Current Exhibitions

Fourth floor project 

In 1985, artist and cultural manager Leonel Estrada published the Diccionario de Arte Actual, a glossary of art concepts aimed at educating the general public about developing artistic movements. Señal abierta. Languages of Contemporary Art proposes a review of the MAMM collection and documentary archive based on a selection of concepts drawn from the dictionary, which serve to understand the experimental practices developed in the region during the second half of the 20th century. As a predecessor to the dictionary, two printed materials were produced, the first prepared by María Isabel Estrada in 1970 and the second, created as a supplement for the newspaper El Mundo in 1981. Both circulated during the Bienales de Arte de Medellín and served as a pedagogical tool for the public, broadening the interpretation and understanding of the languages, techniques, and artistic movements of the works presented at the biennials.