It’s a fully in-person edition for the 2nd Arca International Festival of Films on Arts in Uruguay as it shakes off the pandemic blues that saw some guest cancellations last year.
“Despite the peak Covid situation last January, we had approximately 5,000 attendees,” says fest director Mercedes Sader, who pointed out that the event’s outdoor screenings were ideal for the times.
Running Jan. 2-7 this year, Arca kicked off in 2022 to coincide with the inauguration of the coastal resort town’s first contemporary art museum, the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Atchugarry (MacA). The 75,000 sq. ft. museum designed by architect Carlos Ott commands vistas of a 99-acre sculpture park and sweeping grounds that include an outdoor amphitheater, a smaller outdoor theatre for video art screenings, forests and a helipad. The museum houses Cine MacA, an indoor theatre with a 100-seat capacity.
“We learned last year how to integrate the outdoor screenings in this spectacular setting,...
“Despite the peak Covid situation last January, we had approximately 5,000 attendees,” says fest director Mercedes Sader, who pointed out that the event’s outdoor screenings were ideal for the times.
Running Jan. 2-7 this year, Arca kicked off in 2022 to coincide with the inauguration of the coastal resort town’s first contemporary art museum, the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Atchugarry (MacA). The 75,000 sq. ft. museum designed by architect Carlos Ott commands vistas of a 99-acre sculpture park and sweeping grounds that include an outdoor amphitheater, a smaller outdoor theatre for video art screenings, forests and a helipad. The museum houses Cine MacA, an indoor theatre with a 100-seat capacity.
“We learned last year how to integrate the outdoor screenings in this spectacular setting,...
- 1/2/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Uruguayan coastal resort town Punta del Este is set to open the country’s first sizeable contemporary art museum, the Atchugarry Museum of Contemporary Art (MacA), on Jan. 8, with an inauguration gala celebrating its first exhibitions of the works of Christo and Jeanne-Claude and Argentine artist León Ferrari.
Spread over a lush, 90-acre landscape featuring rolling hills, wooded areas and water features, the museum will not only be a beacon for modern art, but host a new arts film festival, Arca Intl. Film Festival, whose inaugural edition will run this Jan. 9-14. The project was created by sculptor Pablo Atchugarry and is the final in a sequence of structures built by the Fundación Pablo Atchugarry.
‘’There is a common concern among artists and collectors, which consists in thinking about where their works will go, the fruit of a lifetime, the passion that has always accompanied them. So, a few years...
Spread over a lush, 90-acre landscape featuring rolling hills, wooded areas and water features, the museum will not only be a beacon for modern art, but host a new arts film festival, Arca Intl. Film Festival, whose inaugural edition will run this Jan. 9-14. The project was created by sculptor Pablo Atchugarry and is the final in a sequence of structures built by the Fundación Pablo Atchugarry.
‘’There is a common concern among artists and collectors, which consists in thinking about where their works will go, the fruit of a lifetime, the passion that has always accompanied them. So, a few years...
- 1/7/2022
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Punta del Este in Uruguay is set to become a beacon for the arts and a key tourist destination with the inauguration of the coastal resort town’s first contemporary art museum, the stunning Museo Arte Contemporaneo Atchugarry (MacA), on January 8.
The launch of an arts film festival, Arca, running Jan. 9-14, underscores the museum’s mandate to serve all the arts. Perched on the grounds of the Pablo Atchugarry Foundation, the 75,000 sq. ft. museum designed by architect Carlos Ott overlooks a 62-acre sculpture park and expansive grounds that include a heliport, forests and an outdoor amphitheater. Entrance is completely free of charge.
“When we set up the Pablo Atchugarry Foundation 15 years ago, we conceived it as a meeting place of all the arts with the public. Today we can say that musicians, dancers, writers and visual artists will have passed through here,” said Uruguayan sculptor Pablo Atchugarry whose foundation...
The launch of an arts film festival, Arca, running Jan. 9-14, underscores the museum’s mandate to serve all the arts. Perched on the grounds of the Pablo Atchugarry Foundation, the 75,000 sq. ft. museum designed by architect Carlos Ott overlooks a 62-acre sculpture park and expansive grounds that include a heliport, forests and an outdoor amphitheater. Entrance is completely free of charge.
“When we set up the Pablo Atchugarry Foundation 15 years ago, we conceived it as a meeting place of all the arts with the public. Today we can say that musicians, dancers, writers and visual artists will have passed through here,” said Uruguayan sculptor Pablo Atchugarry whose foundation...
- 1/6/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
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