Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá

Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá

Established	November 15, 1966; 58 years ago (1966-11-15)
Location	Bogotá
Coordinates	4.6987°N 74.0905°W / 4.6987; -74.0905
Type	Art Museum
Website	www.mac.org.co

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá (Spanish: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá), also known by the acronym MAC, is an art museum located Engativá, Bogota.[1] It is considered one of the most important museums in Bogotá.[2]

History

The museum was inaugurated November 25, 1966.[3] The Colombian priest and leader of el Minuto de Dios, Rafael García Herreros, had called publicly three years earlier for the country to have a museum.[4] One of the objectives with the founding of this museum was to preserve national heritage by collecting different artistic works produced in Colombia.[4] Herreros went on to play a significant role in the museum's founding, and Germán Ferrer Barrera was its founding director.[4][5]

The museum's building, designed by architects Jairo López and Eduardo del Valle was formally inaugurated by President Misael Pastrana Borrero in 1970.[6] In 1971, the museum the national architecture prize for the unique design of its building.[7]

In 2009, in the main square of the museum, the process of expansion and renovation of the sculpture collection began.[8]

Collections

At the point of its founding, the museum's collection contained 55 works by 52 artists.[4] The museum now has about 1,600 works of contemporary art in its permanent collection.^[citation needed] In addition, its rooms can be visited virtually through an adapted version of Google Street View provided on the Google Arts & Culture platform.[9]

References

1. "Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá". museodata.com. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
2. "Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Bogota". museu.ms. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
3. Badawi, Halim (2009-06-01). Hechuras de línea (in Spanish). Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano. ISBN 978-958-725-023-7.
4. Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2016-08-14). "El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá celebra sus 50 años". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-12.
5. Primera Bienal Internacional de Arte Joven (in Spanish). Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Bogotá, Colombia. 1970.
6. "HISTORIA". Museo de arte contemporaneo Bogota (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-12.
7. "10 cosas que no sabe del Museo de Arte Contemporáneo". www.civico.com. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
8. Administrador. "ESPACIO ESCULTÓRICO". Museo de arte contemporaneo Bogota (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-12.
9. "Recorrido virtual por el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá".

External links

• Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá channel on YouTube