Bernardo Paz

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Bernardo Paz
Born1949 (age 72–73)
Brazil
OccupationBusinessman, art collector

Bernardo Paz is a former mining businessman and creator of Inhotim, an outdoor art complex and botanical garden in Brazil that was once home to his own personal rural estate and art collection. Paz commissioned works by contemporary artists for Inhotim and transformed it into a non-profit cultural institution, open to the public.[1][2][3][4]

In 2018, Paz was sentenced to more than nine years in jail for money laundering.[5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ The Wall Street Journal
  2. ^ Artnet
  3. ^ Roads and Kingdoms
  4. ^ Romero, Simon (10 March 2012). "Bernardo Paz's Inhotim Is Vast Garden of Art". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  5. ^ BBC
  6. ^ Londoño, Ernesto (17 November 2017). "Creator of Brazil's Outdoor Museum Inhotim Sentenced to Prison". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2018.

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