Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo
location in southwestern Mexico City | |
Established | November 2008 |
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Location | Avenida de los Insurgentes Sur 3000, Mexico City |
Coordinates | 19°18′52″N 99°11′07″W / 19.314391°N 99.18538°W |
Visitors | 1,066,511 (2016)[1] |
The Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo ("University Museum of Contemporary Art"), also known as MUAC, is a large contemporary art museum on the campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). It opened in November 2008. The architect was Teodoro González de León, who also co-designed the National Auditorium (Auditorio Nacional), Reforma 222 and the Museo Rufino Tamayo.[2][3][4]
In 2013 Mexican curator Cuauhtémoc Medina was appointed curator in chief.[5] In 2015 adjunct curators Amanda de la Garza and Alejandra Labastida were included in the 25 women curators on the rise list.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Visitor Figures 2016" (PDF). The Art Newspaper Review. April 2017. p. 14. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Frommer's Mexico, p. 115,David Baird et al.
- ^ "Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo", Arte Sur site
- ^ "An introduction to MUAC, Mexico's new modern art museum", Los Angeles Times, 2009-01-23
- ^ "Cuauhtémoc Medina Named Curator of Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo". artforum.com. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
- ^ "25 Women Curators On the Rise - artnet News". Retrieved 2015-09-12.
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- North American museum stubs
- Mexican building and structure stubs
- Museums in Mexico City
- Contemporary art galleries in Mexico
- National Autonomous University of Mexico