Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo

Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo
location in southwestern Mexico City
Established November 2008
Location Avenida de los Insurgentes Sur 3000, Mexico City
Coordinates 19°18′52″N 99°11′07″W / 19.314391°N 99.18538°W / 19.314391; -99.18538

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. [1][2][3]

In 2013 Mexican curator Cuauhtémoc Medina was appointed curator in chief.[4] In 2015 adjunct curators Amanda de la Garza and Alejandra Labastida were included in the 25 women curators on the rise list.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Frommer's Mexico, p. 115,David Baird et al.
  2. ↑ "Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo", Arte Sur site
  3. ↑ "An introduction to MUAC, Mexico's new modern art museum", Los Angeles Times, 2009-01-23
  4. ↑ "Cuauhtémoc Medina Named Curator of Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo". artforum.com. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  5. ↑ "25 Women Curators On the Rise - artnet News". Retrieved 2015-09-12.
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