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Instituto Cultural Tomie Ohtake

Avenida Faria Lima 201, entrada pela Rua Coropes | Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil
55 11 2245 1900
As featured in 3 days in Sao Paulo
Ranked #9 of 124 attractions in Sao Paulo
4.5 of 5 stars 17 Reviews
Type: Art Museums
Fee: No
Owner description: Topped by a purple-and-burgundy-striped conversation piece of a skyscraper at the north pole of Faria Lima, the cultural center named after a renowned... more » Owner description: Topped by a purple-and-burgundy-striped conversation piece of a skyscraper at the north pole of Faria Lima, the cultural center named after a renowned Japanese-Brazilian artist (whose son designed the building) features a rotating schedule of visual art exhibitions, including award-winning photography, avant-garde sculptures, and even decorative cachaça bottle labels. The institute is, quite simply, one of the city's best art venues. « less
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Sao Paulo, SP
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10 reviews 10 reviews
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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2012 NEW

This is a free atraction and sometimes there are 3 different art exhibitions at a time, some really good (check their website to see if it interests you: institutotomieohtake.org.br); the building itself is quite interesting because people tend to either love it's curious architecture or hate it, I particularly like it a lot, it was designed by Ruy Ohtake, Tomie... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 May 2012

It is one of the best cultural places to go in Sao Paulo. There is always a new exposition going on.

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 April 2012

with a nice buffet restaurant inside and a cultural center too.

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 February 2012

The Instituto Cultural Tomie Ohtake has an excellent collection of modern art, including videos, installations, paintings and sculpture. The building is also cutting edge. The only downsides are 1) no signage or information in English, 2) Not convenient to public transit and 3) it is a little on the small side. Despite these drawbacks, if you are interested in modern... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 February 2012

Very modern space with carefully chosen and cared expositions for free.Besides a nice little shop only with design pieces for you, your home or your office, a very speciall bookstore and delicious restaurant. Only the parking place is not cheap.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 January 2012

Not very big but always a very high level of quality. My favorite place to see an exhibition.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 November 2011
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Private museum idealized by one of the greateast Japanese-Brazilian artist is the place to see all the current trends of modern art in Brazil, and also to see the impressive tall pink modern architecture building where it is located

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 April 2011
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There are always good exposicions in this place. It´s very near Faria Lima metro station. The restaurant is good. There is a store and a bookstore. They have now a expostion of Vik Muniz work. I have been following the work of Tomie Ohtake Institute for several years and it is amazing how they always choose good works to display.... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 May 2012
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 April 2012
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