Uruguay’s First Permanent Contemporary Art Museum Opens

Uruguayan coastal resort town Punta del Este opened the country’s first sizeable contemporary art museum, the Atchugarry Museum of Contemporary Art (MACA), on January 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 festiv