Bernardo Paz is a former mining businessman and creator of

Inhotim The Inhotim Institute is home to one of the largest foundations of contemporary art in Brazil and one of the largest outdoor art centers in Latin America. It was founded by the former mining magnate Bernardo Paz in 2004 to house his personal art ...

, an outdoor art complex and botanical garden in Brazil that was once home to his own personal rural estate and art collection. Paz commissioned works by contemporary artists for Inhotim and transformed it into a non-profit cultural institution, open to the public. In 2018, Paz was sentenced to more than nine years in jail for money laundering. He has been cleared of his charges in 2020.

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* Brazilian businesspeople Brazilian art collectors 1949 births Living people {{Brazil-business-bio-stub