Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima

Museum of Contemporary Art
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
EstablishedJanuary 2013 (2013-01)[1]
LocationAv. Grau 511, Barranco, Lima[1]
Coordinates12°08′13″S 77°01′24″W / 12.13693°S 77.02326°W / -12.13693; -77.02326
TypeArt museum
Websitemaclima.pe

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima (Spanish: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Lima, MAC Lima) is a contemporary art museum in Barranco District, Lima, Peru. The museum was designed by 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: Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, IAC), inaugurated in 1955 in the former premises of the Galería de Lima in the jirón Ocoña.[5] Its inauguration was attended by José Sabogal, Fernando de Szyszlo and other figures.[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, once the site of a highly publicised scandal involving a police raid on a restaurant named after the lake.

Notable exhibitions

In 2018, the museum presented Vírgenes de la Puerta by Peruvian artist Juan José Barboza-Gubo and American artist Andrew Mroczek, curated by the museum's head of exhibitions Juan Peralta.[10] The photographic series, made in collaboration with transgender women and portraying them as Catholic saints, generated public controversy, with conservative groups organizing petitions against the exhibition.[11] The exhibition was part of MAC Lima's programming focus on "issues of gender identity, feminism and discrimination".[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Sobre el MAC Lima". Museo de Arte Contemporáneo – MAC Lima (in Spanish).
  2. ^ Wulfhart, Nell McShane (26 October 2017). "The Most Cosmopolitan Neighborhood in Lima". The Wall Street Journal.
  3. ^ "Museo de Arte Contemporáneo—Lima (MAC) Review – Lima Peru – Sights". Fodor's.
  4. ^ Samuels, A. J. "The Best Contemporary Art Galleries In Lima". Culture Trip.
  5. ^ a b "'Historias que contar. IAC 1955-2015' la nueva publicación del MAC Lima". Museo de Arte Contemporáneo – MAC Lima (in Spanish). 8 December 2020.
  6. ^ "El 11 habrá Exposición a beneficio del Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo". El Comercio (in Spanish). 6 July 1955. p. 9.
  7. ^ "Así luce el recién inaugurado Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Lima". El Comercio (in Spanish). 31 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Stood Up at Lima's Museum of Contemporary Art". How to Peru. 20 June 2016.
  9. ^ Loli Soto, Pamela (12 October 2014). "Recuerdos inolvidables del zoológico de Barranco". El Comercio (in Spanish). p. A19.
  10. ^ Jenner, Frances (28 February 2018). "'Blasphemous' Art Installation Celebrates the LGBT Community". Peru Reports. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  11. ^ Aguilar, Astrid (1 April 2018). "Vírgenes y mártires contemporáneos" [Contemporary virgins and martyrs]. La Mula (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  12. ^ "MAC Lima: A Contemporary Art Museum to Visit in Peru". Enigma Blog. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
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