MAM Rio: Origin and Construction

Table 9: The Inauguration

The School Block is the first part of the building that is completed, and opens to the public in 1958

1. External view of the School Block, February 1958.
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2. View from the terrace of the School Block, [1958].
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3. Entrance hall of the School Block, [1959].
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4. Opening invitation for the permanent site of MAM Rio, with the opening of Coleção permanente (Permanent Collection) and Ben Nicholson e escultores britânicos (Ben Nicholson and British Sculptors) exhibitions, 1958.
   
   
5. Photograph of the lunch offered by the councillor Demósthenes Madureira Pinho Filho at his residence in Petrópolis to William Burden, president of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 30 January 1958.
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6. Planting of the first of a series of forty-eight palm trees from Roberto Burle Marx’s landscape project, part of the inauguration of the permanent site of MAM Rio, 17 January 1958. In the image: Antonio Moniz Sodré, Campos Porto, President of the Republic Juscelino Kubitschek, Niomar Moniz Sodré, Aluízio Napoleão de Freitas Rêgo, Stewart Nelson, Ambassador Amaral Peixoto, Márcio Alves and Jayme Maurício.
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7. Artists Aluísio Carvão, Joaquim Tenreiro, Ivan Serpa, Bruno Giorgi and Quirino Campofiorito during a tribute to intellectuals, artists, writers, journalists and broadcasters, part of the inauguration of MAM Rio permanent site, 24 January 1958.
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8. President of the Republic Juscelino Kubitschek and Niomar Moniz Sodré during the inauguration of the permanent site of MAM Rio, 27 January 1958.
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9. Guests at the inauguration of the MAM Rio permanent site, 27 January 1958.
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10. President of MAM Rio, Ambassador Maurício Nabuco, addresses the audience alongside Carmen Portinho, João Carlos Vital, Aloysio de Salles, Mayor of the Federal District Francisco Negrão de Lima, William Geoffrey, President of the Republic Juscelino Kubitschek and Niomar Moniz Sodré during the inauguration of MAM Rio permanent site, 27 January 1958.
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11. Transcription of the speech by the president of MAM Rio, Ambassador Maurício Nabuco. Published in the MAM Rio bulletin, January 1958.
    
    
12. Councillor Demósthenes Madureira de Pinho and Carlos Flexa Ribeiro during lunch offered by the councillor at his residence in Petrópolis to William Burden, president of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, January 30, 1958.
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13. Raymundo Ottoni de Castro Maya during dinner at his residence, part of the inauguration of MAM Rio permanent site, 27 January 1958. In the image on the left, the host is next to the President of the Republic Juscelino Kubitschek and, on the right, Yolanda Penteado.
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14. Dinner at the residence of Raymundo Ottoni de Castro Maya, part of the inauguration of MAM Rio permanent site, 27 January 1958. In the image: Carlos Flexa Ribeiro, Governor Jorge Lacerda, Niomar Moniz Sodré, Kyrana Lacerda, Aloysio de Salles and Nelson Faria Baptista.
    Photograph: unidentified author

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