This is the first exhibition to focus specifically on the role of drawing in the life and work of the Italian-born Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi (1914-92). It invites visitors to discover the broad output of one of the most outstanding Modernist architects.

Bo Bardi (1914-92) was driven by the concerns of people, ethics, simplicity and modesty – principles she also shared with Joan Miró́. With a selection of 100 drawings, Lina Bo Bardi Drawing traces every stage of her multifaceted career. It demonstrates how this medium was for Bo Bardi more than a mere tool for designing but also a vehicle for her mind’s explorations and a language.

Curated by Zeuler Rocha Lima - architect, artist, researcher, and international expert on Bo Bardi - Lina Bo Bardi Drawing highlights the career of a major architect who merged aesthetic aspirations with ethical concerns.

Lina Bo and Carlo Pagani, Child's Room Furniture Study for Mondadori Residence, 1945
Lina Bo and Carlo Pagani, Child's Room Furniture Study for Mondadori Residence, 1945 - Watercolour, gouache, pencil, Indian ink and colour pencil on card stock, 37.7 x 53.8 cm  © Instituto Lina Bo e P. M. Bardi
Praça Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro (1946), Lina Bo Bardi
Praça Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro (1946), Lina Bo Bardi © Instituto Lina Bo e P. M. Bardi