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Aracy Amaral (née Abreu; born February 22, 1930) is a Brazilian art critic and curator. She is a professor of art history at the Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo of Universidade de São Paulo. From 1975 to 1979, Amaral was the director of the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo. From 1982 to 1986, she was the director of the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo.

Early life and education
Amaral was born in São Paulo, Brazil.

In 1959, Amaral received a degree in journalism from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. In 1969, Amaral received a master's degree in philosophy from the Universidade de São Paulo. In 1975, she received a PhD from the Universidade de São Paulo. Amaral has a Livre-docência degree, which she was awarded in 1983.

Career
Amaral worked as a freelance curator and art critic, specializing in Brazilian avante-garde artists who were based in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, often with a focus on the artists Cildo Meireles, Hélio Oiticica, Mira Schendel, and Wesley Duke Lee.

From 1975 to 1979, Amaral was the director of the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo.

From 1982 to 1986, she was the director of the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo.

Amaral is a professor of art history at the Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo of Universidade de São Paulo, where she has taught since 1988.

Selected works and publications

 * – originally published in 1975
 * – originally published in 1983
 * – 3 volume set
 * – 3 volume set: v1: Modernismo, arte moderna e o compromisso com o lugar; v2: Circuitos de arte na América Latina e no Brasil; v3: Bienais e artistas contemporâneos no Brasil
 * – 3 volume set
 * – 3 volume set: v1: Modernismo, arte moderna e o compromisso com o lugar; v2: Circuitos de arte na América Latina e no Brasil; v3: Bienais e artistas contemporâneos no Brasil
 * – 3 volume set
 * – 3 volume set: v1: Modernismo, arte moderna e o compromisso com o lugar; v2: Circuitos de arte na América Latina e no Brasil; v3: Bienais e artistas contemporâneos no Brasil