Oscar Niemeyer Museum

Oscar Niemeyer Museum

• The Museu Oscar Niemeyer is precariously perched on a massive yellow 60-foot pillar. 

• Impossibly balanced, the museum stares like a bright Cyclops out over a calm reflecting pool, greeting visitors, and daring them to circle their way into the Brazilian gallery.

• Designed by the renowned Brazilian modern architect Oscar Niemeyer, the Museu in Curitiba, Brazil houses many of his works. 

• The gallery, which is also called the Museum of the Eye, was finished in 2002 when the architect was 95 years old.

• It is colorfully painted and often brightly lit at night. Yet still, the amazing balancing act of the 2,000-square foot gallery creates the most powerful spectacle for museum patrons.

• Along with the perched gallery, Niemeyer also built another rectangular gallery on the Museu's large property, which houses a regular rotation of other Brazilian artists’ work. 

• While the works displayed in the galleries are impressive, the building itself is the greatest work of art on display.

• Although the Museum of the Eye is Niemeyer’s most famous and recognized creation, many of his bold and modern works are scattered across Brazil, leaving a striking and influential legacy for others in his field.

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