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| Instituto Lina Bo Bardi | |
|---|---|
| Name | Instituto Lina Bo Bardi |
| Formation | 1994 |
| Founder | Lina Bo Bardi |
| Location | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Type | Cultural institution |
Instituto Lina Bo Bardi is a cultural institution based in São Paulo focused on preserving and promoting the work of Lina Bo Bardi and Pietro Maria Bardi, linking modernist heritage to contemporary practice. The institute curates archives, manages exhibitions and publications, and engages with museums, universities and cultural centers across Brazil and internationally. It operates within networks connecting Museu de Arte de São Paulo, MASP, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, SESC and other prominent institutions.
The institute was established in the wake of conservation initiatives surrounding Lina Bo Bardi's projects like Sesc Pompeia and Casa de Vidro and emerged alongside movements for heritage protection exemplified by listings from IPHAN, ICOMOS and Brazilian cultural policy bodies. Its founding relates to archival transfers from the families and trusts of Lina Bo Bardi and Pietro Maria Bardi and grew through collaborations with Fundação Getulio Vargas, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Estadual Paulista and municipal authorities of São Paulo (city). The institute's timeline intersects with exhibitions at Tate Modern, Museum of Modern Art, MoMA and retrospectives organized by Bienal de São Paulo and Venice Biennale partners.
The institute's mission includes documentation, promotion and interpretation of Lina Bo Bardi's legacy in dialogue with practitioners and institutions such as Oscar Niemeyer, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Ruy Ohtake, Affonso Eduardo Reidy and archives like Archivo Storico del Comune di Roma. Activities encompass curatorial projects, editorial programs linked to Editora Perspectiva, conservation protocols aligned with Getty Conservation Institute standards, and public programming that engages platforms like Rede Globo, Folha de S.Paulo, O Estado de S. Paulo, and cultural festivals including Festival de Inverno de Campos do Jordão and Carnaval-related heritage events.
Collections include drawings, photographs, furniture designs, correspondences with figures such as Gio Ponti, Le Corbusier, Eugenio Battisti and models related to commissions for institutions like Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Teatro Oficina, SESC Pompeia and private residences like Casa de Vidro. Exhibitions have been staged in venues such as Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Sesc Avenida Paulista and international sites including Centre Pompidou, Kunsthalle Zürich and Stedelijk Museum. The institute loans items to retrospectives and thematic shows alongside collections from British Council, Smithsonian Institution, Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil and university museums such as Harvard Graduate School of Design and Columbia University.
Headquartered in São Paulo, the institute's premises are informed by modernist and brutalist dialogues present in works by Lucio Costa, Roberto Burle Marx, Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer and restoration practices from Istituto Centrale per il Restauro. Facilities include archive storage meeting standards used by Bibliothèque nationale de France and climate control systems advised by consultants formerly engaged with Victoria and Albert Museum and Rijksmuseum. The building hosts conservation labs, a reference library with materials from Edizioni Corraini and Taschen, and spaces for exhibitions similar in scale to galleries at Museu do Amanhã and Instituto Moreira Salles.
Educational programming targets students and researchers from institutions such as Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, PUC São Paulo and international exchanges with Università Iuav di Venezia, Politecnico di Milano and ETH Zurich. Research initiatives explore topics connecting Lina Bo Bardi to themes present in writings by Giancarlo De Carlo, Aldo Rossi, Manfredo Tafuri and curatorial theory from Hans Ulrich Obrist and Nicolas Bourriaud. The institute runs workshops, fellows programs and seminars in partnership with publishing houses like Cosac Naify and academic journals such as Cadernos Metrópole.
Partners include cultural organizations and funding bodies such as Secretaria da Cultura do Estado de São Paulo, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, British Council, Goethe-Institut, Instituto Cervantes, Alliance Française and corporate sponsors linked to preservation projects with Petrobras Cultural and banking foundations like Banco do Brasil Cultural. International collaborations have involved curators and scholars from Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, The Getty Research Institute, Getty Foundation, Smithsonian Institution and universities including Yale School of Architecture and University College London.
The institute plays a central role in debates about modernism, preservation and public space alongside figures and movements such as Movimento Moderno Brasileiro, Tarsila do Amaral, Cândido Portinari, Oswald de Andrade and institutions like Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo. Its activities inform conservation policies discussed at forums like ICOM conferences and influence contemporary architects and cultural producers including Bárbara Resende, Gisela Capitaneo and collectives working with urban interventions in São Paulo (city), Belo Horizonte, Brasília and Rio de Janeiro. The institute's publications and exhibitions continue shaping scholarship and curatorial practice cited in dissertations, monographs and exhibitions internationally.
Category:Museums in São Paulo Category:Architecture organizations Category:Brazilian cultural institutions