Past Exhibitions
Past Exhibitions
Carlos Rolón: Tropicalizia
The artist looks at Puerto Rico from the diaspora and reinvents its daily reality, turning the Creole slabs, the geometry of the bars of the neighborhood and the exuberant flora into icons full of irony and nostalgia. Through the transformation of common objects, Tropicalizia proposes a reflection on culture, community and Puerto Rican identity.
Papo Colo
In 1977, the Puerto Rican artist Papo Colo tied fifty-one pieces of wood to his body- one for each state, including Puerto Rico- and ran naked across a Manhattan street until he collapsed with exhaustion. This performance, entitled Superman 51, is the focus of the exhibition organized by the Museo de Arte de Ponce in collaboration with MoMA PS1.
Isabel II: Images of Power Between Spain and Puerto Rico, 1833-1868
Isabel II (1830-1904) was the first woman to occupy the throne of Spain in modern times. Beginning her reign in 1833, a three-year-old Isabel became the heir of a powerful colonial empire. Her reign, which ended with her overthrow and exile in 1868, was a turning point both for Spain and Puerto Rico.
Making the Museum: the Edward Durell Stone Building
The Museo de Arte de Ponce lives within a work of art: its landmark building by Edward Durell Stone, one of the twentieth century’s most unconventional architects. To celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, our exhibition "Making the Museum" charts the evolution of Stone’s design through a selection of architectural drawings never before shown together in public. The exhibition opened to the public on March 13, 2016.
The Role of the Portrait
Celebrating fifty years of work by Antonio Martorell in Puerto Rican art and culture.
The Museum Reinvents Itself
The new museology seeks to better integrate the Museum’s collection, one of the most prominent of its kind on this side of the Atlantic, with the magnificent building of the architect Edward Durell Stone.