Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales
National Museum of Visual Arts
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EstablishedDecember 10, 1911 (1911-12-10)
LocationJulio Herrera y Reissig esq. Tomás Giribaldi, s/n, CP: 11300
Parque Rodó, Montevideo ( Uruguay)
DirectorEnrique Aguerre
Websitewww.mnav.gub.uy

National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales) a museum in Parque Rodó, Montevideo, Uruguay. It was inaugurated on December 10, 1911.

This museum has the largest collection of Uruguayan artworks. Among them are works by Olga Piria, Rafael Barradas, Joaquín Torres García, José Cúneo, Carlos Federico Sáez, Pedro Figari, Juan Manuel Blanes and artist Pablo Serrano who lived in Montevideo for twenty years.

The museum also hosts temporary shows, in many cases foreign artists' itinerant exhibitions.

Exhibitions

Directors

Name Director Time
Domingo Laporte (1911–1928)
Ernesto Laroche (1928–1940)
José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín (1940–1961)
Muñoz del Campo (1961–1969)
Ángel Kalenberg (1969–2007)
Jacqueline Lacasa (2007–2009)
Mario Sagradini (2009-2010)
Enrique Aguerre (2010–now)

See also

References

  1. ^ National Museum of Visual Arts (MNAV), Uruguay Retrieved September June 2009

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