The Pinacoteca de São Paulo inaugurated its new building, the Pina Contemporânea, on March 4, dedicated to temporary exhibitions, displays of the collection, educational activities and events. The space joins the Pinacoteca's main building, known as Pina Luz, and the Estação Pinacoteca, housed in the former DOPS building.
22,000 square metres, Latin America's second largest museum
The complex now totals more than 22,000 square meters of area, 9,000 of which are dedicated to exhibitions, making the museum the second largest in Latin America.
A disused school integrated into the Jardim da Luz
The inauguration of the Pina Contemporânea is part of the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the Jardim da Luz, São Paulo's oldest park, where the main building has stood for decades. The new space took advantage of the facilities of a deactivated state school and, with a bold architectural design, integrated the building into the park.
Part of the exhibition space is fully open to the public strolling through the park. Two main galleries house the other exhibitions which, according to director Jochen Volz, will "showcase contemporary Brazilian production", with curatorship especially focused on the work of Indigenous, women and Black artists, as well as foreign artists whose work maintains dialogue and synergy with contemporary themes.
What to see at the opening
Admission to the Pina Contemporânea will be free, from Wednesdays to Mondays, during the first 30 days of operation of the new space. In the Grande Galeria, large-scale works from the Pinacoteca's collection, such as the celebrated Ttéia, by Lygia Pape, are among the highlights. And the Galeria da Praça hosts the first show by South Korean artist Haegue Yang in Latin America.
The newspaper O Estado de S.Paulo paid a visit and reports the details of the new Pina Contemporânea, which you can see at this link.
