Museum of Contemporary Art, Sao Paulo

Located on the main campus of the University of Sao Paulo and Ibirapuera Park, the Museum of Contemporary Art (Museu de Arte Contemporanea) opened its doors in 1963 when industrialist and art collector Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho donated his private collection and the holdings of the Sao Paulo Museum of Modern Art which he'd founded, to the University of Sao Paulo. The museum contains one of the largest and broadest collections of 20th century Western art in Latin America with its eight thousand works. These works are done by key artists, linked to important art movements and cover the tendencies of modern and contemporary art.