Fundación Engel






NuMu is a project of the Fundación Engel, an organization established by Claudio Engel and his four children in 2016. For us at Fundación Engel, the arts and culture are essential to human existence and we believe that all people should have access to them.

Our mission is to collect, preserve, research, exhibit and promote contemporary Chilean and Latin American art. We seek to foster the artistic experience as a source of knowledge, create spaces of encounter and community, enrich the cultural heritage, and promote collaboration with professionals and institutions locally and globally.

Our key principles

Art
The Fundación Engel is a dynamic entity that is inspired by and evolves with contemporary art and its diverse expressions. NuMu will not only be an exhibition space, but also a laboratory for innovation and experimentation in the arts.

Education
We believe that culture has the power to connect and transform. That's why we are committed to offering educational programs for everyone, from children to seniors.

Architecture
The future NuMu will be an architectural landmark that consolidates the site where it is located. Its design highlights and respects the geography of the Santiago valley, creating a unique link between the museum, the park and the urban network.

Nature
NuMu is designed to blend in with its natural surroundings. Being located in a park, the museum seeks to create a space that engages in dialogue with nature, taking full advantage of the geography of the site and offering a green area that connects visitors to the museum's indoor and outdoor experience.



About the President of Fundación Engel

Claudio Engel is a Chilean businessman and one of the most influential collectors of contemporary art in the country. His passion for art comes from his family, which has always valued education and culture as key to the integral development of people. The NuMu Collection and the future NuMu are his way of thanking Chile, the country that generously welcomed his family in the 1930s.

As president of Fundación Engel, he has taken an active role in the international cultural scene. He is a patron of several institutions, such as the Board of Trustees of the Museo del Prado and the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Board of Trustees of CIMAM (International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art) and the International Circle of the Malba Museum in Buenos Aires. He has traveled the world visiting artists, collectors, museum directors and curators, in order to learn about the challenges and needs of cultural institutions, generating alliances for future collaborative projects.


Claudio Engel at the opening of the exhibition Gran Sur. Arte Contemporáneo Chileno en la Colección Engel. Sala Alcalá 31, Madrid, 2020. Claudio Engel and Jorge Tacla. New York, 1981.

 


Architecture and Landscape Architecture Competition for NuMu


On July 24, 2020, Fundación Engel launched the National Architecture and Landscape Architecture Competition for NuMu, in partnership with Constructo and the Municipality of Vitacura.

The competition featured a distinguished international jury comprised of museum directors: Glenn Lowry (MoMA, New York) y Frances Morris (Tate Modern, London); and renowned architects: David Chipperfield (Pritzker Prize, UK), Toshiko Mori (Japan), Charles Renfro (USA), David Adjaye (UK), Steven Holl (USA), Luis Izquierdo (National Architecture Award, Chile) and Marcelo Sarovic (Chile).

76 proposals were received from national architects and evaluated by the jury on November 23 and 24. Finally, on December 3, the award ceremony took place and the winners were announced.

First Place was awarded to the team led by Cristián Fernández, in collaboration with Matías González, Guillermo Bustos, Constanza Hagemann, Nicolás Valdés and Claudio Araya. Learn more

Review the 76 proposals here


Comments from the jury
What really struck me was that the architects had a delicate sense of creating public space, as well as a deep understanding of the ways in which art and museums function — Glenn Lowry, Director MoMA, USA The first floor accepts the continuation of the experience of a park as a viable, very pleasant and shaded public space that can be used by the public at any time of day, in any season — Toshiko Mori, architect, Japan The winning project extends like a hand, wrapping and carefully calibrating all the different views of the mountains surrounding the site and the natural light that the building has in abundance — Steven Holl, architect, USA The building was designed to provide wonderful spaces for the presentation of art, that could be easily adapted to the needs of each curator and that the experience of going between each of the galleries would offer a new way of seeing the city and the site, which made the jury very happy with their selection — Charles Renfro, architect, USA The project will be a landmark cultural building, a landmark for the city, a landmark for Chile and the region, and an important contribution to the international cultural ecology — Frances Morris, Director Tate Modern, UK







Gran Sur. Chilean Contemporary Art in the Engel Collection
Sala Alcalá 31, Madrid
February 25 to July 26 2020

Gran Sur marked a milestone in the internationalization of contemporary Chilean art, being the most important exhibition of this scene held abroad in recent years. Organized by the Fundación Engel and curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné, the exhibition brought together 89 works in diverse media that combined aesthetic exploration and conceptual critique, addressing issues ranging from the identity and memory of our country to globalization and its effects.


Artists in the exhibition
Elías Adasme, Francisca Aninat, Natalia Babarovic, Mónica Bengoa, Francisca Benítez, Adolfo Bimer, C.A.D.A. (Colectivo Acciones de Arte), Cristóbal Cea, Magdalena Correa, Juan Downey, Arturo Duclos, Andrés Durán, Paz Errázuriz, Gianfranco Foschino, Nicolás Franco, Catalina González, Josefina Guilisasti, Patrick Hamilton, Hoffmann's House (José Pablo Díaz y Rodrigo Vergara), Alfredo Jaar, Voluspa Jarpa, Juan Pablo Langlois, Felipe Mujica, Museo de Historia Natural Río Seco, Iván Navarro, Mario Navarro, Álvaro Oyarzún, Fernando Prats, Alejandra Prieto, Pilar Quinteros, Camila Ramírez, Enrique Ramírez, Francisco Rodríguez, Lotty Rosenfeld, Jorge Tacla, Rodrigo Valenzuela y Camilo Yáñez.

Review the catalogue here
Fundación Engel © 2020
Fundación Engel © 2020