Aracy Amaral | |
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Director of the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo | |
In office 1975–1979 | |
Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo | |
In office 1982–1986 | |
Personal details | |
Born | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | 22 February 1930
Spouse | Mario Toral |
Children | 1 |
Relatives | Antônio Henrique Amaral (brother) Tarsila do Amaral (aunt) |
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Awards | Guggenheim Fellow (1977) |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Tarsila - sua obra e seu tempo (1976) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Art history |
Sub-discipline | |
Institutions | |
Aracy Abreu Amaral (born 22 February 1930) is a Brazilian art historian and curator. Born in São Paulo and raised in Buenos Aires, she worked as an art history professor at the University of São Paulo and director of the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (1975–1979) and Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo (1982–1986). A 1977 Guggenheim Fellow, she is an academic who specializes in modernism in Brazil, particularly Tarsila do Amaral.