Museum of Art of São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand

The Museu de Arte de São Paulo is a non-profit private museum, founded by the Brazilian businessman Assis Chateaubriand, in 1947, who formed, together with the couple Lina Bo and Pietro Maria Bardi, the most important collection of European art in the Southern Hemisphere. Today, the MASP collection brings together more than 10,000 works, including paintings, sculptures, objects, photographs and clothing from different periods, covering European, African, Asian and American production. In addition to the permanent exhibition of its collection, MASP holds an intense program of temporary exhibitions, courses, lectures, music, dance and theater presentations.