In the month of August, we invite you to join the following visits: Take a breather... in full color. On Thursdays from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. and from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., we will offer a guided tour of the temporary exhibition.

On this occasion we will focus on Gustavo Torner, whose artistic production is very broad and diverse, encompassing painting and sculpture, but also graphic work, set design, theater and opera costumes, tapestries, stained glass, public sculpture, interior design and exhibitions.

We propose a new way of relating to the museum with the aim of consolidating and promoting mutual enrichment and an exchange of experiences.

Through these guided visits and actions we want to reflect on concepts and ideas that will emerge throughout the visit, relating the works from the MACA collections to their context, in a transversal way, analyzing current reality and how artists represent their experiences by creating a collective memory through the great diversity of contemporary languages that have emerged in the 20th and 21st centuries.

For inquisitive adults. Led by Explicarte. With the support of the Consorci de Museus de la Generalitat

Tour through the museum spaces normally closed to the public.

If you want to discover the museum spaces that are normally closed to the public, we are sure that this visit will delight you.

We ask for punctuality, as once it has begun, entry will not be permitted.

Curated by the exhibition commissioner, Rosa M.ª Castells.

The exhibition brings together the numerous works by Kara Walker present in the MACA collection COLEC-003. 44 pieces that cover part of her trajectory and constitute one of the most complete sets of the artist's work existing in European institutions. Here are shown drawings, prints, sculptures, artist books and one of her most recent videos, a total of 31 works donated to MACA in 2021 and 13 pieces deposited in 2024 for this exhibition that have traveled from New York

For adult audiences. Free admission until capacity is reached.

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Explore the permanent collections at your own pace and ask us. MACA Mediation Department. Free until capacity is reached.

On this occasion we will focus on Víctor Vasarely. An artist considered the father of Op Art.

We propose a new way of relating to the museum with the aim of consolidating and promoting mutual enrichment and an exchange of experiences.

Through these guided visits and activities, we want to reflect on concepts and ideas that will emerge throughout the visit, relating the works from the MACA collections to their context, in a transversal way, analyzing current reality and how artists represent their experiences by creating a collective memory through the great diversity of contemporary languages that have emerged in the 20th and 21st centuries.

For inquisitive adults. Led by Explicarte. With the support of the Consorci de Museus de la Generalitat.

On this occasion we will focus on Alexander Calder. American engineer and sculptor, creator of the innovative mobiles or chupin (hanging mobile toys), which would eventually become the seed of kinetic sculpture.

We propose a new way of relating to the museum with the aim of consolidating and promoting mutual enrichment and an exchange of experiences.

With these guided visits and actions we want to reflect on concepts and ideas that will emerge throughout the visit, relating the works from the MACA collections to their context, in a transversal way, making an analysis of current reality and how artists represent their experiences creating a collective memory through the great diversity of contemporary languages that have emerged in the 20th and 21st centuries.

For restless adults. In charge of Explicarte. With the support of the Consorci de Museus de la Generalitat.

MACA participates for the first time in this global event, founded in 2010, and which has more than 1,500 participating museums and galleries, with a simple mission: to help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art.

When people look slowly at a work of art, they make discoveries. The most important discovery they make is that they can see and experience art without an expert (or experience). And that is an exciting discovery. It unlocks passion and creativity and helps create more art lovers.

One day a year, on April 15, 2023, people from around the world visit local museums and galleries to look at art slowly. Participants look at five works of art for 10 minutes each and then meet to talk about their experience. That's all. Simple by design, the goal is to focus on art and the art of seeing.

Selected Works

Eusebio SEMPERE

Column

José María YTURRALDE

At Sunset

Fernando ZÓBEL

The View XXXV

Elena ASINS

Optical Structures

Guided tour with vermouth for the general public touring the rooms and works of women artists.

Traditionally, women have been considered second-class citizens in the world of culture. This position was based on a statistic supported by a very limited number of women who had stood out in the field of literature, thought, and the plastic arts. This idea crumbles when faced with a simple consideration: the reduced opportunities they had to develop their personal talents.

We will focus on Pamen Pereira, Esther Ferrer, Soledad Sevilla, and Ángeles Marco, attentive to the plastic concerns of their generation and shaped by their sociocultural context.

We will get to know not only their work but also their lives, with the intention of awakening a new perspective that recognizes women's work in overcoming the roles and models imposed throughout the history of art dominated by the male sex.

Free admission until capacity is reached.

Alicante celebrates the eighth edition of International Museum Day online.

The City Council, the Provincial Council, Aguas de Alicante, the University and The Ocean Race Museum propose this year an online edition, due to the current situation of closure of museums and cultural centers due to COVID-19.

Twelve exhibition centers in Alicante come together for the eighth consecutive year to celebrate a new edition of Museum Day in the city, on the occasion of International Museum Day (IMD). On this occasion, and due to the exceptional situation, the MACA, Las Cigarreras, the MUSA, the Exhibition Room of the Fish Market, the Nativity Museum, and the New Tabarca Museum (on behalf of the City Council), the Mubag, Marq and the Juan Gil-Albert Institute (on behalf of the Provincial Council), The Ocean Race Museum, the MUA (on behalf of the University) and the Alicante Water Museum, have prepared programming for all audiences, which can be enjoyed online.

Following the successful participation of last year, with 16,193 visitors, the organizers hope that, despite the change in format, participation will be massive.

Every year since 1977, ICOM organizes International Museum Day, an exceptional moment for the international museum community.

The objective of International Museum Day (IMD) is to raise awareness that museums are an important means for cultural exchange, the enrichment of cultures, as well as for the development of mutual understanding, collaboration and peace among peoples. Organized each May 18 or around that date for more than 40 years, the events and activities planned to celebrate IMD can last a day, a weekend or even an entire week. More and more museums around the world are participating in this global celebration: last year 37,000 museums participated in the event in 158 countries and territories.

This year's theme is: "Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion." With the theme "Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion," International Museum Day 2020 #IMD2020 aims to become a meeting point to celebrate the diversity of perspectives that shape museum communities and staff, as well as to promote tools to identify and overcome biases in what museums display and in the stories they tell.

International Museum Day 2020 Goes Digital

Despite the current situation of widespread pandemic, #IMD2020 will be celebrated through the organization of digital and online activities. For those who wish to organize on-site activities, we propose an alternative date: a three-day celebration between November 14, coinciding with the Long Night of Museums, and the 74th anniversary of ICOM, November 16, 2020

The communication proposals for Digital IMD 2020 have been made by 4th year students of the Degree in Advertising and Public Relations: Álvaro Fuentes Lledó, Carolina González Valencia, Lourdes Ros Buendía, David Sabater Zamorano and María Vila García, within the context of the subject Production and Realization in Print Media; and coordinated by the professors: Ana Isabel Ibáñez Hernández and Lydia Girón Plaza. and coordinated by the professors: Ana Isabel Ibáñez Hernández and Lydia Girón Plaza.

Thank you all.