The Bogotá Museum of Modern Art (''Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá'', known as MAMBO) is a museum of

modern art Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the tradit ...

located in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ...

, Colombia. It is one of the main cultural and artistic establishments in Colombia.

History

The museum opened to the public in 1963 by the art critic Marta Traba. From 1969 to 2016, its director was , the ex-wife of sculptor

Fernando Botero Fernando Botero Angulo (19 April 1932 – 15 September 2023) was a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor. His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political ...

Headquarters

The museum's current headquarters was designed by Rogelio Salmona in 1985 and has been located in the center of Bogotá ever since. Featuring 5,000 square meters of floorspace distributed over four levels, it contains a sculpture patio, a library, an auditorium, a photo library, a warehouse, a movie theater and a restaurant. Rogelio Salmona's building is composed of four floors joined by a central staircase, forming a labyrinth of stones and stairs. The building was specially designed to house art collections, both for display and for storage and conservation. The building is characterized by its Salmona style, featuring exposed brick, ramps and passageways, as well as unconventional entrances and exits to each of the rooms. A notable characteristic of the building is the contrast between natural lighting and artificial lighting achieved through large windows and skylights overhead the exhibition rooms.

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