The Sao Paulo Museum of Art, known as MASP, is one of the most important art museums in Latin America, with a collection of European paintings, along with art from Brazil and other regions. It was founded by the journalist and businessman Assis Chateaubriand and the Italian-born critic Pietro Maria Bardi, who assembled works from European dealers and collectors. The museum's present building, on Avenida Paulista, was designed by the architect Lina Bo Bardi and is known for its large concrete-and-glass body, raised above the ground on two red beams. Inside, paintings were famously displayed on glass easels, with no walls, so that visitors could walk among them. It was inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to Brazil.
Before and after
- 1 January 1968Establishment of Comoé National Park
- 1968Founding of European Olympic Committees
- from 1968 to 1982Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon
- 1968Founding of FK Sūduva
- 1968Construction of São Paulo Museum of Art
- 1968Establishment of Gombe National Park
- 22 January 1968Launch of Apollo 5
- 30 January 1968Birth of Felipe VI of Spain
- from 30 January 1968 to 23 September 1968Tet Offensive
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