Museum of Contemporary Art and Design

Name: Museum of Contemporary Art and Design
Address: DLS-CSB Design & Arts Campus (DAC), Manila, 1004, PH
Telephone: (02) 230 5100
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Museum days & hours :Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10AM-6PM, and Sundays, 10AM-2PM except holidays. Temporarily closed bec of ongoing preparations for upcoming exhibition Housed within the stunning architecture of the College of Saint Benilde’s School of Design and Art (SDA), the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) is the only space in Manila and the Philippines that approximates an international

contemporary art museum and gallery space. Located within an art college, MCAD’s programmes are molded in line with the school’s courses: film, fashion design, animation, multi-media, photography, architecture, as well as music production. In step with this, the MCAD produces outstanding exhibitions with world-wide standards by collaborating with professional artists and curators, both local and international. MCAD provides the experience and exposure to contemporary art works, usually only found outside the country. Its contemporary art exhibitions, projects, as well as other cultural and art-inspired undertakings showcase the possibilities of technology and new media through its internationally-designed programme of contemporary art exhibitions enhanced by an ever-widening educational platform.

05/06/2026

Colorful works that span subjects and mediums are distinctive qualities that designate Pacita Abad’s artistic practice.

Abad once said, “I feel like I am an ambassador of colors, always projecting a positive mood that helps make the world smile”. This element of joy is evident in her gamut of paintings, while amplifying its themes of social justice, the natural environment, and women empowerment.

“Anilao at its best” (1986) is a testament to Pacita Abad’s signature of vibrant colors, visible stitching, and works of colossal scale, and is also an embodiment of her insatiable curiosity about her environment, and her continued inquiry into systems of meaning, politically charged and otherwise.

The sea can be envisaged as a space where opposites coexist. Being both a bridge and boundary, it certainly has offered itself to the artist’s imagination, thus becoming a space of freedom, exploration, and possibility.

“Anilao at its best” was part of the exhibition A Million Things To Say which ran from 12 April to 1 July 2018 at MCAD.

To read more about the exhibition, visit: https://www.mcadmanila.org.ph/pacita-abad-million-things-say/

04/06/2026

Born in 1967, artist Olafur Eliasson grew up in Iceland and Denmark. In 1995, he moved to Berlin and founded Studio Olafur Eliasson, which today comprises a large team of craftsmen, architects, archivists, researchers, administrators, cooks, programmers, art historians, and specialized technicians.

Since 1997, his wide-ranging solo shows—featuring installations, paintings, sculptures, photography, and film—have appeared in major museums around the globe. In 2003 he installed The weather project, an enormous artificial sun shrouded by mist, in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern, London, which was seen by more than two million people.

The first iterations of Your curious journey, which opened at Singapore Art Museum (SAM) in May 2024, traveled to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, New Zealand in December. In 2025, the exhibition was on view at Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan, before traveling to Museum MACAN, Jakarta, Indonesia. The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) Manila, Philippines, is the final stop of Your curious journey.

Eliasson has produced numerous projects in public space to raise awareness of the climate crisis. In 2019, he was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for renewable energy and climate action by the United Nations Development Programme.

Eliasson lives and works in Berlin.

“Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey”
9 July–12 November 2026

🟢 Exhibition Opening | Thursday, 9 July 2026, 6–8 PM
RSVP: https://bit.ly/YCJ-ExhibitionOpening
Free and open to the public

🟢 Public Lecture by Olafur Eliasson | Thursday, 9 July 2026, 2–3:30 PM
Limited slots
RSVP required: https://bit.ly/YCJ-PublicLecture

📷༘ Lars Borges, 2020

03/06/2026

On Thursday, 9 July 2026, MCAD Manila presents the final iteration of “Your curious journey,” a significant survey exhibition by Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. This show marks the conclusion of an extensive international tour, following institutional presentations at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), and Museum MACAN, Jakarta.

Eliasson’s practice, spanning over three decades, is grounded in the interrogation of perception, embodiment, and the urgent realities of the climate emergency. By employing ephemeral materials—light, moisture, and wind—as primary media, Eliasson facilitates a critical dialogue between the viewer and the environment.

As the final destination of this multi-year regional dialogue, MCAD Manila invites the public to engage with works that serve as a microcosm of global flux. Following this presentation, the works will return to Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, concluding a landmark chapter in contemporary artistic exchange within the region.

“Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey”
9 July–12 November 2026

🟢 Exhibition Opening | Thursday, 9 July 2026, 6–8 PM
RSVP: https://bit.ly/YCJ-ExhibitionOpening
Free and open to the public

🟢 Public Lecture by Olafur Eliasson | Thursday, 9 July 2026, 2–3:30 PM
Limited slots
RSVP required: https://bit.ly/YCJ-PublicLecture

The exhibition “Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey” is supported by the Embassy of Denmark in the Philippines, Mercedes Zobel, and Goethe-Institut Philippinen.

🎥 Olafur Eliasson, “Beauty” (detail), 1993; Installation view: Museum MACAN, 2026; © 1993 Olafur Eliasson

02/06/2026

ST (Southern Tagalog) to SF (San Francisco) gathers films on land and human rights from Southern Tagalog Exposure (Laguna, Philippines) and People Power Media (California, USA). They document narratives on displacement, oppression, and state violence that are resisted by various manifestations of activism. This collection of documentaries, short-form, and music video
aims to situate militancy in contemporary moments as a byproduct of imperialism.

Curated by visual artist and independent curator Con Cabrera, the screening is free and open to the public. Pls register here: https://forms.gle/bFUVDaDSqBhq2dKW8

29/05/2026

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Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey
9 July–12 November 2026

🟢 Exhibition Opening | Thursday, 9 July 2026, 6–8 PM
RSVP: https://bit.ly/YCJ-ExhibitionOpening
Free and open to the public

🟢 Public Lecture by Olafur Eliasson | Thursday, 9 July 2026, 2–3:30 PM
Limited slots
RSVP required: https://bit.ly/YCJ-PublicLecture

23/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our recent MCADxMovingImage film screening 🎞️

From Nick Deocampo’s Edades: Victorio C. Edades and Modernism in Philippine Art (2004) and Adieu Philippines (1981), to Hesumaria Sescon’s Yuta (1991), Candy Nagrampa’s Ang Kalibutan ni Nunelucio Alvarado (2021), Sari Dalena’s Asong Simbahan (1994), and Januar Yap and Kristoffer Villarino’s Masterpiece (2020), filmmaking in the country is regarded as a mnemonic practice.

Curated by Alain Zedrick Camiling, this lens explores how memory drifts between personal recollections and collective history, between the intimacies of representation and the particularities of archival materials and conditions, emerging as porous and resistant to completion. Across this edition, cinema is seen as a potent way to stay akin to the artists and their worlds, propelling their works, practices, and ways of seeing to endure, transfigure, and circulate beyond each film’s respective frames.

A special thank you to our partners, CCP’s Film, Broadcast, and New Media Division, Nick Deocampo, and Candy Nagrampa who made this program possible.

Stay tuned for our upcoming programs!

22/05/2026

Greek philosopher Heraclitus characterized the universe’s perpetual state of flux, described as panta rhei (“everything flows”).

The ancient quote lent itself to Patricia Perez Eustaquio’s artwork, “Ruins (Fragment 24)”. Contemplating the cycle of life and death, the work’s massive scale allows viewers to see an ancient belief expressed through a contemporary lens.

“Ruins (Fragment 24)” was featured in The Vexed Contemporary, which ran from 26 August to 21 November 2015.

To read more about the exhibition, visit: https://www.mcadmanila.org.ph/the-vexed-contemporary/

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