Esse trabalho investiga a importância das duas doações Nelson Rockefeller (1946 e 1950) na formação do acervo histórico do antigo Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. A pesquisa demonstra como a doação fez parte de uma estratégia mais ampla para aproximar os Estados Unidos e o Brasil no Pós-Guerra por meio de iniciativas no campo das artes. Essa pesquisa traça um panorama do papel de Rockefeller como articulador da política cultural norte-americana e detalha o envolvimento de funcionários do MoMA (René dHarnoncourt) e seus curadores (Alfred Barr, Dorothy Miller e William Lieberman) na realização das doações. O objetivo central do estudo é tentar dar conta da relevância e singularidade de um conjunto de obras, atualmente no acervo do Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, que permanece pouco estudado por especialistas e amplamente desconhecido pelo público. / This research analyzes the role of the Nelson Rockefeller donations (1946 and 1950) in the formation of the first collection of the Museum of Modern Art Sao Paulo. This study demonstrates how the donations were part of a broader strategy to bring United States and Brazil closer together through artistic initiatives during the Post-war period. This research gives a brief overview of the role of Nelson Rockefeller as articulator of the American cultural policy and details the involvement do MoMA employees (René dHarnoncourt) and curators (Alfred Barr, Dorothy Miller and William Lieberman) in the donations. The main purpose of this work is to shed to light over a unique collection, currently part of Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of Sao Paulo that has remained ignored by specialists and unknown by the public.

Esse trabalho investiga a importância das duas doações Nelson Rockefeller (1946 e 1950) na formação do acervo histórico do antigo Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. A pesquisa demonstra como a doação fez parte de uma estratégia mais ampla para aproximar os Estados Unidos e o Brasil no Pós-Guerra por meio de iniciativas no campo das artes. Essa pesquisa traça um panorama do papel de Rockefeller como articulador da política cultural norte-americana e detalha o envolvimento de funcionários do MoMA (René dHarnoncourt) e seus curadores (Alfred Barr, Dorothy Miller e William Lieberman) na realização das doações. O objetivo central do estudo é tentar dar conta da relevância e singularidade de um conjunto de obras, atualmente no acervo do Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, que permanece pouco estudado por especialistas e amplamente desconhecido pelo público. / This research analyzes the role of the Nelson Rockefeller donations (1946 and 1950) in the formation of the first collection of the Museum of Modern Art Sao Paulo. This study demonstrates how the donations were part of a broader strategy to bring United States and Brazil closer together through artistic initiatives during the Post-war period. This research gives a brief overview of the role of Nelson Rockefeller as articulator of the American cultural policy and details the involvement do MoMA employees (René dHarnoncourt) and curators (Alfred Barr, Dorothy Miller and William Lieberman) in the donations. The main purpose of this work is to shed to light over a unique collection, currently part of Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of Sao Paulo that has remained ignored by specialists and unknown by the public.

Since 1958, Moderna Museet has housed Sweden’s largest collection of Swedish and international modern and contemporary art. This thesis examines the 21st-century collecting strategies and policy development of Moderna Museet, with a focus on diversity and representation, using intersectional theory and queer studies. Through both quantitative and qualitative methods, including statistics, archival research, discourse analysis, institutional ethnography and interviews with five curators, this study reveals how acquisition policies align with the museum’s aim to diversify its Eurocentric and North American-oriented collection. Fisher’s exact (statistical) test shows differences between the Swedish and international collections, as well as significant gender disparities between donated and purchased artists, indicating a structural unequal pattern regarding donations. Gender and nationality emerge as disciplinary parameters and social constructions for artist registration within the museum database. The findings underscore the slow, systemic change in Moderna Museet, influenced by power structures, external factors, and the museum’s institutional history. In contrast to the 1990s, diversity in the 21st century is continually negotiated and pursued performatively and discursively, rather than implemented through a goal-oriented policy.