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São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
''(Museu de Arte do Parlamento de São Paulo)'', is a
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museum housed in the Palácio 9 de Julho, the
Legislative Assembly of São Paulo The Legislative Assembly of the State of São Paulo ( pt, Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo) is the unicameral legislative branch of São Paulo (state), São Paulo state in Brazil. The building where the legislative assembly is loca ...
house. The Palace is located in south of the city, opposite to the
Ibirapuera Park Ibirapuera Park ( pt, Parque Ibirapuera) is an urban park in São Paulo. It comprises 158 hectares between Av. República do Líbano, Av. Pedro Alvares Cabral, and Av. IV Centenário, and is the most visited park in South America, with 14.4 million ...
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History

Founded in 2002, the museum is run by the Department of Artistic Heritage of the Legislative Assembly. From its foundation and until 2012, the museum's coordination was entrusted to Emanuel von Lauenstein Massarani,
historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...
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, superintendent of Cultural Heritage of the Assembly Legislative Assembly of the State of São Paulo, and president of the Institute for the Recovery of Historical Heritage in the State of São Paulo.


Organization

Museum of Art of the Parliament of São Paulo collects
painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...
s,
sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...
,
prints In molecular biology, the PRINTS database is a collection of so-called "fingerprints": it provides both a detailed annotation resource for protein families, and a diagnostic tool for newly determined sequences. A fingerprint is a group of conserve ...
, ceramics and photographs, exploring the
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian contemporary art. The collection consists of over 1,200 works (2012) and includes sculptures of the "Museu da Sculptura ao Ar Livre" (Museum of Outdoor Sculpture) located in the grounds of the Parliament. The museum promotes
artwork A work of art, artwork, art piece, piece of art or art object is an artistic creation of aesthetic value. Except for "work of art", which may be used of any work regarded as art in its widest sense, including works from literature ...
s of the first "
Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
Art Collection", the "Museu da ao Ar Livre Sculpture" and also transforms the Parliament in an important site for the diffusion of art and culture. Respecting the museological criteria of
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, style and
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, the artworks are placed inside the several rooms of the Parliament. The museum has artworks including:
Francisco Rebolo Francisco Rebolo Gonsales, widely known as Francisco Rebolo, or just Rebolo (August 22, 1902 in São Paulo – July 10, 1980 in São Paulo), was a Brazilian painter. He was a son of Spanish immigrants that arrived at Brasil in the end of 19th c ...
, Romero Britto, Marcos Garrot, Gustavo Rosa, Denise Barros, Ricardo Augusto,
Joseph Pace Joseph Pace (born 18 November 1959) is an Italian painter and sculptor. Early life and education Joseph Pace was born in Morbegno (Lombardy) and raised in Congo-Kinshasa (Africa). Grandson of Camillo Pace, he was introduced to the visual art ...
, Carlos Araújo, Nishio (Katsunori Nishio), Auro Okamura.
Sergio Valle Duarte Sergio may refer to: * Sergius (name), Sergio (given name), for people with the given name Sergio * Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found * Sergio (album), ''Sergio'' (album), a 1994 album by Sergio Blass * Sergio (2009 film), ' ...
.O plano técnico na fotografia de Sérgio Duarte corresponde ao intelectual e ao poético
Museu de Arte do Parlamento de São Paulo


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External links


Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo


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