The Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá between 1962 and 1967. Some notes for history of art museums in Colombia

Abstract

This article provides a critical review of the operation of the Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá during the administration of the artist Marta Traba. With that in mind, it reinterprets one of the first institutional narratives on the evolution of this museum, published by Traba in 1966. The review of this narrative provides a critical approach to the vision that the artist had for both the process of providing the museum with an institutional framework and the personal stances she took, as well as the curatorial duties that she performed.