São Paulo 01242-902
Brazil
Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 10am–6pm
The Museu de Arte Brasileira – MAB FAAP holds a collection of more than 3,500 works of Brazilian art, including major figures of modernism such as Anita Malfatti, Candido Portinari, Di Cavalcanti, Tarsila do Amaral, and Victor Brecheret. The collection also includes key contributions by artists such as Abraham Palatnik, Almir Mavignier, Anna Maria Maiolino, Lygia Clark, Lydia Okumura, Wesley Duke Lee, and, more recently, Alex Cerveny, Mira Schendel, Sandra Cinto, Thiago Honório, and Vânia Mignone.
Over the decades, the museum has hosted a wide range of significant national and
international exhibitions. Highlights include Propostas 65 (1965), Objeto na Arte Brasil Anos 60 (1978), and Arteônica—curated by Waldemar Cordeiro—as well as Arte – Novos Meios / Multimeios Brasil 70–80 (1985). In more recent years, notable exhibitions include Legacy of the Czars (2005), Works from the Pergamon Museum of Berlin (2006), The Years of Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco (2011), and The Salvador Dalí Challenge (2024).
