Lima Museum of Contemporary Art — Attraction in Lima Metropolitan Area

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Lima offers a unique collection within conditions that other museums should desire. The opening pieces are two exhibitions in separate buildings namely Yaker's 'Conversations in the Zoo' and Pascuale's 'Mirrors of a Lost Humanity'. Despite both exhibitions being postmodern interpretations of baroque influences, they couldn't be more different. While Pascuale employs what has been termed an aesthetic of pain to draw a nightmarish image of the horrors of war, poverty and inequality, Yaker uses playful animal representations to engage in a post-covid / post-humanist discussion. The main exhibition is no less compelling, however. With a selection of works representing the different epochs, styles and media types of the 20th century, the museum does provide exactly what it promises - a pointiant and deliberately selective representation of Peruvian (post)modernism. The atmosphere of the museum is beautiful and the surrounding gardens, the respectful quiet within the holy halls of the museum as well as the kind and well-informed employees made the consumption of this place of inspiration quite the extraordinary experience. I'm having a hard time remembering the last time I found a museum to be this inviting and enriching. Also thanks to César for providing a much needed local...

It looks a well intentioned museum to highlight works of Peruvian artists. The building has large, very spacious exhibition rooms well lit from the natural light.

HOWEVER, collection/exhibition is very limited and has so narrow breath.

🫤 There’s complete lack of sculptures and/or 3D pieces.

There MUST be a number of contemporary sculptors in Lima or nationwide, whose art are worth chasing after for exhibition here.

🫤 A lot of photographic exhibits are more of random shots of political events, lacking an artistic rendition of such events.

The photos are VERY FLAT IMAGES rather than expressive imagery that would convey why the photographer was attracted by that instant in time.

Many of the shots seem very elementary/rudimentary, lacking depths of focus.

*The photos FAIL TO EVOKE EMOTION, as such they seem misplaced for this museum.

🫤 Similarly, exhibitions of framed newspaper articles from the recent past are mere collages, like a hobbyist’s scrapbook. They FAIL TO CONVEY AN AESTHETIC rationale why they were put together.

😎 There’s a few of the paintings, especially the abstracts, that are worth the time for visual and...

Interesting, but very small Contemporary Art Museum, with basically no permanent collection and just three rooms for exhibition. When we visited (August 2024) only the largest was open, while the other two were closed for setting up new exhibitions. We were told this when buying the tickets, but received no discount (the entrance ticket is very cheap, though). The museums features mostly Peruvian contemporary artists, but we found the explanation of the artwork to be very lacking, with just a general introduction about the artist, but almost nothing about the artwork. Lighting of the artwork is good, and the main exhibition room gets a good amount on natural light, as well, but on the inside it feels a bit like a hangar. The museum sits inside a small. park, freely accessible, very well maintained, where you can also find a kiosk of tourist information and a cafe overlooking the small...