MAM Rio: Origin and Construction

Table 2: Temporary Residence

The museum occupies the Gustavo Capanema Palace between 1952 and 1957 

1. Drawing of the Exhibition Hall of the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro at the Gustavo Capanema Palace, by architect Oscar Niemeyer, 1950s.
   Reproduction: Thiago Barros
   
   
2. Outside view of the Exhibition Hall of MAM Rio at the Gustavo Capanema Palace, 1952.
   Photograph: unidentified author
   
   
3. Cover and inside pages of the Coleção e 1a Bienal de Arte de São Paulo (Collection and 1st São Paulo Art Biennial) exhibition catalogue, 1952, including a text by Mário Barata, exhibition credits and list of MAM Rio advisors. 
   
   
4. Photograph of the inauguration of the temporary location of MAM Rio and the Coleção e 1a Bienal de Arte de São Paulo (Collection and 1st São Paulo Art Biennial) exhibition, 15 January 1952.
   Photograph: unidentified author
   
   
5. Letter from Raymundo Ottoni de Castro Maya to Rodrigo Mello Franco de Andrade requesting authorisation from the Serviço do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (SPHAN) for the temporary operation of MAM Rio at the Gustavo Capanema Palace, 23 February 1951. Arquivo Histórico Museus Castro Maya – IBRAM/MinC, Rio de Janeiro-RJ. 
   Reprodução: Thiago Barros.
   
   
6. Speech by the Minister of Education, Ernesto Simões Filho, during the inauguration of the temporary operation of MAM Rio and the Coleção e 1a Bienal de Arte de São Paulo (Collection and 1st São Paulo Art Biennial) exhibition, 15 January 1952. Among those present, João Carlos Vital, Francisco Negrão de Lima, Lourival Fontes, Niomar Moniz Sodré and Maria Martins.
   Photograph: unidentified author
   
   
7. Minister of Education Ernesto Simões Filho, between Raymundo Ottoni de Castro Maia and Niomar Moniz Sodré, cutting the opening ribbon of the temporary location of MAM Rio and the Coleção e 1a Bienal de Arte de São Paulo (Collection and 1st São Paulo Art Biennial) exhibition, 15 January 1952.
   Photograph: unidentified author
   
   
8. Raymundo Ottoni de Castro Maya, Carmen Portinho, Niomar Moniz Sodré, Francisco Clementino de San Tiago Dantas and Walther Moreira Salles during the inauguration of the temporary operation of MAM Rio and the Coleção e 1a Bienal de Arte de São Paulo (Collection and 1st São Paulo Art Biennial) exhibition, 15 January 1952.
   Photograph: unidentified author
   
   
9. Niomar Moniz Sodré, art critic Mário Barata, and artists Pedro Correia de Araújo, Candido Portinari and Emiliano Di Cavalcanti talk in the Exhibition Hall of the provisional operation of MAM Rio, 1952.
   Photograph: unidentified author
   
   
10. Invitation for the Coleção e 1a Bienal de Arte de São Paulo (Collection and 1st São Paulo Art Biennial) exhibition, 1952.

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