The Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art, often abbreviated to MAC, is a

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Santurce, Puerto Rico Santurce (, from the Basque '' Santurtzi'' which means Saint George) is a barrio or district in the municipality of San Juan. Its population in 2020 was 69,469. It is also the biggest and most populated of all the barrios in the capital city wi ...

History

The museum was founded by artists and sponsors of the

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and amongst offices of known contributors. In 1988, the University of the Sacred Heart granted the museum a provisional home free of charge at the Magdalena Sofía Barat building. After 15 years, the museum officially petitioned the government to grant them the Labra Historical Building in Santurce. On October 20, 2002, the museum and Governor

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signed a contract granting the museum the rights for the building.

Building

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The museum building is called Rafael M. Labra Building. It was built in 1916 as part of a project from the Paul G. Miller Commission for the construction of

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s in urban zones. The building was designed by architect Adrian C. Finlayson. The building belonged to the Department of Public Education of Puerto Rico since its construction and in 1987 was registered as the Rafael M. Labra High School on the

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of the

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government. The architecture is of

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that prevailed during the 18th century in

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. Its restoration was in charge of Puerto Rican architect Otto Reyes Casanova and started from 1995 until 2002. It is located about ten minutes walking distance from

La Placita de Santurce La Placita is a historic district and neighborhood of Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, located in the former area of Santurce's old market square (Spanish: ''Plaza del mercado de Santurce'') in Campo Alegre. La Placita today is a popular dining ...

Collection

Today, the museum's collection consists of art from the mid-20th century to today from artists in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Latin America, such as Myrna Báez,

Daniel Lind-Ramos Daniel Lind-Ramos (born 1953) is an Afro-Puerto Ricans, African-Puerto Rican painter and sculptor who lives and works in Puerto Rico. Life Lind-Ramos was born in 1953 in Loíza, Puerto Rico, Loíza, a coastal town in Puerto Rico. He studied paint ...

, and

Noemí Ruiz Noemí Ruiz is a Puerto Rican painter, graphic artist and teacher. She is said to be a pioneer of abstraction in Puerto Rico. Her works can be found in many significant collections, and she has represented Puerto Rico in many international exhibit ...

.Mac Web Site
Retrieved 7/29.19.

References

External links

MAC Official Website

Escuela Superior Rafael M. Labra
at Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico
Escuela Rafael M. Labra
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