Emilio Morales Dance Library

Submitted by brandcode_deweloper on Tue, 24 Feb 2026 - 09:56

A scholar and enthusiast of dance, Emilio Morales has deposited in the museum a collection of specialized books on dance, knowing of the special bond that MACA has developed with the world of contemporary dance. It is a collection of approximately 500 books and more than one hundred magazine issues, all of them related to the world of dance. A bibliography of specialized subject matter: History of dance, Ballets, Choreographies, Classical, Spanish and contemporary dance, History of flamenco, Dance pedagogy, Ballroom, Anatomy, Didactics, as well as biographies and studies on the great figures in the history of classical and contemporary dance.

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Bibliographic

Michael Jenkins and Javier Romero Library

Submitted by brandcode_deweloper on Tue, 24 Feb 2026 - 09:56

The Michael Jenkins and Javier Romero Collection, composed of 291 works by 160 international artists donated by their owners to the MACA in 2021, was completed with the donation of a set comprising more than 800 monographs and exhibition catalogs of the artists that make up the Collection, many of them artists scarcely represented in Spanish museums and from whom it is difficult to find documentation and whom Michel and Javier have been following exhibition after exhibition and catalog after catalog. An essential bibliography that contributes to the study and research of their work and to situate their work in the MACA.

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Bibliographic

José María Cía Library

Submitted by brandcode_deweloper on Tue, 24 Feb 2026 - 09:56

The José Antonio Cía Library is composed of an approximate number of small catalogs, pamphlets, invitations and ephemeral material from artistic exhibitions held in Alicante from the 1950s to the 1990s. José Antonio Cía (Ceuta 1925 - Alicante 2002) was a painter and art critic at Radio Alicante, winning the Ondas award for his promotion of the art world on the local radio station. He worked as artistic director at the Caja de Ahorros Provincial de Alicante (CAPA) and in the early years of Caja Mediterráneo. He settled in Alicante and came to preside over the Ateneo Científico, Literario y Artístico de Alicante. As a result of his passion, he gathered an important collection of printed material about exhibitions by artists in Alicante, constituting an essential resource for research.

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Bibliographic

Carmen Cazaña Library

Submitted by brandcode_deweloper on Tue, 24 Feb 2026 - 09:56

The Carmen Cazaña Library is composed of more than 800 copies including books, pamphlets, magazines and contemporary art exhibition catalogs, the fruit of her activity and passion. Carmen Cazaña (Málaga, 1928-Alicante, 2025) was a key figure in the development of contemporary art in Alicante. She directed Gallery 11 for almost 40 years, located on Belando Street, which became a reference point for modernity and a meeting place for artists and cultural figures. A promoter of avant-garde art, Carmen championed artists such as Gordillo, Guinovart, and Juan Uslé. She exhibited works by artists with recognized trajectories such as Lucio Muñoz and Eusebio Sempere, and organized exhibitions of local artists such as Vicente Rodes, Aurora Valero, Mª Dolores Mulá, Javier Lorenzo, María Chana, Paco Molinero Ayala, and Ricardo Junio.

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Bibliographic

Second García Library

Submitted by brandcode_deweloper on Tue, 24 Feb 2026 - 09:56

It is composed of approximately 1000 items including books, exhibition catalogs, brochures and magazines, from his personal library. Segundo García (Cuenca, 1929-Alicante, 2014), professor of drawing at the Miguel Hernández Institute in Alicante since 1965, was a cultured man, eager to learn, reflective and thoughtful, a humanist who treasured precious and unique books on art and culture from the 1950s until his final days. It was he himself, as director of the La Asegurada Museum from 1989 to 1996, who initiated the MACA Library and made a special effort to achieve a modern and open museum. The bibliographic collection is completed with an important series of documentation: projects, correspondence, reports, photographs, writings, etc. that we have named the Segundo García Documentary Collection.

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Bibliographic

Documentary

General fund

Submitted by brandcode_deweloper on Tue, 24 Feb 2026 - 09:55

The MACA Library has a specialized bibliographic collection in contemporary art consisting of more than 10,000 references including monographs, exhibition catalogs, periodical publications, artist dossiers, posters, and audiovisual material. Gathered since 1990 through acquisitions and an intense exchange of publications with art centers, galleries, museums, foundations, and cultural institutions, it has been supplemented with some private donations such as those from Ana Palomar, Teresa Lanceta, Isabel Tejeda, Eva Baeza, Begoña Martínez, and Francisco Escudero.

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Bibliographic

The MACA launches the "Play Ink. Young People Who Express" program in collaboration with the Social Welfare Department

Submitted by brandcode_deweloper on Fri, 20 Feb 2026 - 14:13

The fourth edition of the project is aimed at 15 adolescents in situations of or at risk of social vulnerability who will participate in an artistic training journey throughout the year that will culminate in the "La Liada Gráfica" festival

Alicante, January 13, 2026. The Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante presents a new edition of "MACA Play Ink. Young People Who Express," a project for personal and artistic development aimed at adolescents in situations of or at risk of social vulnerability that positions art as a tool for expression, participation, and community transformation, and which this year celebrates its fourth edition.

The project is promoted by the Daguten collective and developed in the museum, and in this edition it is carried out in collaboration with the Community Action Department of the Social Welfare Council. Since its inception, it has been consolidating itself as a stable program of cultural mediation and artistic education in the city.

The Culture Councilor, Nayma Beldjilali, explained that "this program is part of the important social aspect of the MACA with which we achieve that the museum comes to life and becomes a space for everyone, where we can learn, create and relate beyond the exhibition function of a museum".

"MACA Play Ink. Young People Who Express" is aimed at a maximum group of 15 adolescents between 14 and 18 years old, in situations of or at risk of social vulnerability. Most of the participants come from the Gastón Castelló Community Social Center, located in the North Zone of Alicante, although the participation of young people referred from other social or educational centers in the city is contemplated.

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Activities

Inhabit the Shadows

Authors: Blanca de la Torre, Rosa María Castells, Áurea Ortiz, Johanna Caplliure
Year: 2025
Page: 256
Edition: IVAM - Valencian Institute of Modern Art
Language: Valencian, English, Spanish
ISBN: 978-84-482-7103-9
Design: Ibán Ramón
Binding: Rústica amb solapes
Dimensions: 24 x 17 cm

Exhibition Catalogue. "Inhabiting the Shadows" delves into that which remains in darkness, where chiaroscuro encapsulates notions linked to individual and collective memories. An almost physical journey through the exhibition where the composition in black and white stands as the sole protagonist. A curatorial discourse that intertwines the collections of the IVAM and the MACA, not as an artificial stylistic resource but responding to a deeper impulse: memory that folds upon itself and resists being contained in the perfect metaphor of imageries in grayscale. Exhibition curated by Blanca de la Torre and Rosa Mª Castells organized in collaboration. IVAM. Centre Julio González, Valencia, from September 25, 2025 to January 18, 2026.

Sempere: "Lyrical Rigor". Anthology of Texts

2025

Eusebio Sempere. The Man Who Whispered Metaphors

2024

Oteiza in Alicante. The Monument to the Foguerer, 1972 / Oteiza Alacanten Monument to the Foguerer, 1972

2017

Juana Francés, the Hidden Force

Submitted by brandcode_deweloper on Thu, 19 Feb 2026 - 11:25

Documentary presentation by Natalia Molinos and Maxi Velloso

We begin the complementary activities around the new temporary exhibition with the screening of: "Juana Francés, the Hidden Force" by Natalia Molinos and Maxi Velloso.

Friday, October 17, 2025

With the support of Generalitat Valenciana, Culture Department of Alicante and MACA, and in collaboration with Casa Mediterráneo and the support of Espejo de Alicante.

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Activities

Other museums, other perspectives. William A. López Rosas

Submitted by brandcode_deweloper on Thu, 19 Feb 2026 - 11:25

Conference led by William A. López Rosas

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

«The National Museum of Colombia: The Paradoxes of a Symbolic Laboratory». William A. López Rosas, former director of the National Museum of Colombia.

Other Museums, Other Perspectives is a lecture series in which directors and managers of other museums are invited to speak about their experiences, histories, and knowledge in the management and direction of the museums in which they have worked.

Coordinated by: Isabel Tejeda

With the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Universities and Employment of the Generalitat Valenciana.

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