São Paulo survey at Masp shows work by one of the leading figures of the 1950s kinetic and geometric abstraction movement

Dissident artist is exploring the disappearance of the Brazilian rainforest alongside China’s growing influence in South America

Two directors left the museum last week, and 126 employees have received a dismissal notice

Archaeologists have uncovered more than one million objects on the site

The museum is seeking $30m to reopen one wing in 2022 for the bicentennial of Brazilian independence

The arts and botanical centre is a vital source of economic welfare for the rural region

A retrospective devoted to the Brazilian Modernist was part of a yearlong focus on female artists

Henrique Pires says the government has more important issues to deal with than two men kissing on television

Brazil funds major renovation of landscape architect's lush estate, which could become a World Heritage site in 2020

Roberto Alvim, who is calling for a conservative artists' database, will close his São Paulo theatre after claiming he was persecuted over political views

The 34th exhibition will involve collaborations with more than 20 cultural institutions in the city and multiple openings throughout the year

The Rouanet Law, which the Brazilian leader claims enables corruption, was amended in an official announcement

As pieces of its ancient Egyptian collection are salvaged, the museum’s director says it can no longer afford storage facilities

More than 30,000 imperial artefacts were found in the nearby RioZoo last week

Museums and cultural institutions in the Brazilian state prepare for closures and cancelled programmes

An overheated air conditioning unit was the starting point of the inferno that destroyed the building last year

Sales were slow—and stayed mostly inside the Brazilian circuit—but the trade remains optimistic

Controversial president’s economic reforms may prove a boost for the country’s art market, despite worries about censorship

Exhibition includes Brazilian artist’s large-scale, immersive sculptures, and his work with the Huni Kuin people

The Italian architect, who made Brazil her "adopted home", designed the eclectic São Paulo museum in the late 1940s

As one of the biggest employers in the area, the vast open-air culture complex wants to support victims

The São Paulo collector James Kung Wei Li, whose father was a Chinese ambassador in South America, says the donation is his family’s repayment for American educational largesse

For a struggling institution, the price is short of earlier estimates

The departments of culture, sports and social development have merged

The colossal work, one of the first arachnid sculptures the artist made, has embarked on a multi-city tour

With partnerships with the Smithsonian and Google as well as donations, the institution soldiers on

The organisation oversees the city’s international exhibition, as well as the country’s representation at the Venice Biennale and other projects

Brazil’s cultural sector must respond to hard-right politics by reconnecting with the wider community

Country's galleries are out in force at the fair after far-right Jair Bolsonaro's election

Meanwhile, the museum partners with a Chinese tech firm to digitise its catalogued collection