MAMM

MAMM

Medellín

Museo de arte moderno

The museum was founded at the time of in 1978, had its first headquarters in the traditional Carlos E. Restrepo neighborhood. In 2009, the MAMM was relocated to the southern part of the city.

ORIGIN

HISTORIC CONTEXT

IIts origin is to the union of a group of artists, belonging to the so-called “urban generation”. formed for architects, businessmen, in order to awaken the public's interest in modern and contemporary art.

On April 22, 1980 we opened the doors to the public with the inaugural exhibition Art in Antioquia and the decade of the seventies, an exhibition that sought to establish the relationships between “traditional art”

About the museum

From Tuesday to Friday: 11:00 am. to 7:00 p.m. Sat, Sun and holidays: 11:00 am. to 6:00 p.m. On Mondays and Tuesdays after holidays, the Museum closes its doors.

Schedule

The MAMM is a space that questions traditions and has a proactive attitude towards the determining issues of contemporary society. Its objective is to make available to the public diverse ways of seeing and interpreting the world, providing meaningful experiences around art.

OBJETIVE OF THE CULTURAL MUSEUM

It is also dedicated to research, conservation and dissemination in the fields of modern and contemporary art, as well as the cultural development of the city.

ALSO

Promotion of fundamental initiatives for Colombian artists, such as the Arturo and Rebeca Rabinovich Art Salons

Preserve the knowledge and Historical Heritage of the Colombian context and its advances over time.

Their purpose is to raise awareness about the development of societies and cultural exchanges.

In addition to bringing together representative works of Colombian art in its collection, the MAMM has hosted emblematic events for the Latin American avant-garde, such as the First Colloquium and Art Exhibition

Because it is important?

The MAMM is located within the neighborhood of Ciudad del Río, the neighborhood of the town of Medellin. and as a more specific address it is: Cra. 44 #19a-100, El Poblado, Medellín - Antioquia

WHERE IS THE MAMM LOCATED?

At this time, one of the most relevant places that the mamm has is the fourth floor terrace with the work by Iván Hurtado called Fragmented Geometries, in addition to the movie theaters and interactive rooms.

IMPORTANT SPACES

How to get?

Vehicles $4,000 Motorcycles $2,200 Bicycle service is free.

Parking service

Arrive at the Industriales station and walk a few streets south.

Metro or Metroplus

Take bus routes that circulate on Las Vegas Avenue.

Bus

Use the EnCicla public bicycle system to Ciudad del Río.

Bicycle

This October there is a 50% discount

Ticket costs

Box office residents in Colombia: $7,500 Foreign ticket office: $10,000 Children under 6 years: Free entry

• Vertical neighborhood
• Public terraces
• 5 levels
• new art spaces
• Laboratories
• Wineries
• Theater
• Closed spaces

Characteristics

Exhibitions

Current exhibitions

Fragmented Geometries Iván Hurtado

Free version Events in the MAMM Collection

Hurtado has used elemental shapes and colors to build a discourse around the passage of time, the Colombian reality and the phenomena that have affected the country in its geographical, political and human dimensions.

The notion of cultural and artistic heritage is conflictive as a tangible and intangible asset that is conserved and transmitted for its value from one generation to another.

Caliban" -an anagram of the word "cannibal"- introduced the figure of the "savage" into the debate on identity in Latin America and the Caribbean in order to question the historical formation of the region.

Caliban

His work gave special importance to the problematic aspects of society, mainly those that revealed the prevailing injustice in different contexts.

Débora Arango and social denunciation 1940 - 1958

It shows the need to establish a more fluid intercultural dialogue among the different peoples present in the country, in the face of a scenario of growing polarization.

Manifestations of indigenous art in Colombia

It is an exhibition that seeks, as the title suggests, to take the pulse of the artistic and cultural production of Medellín.

Pulse of the city

Questions

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