A pinacoteca is a picture gallery, specifically a collection of paintings. The word is Italian, used across Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America, and it names some of the most important collections in Europe: the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, the Pinacoteca Vaticana, the Pinacoteca do Estado in São Paulo. That institutional weight is the asset. The word reads as a serious … [Read more...] about pinacoteca.net