MACA: Atchugarry Museum of Contemporary Art
Manantiales - Punta del Este, Uruguay
‘’… There is a common concern among artists and collectors, which consists in thinking about where their works will go, the fruit of a lifetime, the passion that has always accompanied them. So a few years ago the idea of building a museum was born, right here in the Pablo Atchugarry Foundation, which is in some way the cultural heritage that I leave for Uruguay... ’’
‘’… I think that MACA will belong to humanity and that, like a ship loaded with art, life and dreams, it will lead us to a world of greater understanding and love… ’’
– Pablo Atchugarry, October 2020
Opening in Punta del Este in January 2022, the Atchugarry Museum of Contemporary Art (MACA), is the first and only museum in Uruguay promoting global contemporary art. Spanning across 90 acres of natural landscape, the museum hopes to become a creative hub for its community, where so many artists have left a permanent mark in the history of art.
The project is a creation of internationally acclaimed master sculptor, Pablo Atchugarry, and completes a sequence of structures realized by the Foundation that bears his name (Fundación Pablo Atchugarry).
Designed by world renowned architect Carlos Ott, MACA will present artwork across five exhibition rooms and a surrounding Sculpture Park, comprised of 70 monumental artworks by international artists. Guests will enjoy elsewhere throughout the Museum: a gift shop, cafeteria, theatre room, auditorium, and a large outdoor terrace.
The Museum is to be Directed by Leonardo Noguéz, and its President of the Board of Trustees is writer & businessman Roberto Vivo. MACA’s advisory board includes: Jorge Helft, Angel Kalenberg, Renos Xippas, Emma Sanguinetti and Piero Atchugarry.
MACA will open to the public on January 8th, 2022 following an inaugural gala celebrating its first presentation of Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
Selection of artists included in the permanent collection of MACA:
Richard Anuszkiewicz ⠂Carmelo Arden Quin ⠂Pablo Atchugarry ⠂José Pedro Costigliolo ⠂Carlos Cruz Diez ⠂Sandú Darié ⠂Jorge Eielson ⠂Gonzalo Fonseca ⠂María Freire ⠂Joaquín Torres García ⠂Peter Haley ⠂Wifredo Lam ⠂Julio Le Parc ⠂Artur Lescher ⠂Louise Nevelson ⠂Ernesto Neto ⠂Vik Muniz ⠂Miguel Ángel Pareja ⠂César Paternosto ⠂Jesus Rafael Soto ⠂Frank Stella ⠂Luis Tomasello
Inauguration Day
Behind the Scenes Construction
