1959 SAO PAULO BIENAL

Highlights

British Commissioners: Roland Penrose and Lillian Somerville.

Selection Committee: Sir Philip Hendy, Michael Middleton, Sir Herbert Read and Bryan Robertson. Catalogue of works by Francis Bacon, S W Hayter and Barbara Hepworth published by The British Council. No ISBN. A catalogue on the work of Barbara Hepworth published separately by The British Council. No ISBN

Further reading:
Margaret Garlake, Britain and the Sâo Paulo Bienal 1951-1991, The British Council, London 1991 (ISBN 0 86355 199 X)

The exhibition was also shown in Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Santiago

Past venues

  • Venezuela, Caracas, Museo De Bellas Artes
    • 01 November 1960 − 19 October 1960
  • Chile, Valparaiso, Museum Of Fine Arts
    • 06 October 1960 − 19 October 1960
  • Chile, Santiago, Universidad De Santiago Art Gallery
    • 12 September 1960 − 02 October 1960
  • Argentina, Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes
    • 31 May 1960 − 30 June 1960
  • Uruguay, Montevideo, Comision National De Bellas Artes
    • 01 April 1960 − 01 May 1960
  • Brazil, Sao Paulo, Museu De Arte Moderna
    • 22 September 1959 − 31 December 1959
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