Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
The Museu de Arte de Contemporânea Niterói (MAC) is a museum of contemporary art in the Brazilian city of Niterói in close proximity to Rio de Janeiro.
The building, designed by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer with the help of the engineer Bruno Contarini building was completed in 1996 after five years of construction. Right on the coast above a rock stands the cylindrical, nine feet in diameter comprehensive basis in a likewise cylindrical water tank. The resting thereon actual building has a height of 16 m and a diameter of 50 m and recalls with his form at the foot of a mushroom cloud or a UFO. There, up to the first floor there winds a big red ramp to the entrance area. The four stories high and 2,500 m² accommodating a maximum Museum features exhibition spaces and galleries, it also has a restaurant and an auditorium. The attached at an angle of 40 ° windows offer a view of Rio de Janeiro, whose landmark Sugar Loaf, and the Bay of Guanabara and Niterói itself
Stock
The holdings of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói today include the approximately 1,200 works comprehensive collection João Sattamini and the much smaller collection of the MAC of some 370 artworks, most of which were donated by artists who have been exhibited in the museum.
The collection consists inter alia Sattamini of works by Abraham Palatnik, Aluísio Carvão, Amilcar de Castro, Antonio Dias, Antonio Manuel, Artur Barrio, Carlos Vergara, Cildo Meireles, Daniel Senise, Farnese de Andrade, Flavio - Shiro, Frans Krajcberg, Franz Weissmann, Hélio Oiticica, Iole de Freitas, João Carlos Goldberg, Jorge Duarte, Jorge Guinle, José Maria Dias da Cruz, Luiz Alphonsus, Lygia Clark, Lygia Pape, Mira Schendel, Raymundo Colares, Roberto Magalhães, Rubens Gerchman, Tomie Ohtake, Tunga, Victor Arruda and Waltercio Caldas.
Other activities
In addition to the collections there are regular temporary exhibitions of various national as well as international artists.
In addition, workshops are offered on a variety of topics that are addressed to students, teachers and a general audience interested.
In the lecture hall film premieres are held, and there is a ' Cineclub ' with changing programs. Conferences are also organized in the MAC as smaller fairs and on the outdoor terrace offers courses such as offered in Tai Chi.
At irregular intervals publications are issued to house collections or monographs on individual artists and there is a public library.