The red pillars
And the suspended building.
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The São Paulo Museum of Art, MASP, is one of the most important art museums in the southern hemisphere. It opened in 1947 and in 1968 moved into its famous building on Avenida Paulista by the architect Lina Bo Bardi: a box of concrete and glass held above the ground on four massive pillars, later painted red, leaving an open space beneath that looks out over the city centre. Its collection runs from European masters of the Renaissance to the 20th century, alongside Brazilian art. Bo Bardi's best-known invention is the display: paintings mounted on clear glass panels set in concrete bases, like canvases on painters' easels, so visitors wander among them as if through a forest of pictures. An antiques fair is held in the open space under the building on Sundays. Booking online ahead is recommended, and it is required on the free day.
And the suspended building.
A forest of paintings.
Antiques under the building.
Avenida Paulista 1578
Free on Tuesdays from 10:00 to 20:00 with compulsory online booking; on other days tickets are R$85.
