The Iberê Camargo Foundation (Fundação Iberê Camargo in Portuguese) is a cultural institution dedicated to preserve and promote the work of Brazilian painter Iberê Camargo

Iberê Camargo

Iberê Bassani Camargo was a Brazilian painter, one of the greatest expressionist artists from his country.-External links:*...

 (1914-1994).

Created in 1995, one year after the artist's death, it not only aims to make people know Camargo's art but also intends to stimulate reflections on the contemporary artistic production, through displays, courses, seminar

Seminar

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s and meetings.

The headquarters and museum

Museum

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 building of the Iberê Camargo Foundation, in Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre

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, was designed by Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza, the Pritzker Prize

Pritzker Prize

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 winner in 1992. Before its inauguration in May 2008, the foundation was operating in the late artist's home, also in Porto Alegre. The new building is located on the bank of Guaíba Lake.

The honorary president of Iberê Camargo Foundation is his widow

Widow

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, Maria Coussirat Camargo.

External links

• Iberê Camargo Foundation Website
• Iberê Camargo biography (in Portuguese)