Institutional Experimentations in the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) and its directors: between autonomy andrcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) and its directors

between autonomy and conflict

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2020.153912

Keywords:

Institutional Experimentations, Art Institutions, Art Museums, MACBA

Abstract

This article carries out a contextualization concerning the conception of the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, emphasizing the directorship of Manuel Borja-Villel (1998-2008), during which were held institutional experimentations that intended to approximate the museum, the city and the community. Subsequently, we analyze the directorship of his successor, Bartomeu Marí (2008-2015), to verify the construction of an “institutional culture” concerning the propositionof these institutional experimentations. We evaluate, on the one hand, the possibility that the maintenance of this kind of proposition is linked to the personas of specific directors. On the other hand, we question whether the internal structures of the institution could determine and limit the autonomy of the directors in case of eventual conflicts of interests.

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Author Biography

  • Nicole Marziale, Universidade de São Paulo (PGEHA-USP), Brasil

    Nicole Marziale é Doutoranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação Interunidades em Estética e História da Arte da Universidade de São Paulo (PGEHA-USP). Mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Culturais da Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo (EACH-USP). Este artigo é fruto de pesquisa financiada pela Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) e orientada pela Profa. Dra. Dária Gorete Jaremtchuk.

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Published

2020-04-30

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 38 (2020)

Section

Articles

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Marziale, N. (2020). Institutional Experimentations in the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) and its directors: between autonomy andrcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) and its directors: between autonomy and conflict. ARS, 18(38), 167-195. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2020.153912