Modern and Contemporary Art Museum

Art Museum in Alita, Lebanon

The Modern And Contemporary Art Museum in Alita - MACAM
Location within Lebanon
Established	2013 (2013)
Location	Alita, Lebanon
Coordinates	34°05′28″N 35°41′15″E / 34.091164°N 35.687372°E / 34.091164; 35.687372
Type	Art Museum
Collection size	400 sculptures and installations
Director	Diala Nammour
Website	MACAM

MACAM, the Modern And Contemporary Art Museum, opened in June 2013, in a factory compound in Alita. Owned and operated by a Lebanese NGO holding the same name, this museum is dedicated to preserving and promoting Lebanese modern and contemporary art.

History

The museum presents a selection of 400 sculptures and installations created by 90 artists born or having lived in Lebanon.

Permanent displays

The museum's permanent collections are distributed in two halls, one dedicated to Lebanese sculpture and the other to Lebanese installations.

The Sculpture Hall

The collection is organised according to the material used by the sculptor.

The Installation Hall

This hall covers 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) of indoor exhibition space, and offers artists a space to preserve their installations.

Projects

Retrospectives of Lebanese sculptors

Each year, MACAM honours a Lebanese sculptor whose work has marked the country's art scene. In 2014, it exhibited a large selection of Zaven's work. He is renowned for his monumental bronze work, but also for his small bronze cast sculptures. Later the same year, it honoured Youssef Basbous who worked extensively on wood.

Yearly sculpture competition

In 2013, MACAM organised "The Age of Bronze" competition in which artists were invited to present a sculpture that the museum would cast in bronze, if they won the competition.

Publications

Lebanese artists

Lebanese art

Nammour, C., Sculpture in Lebanon, Fine Arts Publishing, Beirut, 1990.
Nammour, C., In Front of Painting, Fine Arts Publishing, Beirut, 2003.
Khal, H., Resonances - 82 Lebanese Artists Reviewed, Fine Arts Publishing, Beirut, 2011.