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha's project. Pinacoteca hosts about thirty exhibitions and receives about 450,000 visitors yearly. The museum's main focus is to promote to general public a better experience with visual arts with its collection, building and historical relevance.

taú Cultural is an institute dedicated to the research and production of content as well as mapping, fostering and dissemination of artistic and intellectual expressions. In this way, it contributes to the enhancement of the culture of a society as complex and diverse as Brazil. By considering culture a key tool to the construction of the country's identity and an effective means to promote citizenship, Itaú Cultural seeks to democratize and encourage social participation. A center of cultural reference, for 28 years the institute has been promoting and propagating the Brazilian output - both in and out of the country. Its programs - such as Rumos - as well as its mission and vision emphasize the institute's consistent distinctive features that place it among the most important cultural institutions in Brazil.

Temporarily closed - Topped by a purple-and-burgundy-striped conversation piece of a skyscraper at the north pole of Faria Lima, the cultural center named after a renowned Japanese-Brazilian artist (whose son designed the building) features a rotating schedule of visual art exhibitions, including award-winning photography, avant-garde sculptures, and even decorative cachaça bottle labels. The institute is, quite simply, one of the city's best art venues.

Occupying the historic headquarters of Brazil's largest bank, the CCBB features an ever-changing program of art exhibitions, photography, theater, documentaries and feature films, and other engaging cultural manifestations. The building itself is a Baroque jewel, situated in the old financial district of São Paulo, and avant-garde events, such as a recent blaxploitation film retrospective, keep the CCBB on every hip Paulistano's cultural agenda.

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