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Title:
New museum headquarter opening

Code:
CB 429

Date:
July, 1998

Author:
Unknown

Access Requirements:
Available online and via application

Measurement:
15 x 10 cm

Stand:
Positive paper

Tone:
Monochromatic

Description:

Photograph in rectangular format and vertical layout. In a low-angle long shot, Sylvia Ríos, MAPA director, is giving a speech inside the new museum headquarter. A Chilean flag and university flags on each side can be seen.

Context:

In September 1997, the Arts department rented a property in Compañía #2691 to reopen the museum after 12 years without a physical space for its exhibitions, as a consequence of an earthquake, in 1985 that damaged the Contemporary Art Museum’s storage rooms in the temporary MAPA headquarter. In May 1998, the assembly and promotion of the permanent exhibition Manos de Chile (Hands of Chile) started, to be opened in July of that year under the supervision of Sylvia Ríos (1996-2000).

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