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

Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá
EstablishedNovember 15, 1966; 55 years ago (1966-11-15)
LocationBogotá
Coordinates4.6987°N 74.0905°W / 4.6987; -74.0905
TypeArt Museum
Websitewww.mac.org.co

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.[9] In addition, its rooms can be visited virtually through an adapted version of Google Street View provided on the Google Arts & Culture platform.[10]


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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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. "Museum of Contemporary Art Bogotá, Colombia". HiSoUR - Hi So You Are. 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  10. "Recorrido virtual por el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)



На других языках

- [en] Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá

[es] Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá

El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, también conocido bajo las siglas de MAC es un museo ubicado en el barrio Minuto de Dios de la localidad de Engativá al noroccidente de Bogotá,[1] contiguo a la Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios. Ha cumplido cincuenta años de aniversario.[2]


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