Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima explained

Museum of Contemporary Art
Native Name:Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
Native Name Lang:es
Coordinates:-12.1369°N -77.0233°W
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Established:[1]
Location:Av. Grau 511, Barranco, Lima
Type:Art museum
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The Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima (Spanish; Castilian: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Lima, MAC Lima) is an art museum dedicated to contemporary art located in Barranco District, Lima, Peru. The museum was designed by the Peruvian architect Frederick Cooper Llosa,[2] and built on land donated by the Municipality of Barranco.[3] It is run as a private non-profit organization.[4]

History

The museum was preceded by the Institute of Contemporary Art (Spanish; Castilian: Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, IAC), which was itself inaugurated in 1955 in the former premises of the Galería de Lima in the jirón Ocoña.[5] Its inauguration was attended by figures such as José Sabogal, Fernando de Szyszlo and others.[6] It later moved to the Casa Mujica in the Calle Belén in 1966. Between 1969 and 1972, it occupied the premises of the Museum of Italian Art, and in 1981, plans began for a contemporary art museum.[5]

The museum was formally inaugurated in late January 2013[7] [8] in an area once occupied by the Barranco Zoo and lake, which closed in 1970.[9] It is located on top of the former artificial lake that existed there, which had once been the site of a involving a police raid that took place on a restaurant named after the lake.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sobre el MAC Lima . Museo de Arte Contemporáneo - MAC Lima.
  2. Web site: Wulfhart . Nell McShane . The Most Cosmopolitan Neighborhood in Lima . Wall Street Journal . 26 October 2017.
  3. Web site: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo—Lima (MAC) Review – Lima Peru – Sights . . www.fodors.com.
  4. Web site: Samuels . A. J. . The Best Contemporary Art Galleries In Lima . Culture Trip.
  5. Web site: “Historias que contar. IAC 1955-2015” la nueva publicación del MAC Lima . Museo de Arte Contemporáneo - MAC Lima.
  6. News: El 11 habrá Exposición a beneficio del Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo . 1955-07-06 . 9 . El Comercio.
  7. News: Así luce el recién inaugurado Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Lima . 2013-01-31 . El Comercio.
  8. Web site: Stood Up at Lima's Museum of Contemporary Art . How to Peru . 20 June 2016.
  9. News: Recuerdos inolvidables del zoológico de Barranco . Loli Soto . Pamela . 2014-10-12 . A19 . El Comercio.