Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico

The MAC is the only institution on the island expressly dedicated to the study, collection, preservation, exhibition, and promotion of art produced since the mid-20th century in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Latin America, and its diasporas. It fosters an open view of contemporary art within the Puerto Rican context by encouraging a constant dialogue between artists and audiences, and among art practice, theory, and criticism, through innovative curatorial strategies that make the Museum’s cultural diversity, its exhibitions, activities, and its historical building, available to all types of audiences. The Permanent Collection, comprised of approximately 1,200 artworks, is one of the institution's main resources for educating the community about contemporary culture. The Museum has a rich temporary exhibition program, which is benefitted by both off-site and on-site commissions of new work through its programs MAC en el Barrio and Taller Vivo, respectively. MAC conceives itself as a hybrid institution: a space of production and creation as well as of research and conservation. These programs have provided professional development opportunities for artists and produced important visual arts, performance, dance, sound art, theatre, music, and literature projects, broadening the Museum’s reach as an observatory and catalyst of new and interdisciplinary aesthetics.