Exhibitions like Elena Asins (The howling of the wind is a tireless whistle) or the second part of the Jenkins-Romero Collection (Moving Forward, Looking Back) with the works of 58 artists, The most outstanding art exhibitions of 2023 for this year 2024, The museum is preparing two exhibitions Eusebio Semperesomeone Esther Ferrer and another Juana French on the centenary of his birth.
After analyzing the data provided by the museum, there are more women Total visitors to the museum 56.04%Men account for 43.95%. Figures on the origins of visitors are, as they have been for several years, internationalin total 53.12%This is followed by those at the national level with 34.36 percent, and those at the local and provincial levels with 12.52 percent.
people attending events There was also an increase. While the museum recorded 13,464 visitors in 2022, This year, in 2023, the figure reaches 14,730 people. Of the 532 vehicles developed this year, 12 were field transfers. Its 520 events are the highest since its inauguration.
The museum, as the Mayor of Culture stated, Nayma Beldjilali “The upward trend of recent years continues and is the result of the tremendous work carried out by the entire team, headed by Rosa Castells, who with great passion brings contemporary art closer to all audiences, both with excellent temporary exhibitions and with a variety of numerous complementary activities” and adds: “the quality of their collections is at the top of other “There is nothing that would make top-tier national museums jealous.”
museum curator, Rosa Mª Castells, he values the data very positively, “because they are perfect for a museum of MACA’s size, both in terms of budget, technical and human resources”, although he reiterates his opinion in other years that he does not attach excessive importance to the numbers, but quality On each of these visits: “It’s always nice to see rooms full of museum residents enjoying contemporary art and culture. That’s our goal at MACA, more meaningful visits, experiences It is a whole that encourages perception, discussion, reflection, criticism and action. We have unique collections, offer stimulating exhibitions and a comprehensive program of activities that occur frequently. unexpected links always encouraging, always open to trying new languages. MACA is the image of the city because we are one of the references of cultural tourism in the city, but also a an intimate and everyday museum, a feminist, collaborative and respectful museum. For all. The people who visit us also value this in this way. “We hope to continue to be an important place for people who visit us in 2024.”
Review Year 2023
The exhibition year has begun The howling of the wind is a tireless whistle related to Elena Asins. One of the pioneers in Spain in the use of computers in the creation process and the development of works in geometric context. This exhibition emphasized the close relationship between Asins and Sempere, while also aiming to publicize and promote the research carried out by the artist and their plastic results. First time, songs of Orpheus By Trio Poesía Acción H,GLAJERU;G and Corodelantal MACA.
Then, the second exhibition where the works are exhibited Michael Jenkins and Javier Romero Collection Donated to MACA by collectors in 2021. Moving Forward, Looking Back It brought together the works of 58 artists from different nationalities, working in very different art mediums, and establishing an equal balance between male and female artists. The exhibition script explored the importance of witnessing the present, while also understanding the necessity of taking a look at the past in order to construct and understand the present, as well as to glimpse the future. An artistic knowledge that allows us to tell the history of art not in separate chapters but in interconnected parts, to trace what happened, to look for the first seeds and intertwinings, to complete a more precise reading of a complex and multifaceted work. comprehensive artistic production, contemporary.
Likewise, and as always, the museum featured guest works that established a dialogue with the collections. On the one hand, the second exhibition of the program Avant-garde context It is aimed to maintain a permanent dialogue between the works in the IVAM collection belonging to the avant-gardes of the first decades of the 20th century and the works in the 20th Century Art Collection. His two works Kurt SchwittersThe artist, one of the most radical artists of the 20th century art scene, lived alongside his contemporaries. Julio González, Pablo Gargallo or Juan GrisIt offers a complementary reading and context to the period of rupture between tradition and modernity. On the other hand, Arcadio Blasco’s work titled “Objeto-idea”, entrusted to José Piqueras and exhibited on the tenth anniversary of the artist’s death.
Moreover 62 works were loaned From MACA collections 6 exhibitions temporary works of different institutions and museums. we took 4 donations and 45 deposit works.
Throughout 2023, public programs, education, mediation and various activities have become a meeting point for individuals, elderly, youth, children or families who regularly participate in them, ensuring almost 100% coverage of the venues. Once again, there were many school children who got to know the museum and its collections through different tour programs and educational projects. Since September, the MACA training program has been carried out by call. Tangent Member of the Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana, he has always been committed to mediation and education through art. And as always, we gave special importance to everyone becoming a museum owner with our social inclusion projects. Breathing MACA, Memories. Art and Culture Against Alzheimer’s, R for Pulling the Rope or Portrait.
until 2024
This year, the 2024 exhibition program will include prominent names; Firstly, Eusebio SempereOf these, we will present two small exhibitions at MACA and at IVAM and its headquarters in Valencia, an exhibition about Sempere’s stay in Paris, thus closing the celebrations of the Year of Sempere, which starts at the beginning of 2023, and Esther Ferrer. Another notable name is Juana FrenchMany projects will be organized around the Alicante artist, whose birth centenary is celebrated this year.
In public programs, we will continue to focus on educational projects for children, adults and social education groups. Some of them are in demand as follows: Menuts Veïns, Shall we talk about art?, Great artists, Graphic music workshop, Letter and image laboratories or different family workshops. Thought-inviting programs such as The Architect’s Table, Nuevas Narrativas y Palabras Mayores, or experimental programs such as Corodelantal, Soniart, Maca en vivo, or events programmed with the rest of the city’s museums such as Bookcrossing, Museum, will continue in 2024. Week, DIM or White Night.