MEXICO CITY—A new contemporary art museum, the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), has opened in Mexico City, the Art Newspaper reports. The museum joins a cultural center, several other museums, and a national library as part of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
The 270 million peso ($20 million) contemporary art museum, which boasts 3,300 square meters of gallery space, was designed by leading Mexican architect Teodoro González de León. It will house international exhibitions and installations, and chief curator Guillermo Santamarina hopes it will become the home to Mexico's largest public collection of contemporary art.
Graciela de La Torre, the former director of the Museo Nacional de Arte of Mexico, will head the new museum. She raised 90 million pesos to fund MUAC's opening exhibitions, which include Cantos Civico, a sprawling installation by Miguel Ventura that includes walls carpeted with swastikas and dollar signs. MUAC will have only rotating exhibitions, to be drawn from its permanent collection as well as loans from other institutions. The museum's annual budget is not yet confirmed.
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