MACT/CACT unveils "New Works from the Stores" to confront a world in flux

When a museum sets out to draw comparisons between History and the present day, their collections furnish the material that conveys historical knowledge and awareness. In the last ten years, the deterioration of the political situation of the world has obliged more than one art location to think more profoundly about the events of the past, the better – perhaps – to anticipate and understand certain dark sides of a present that is about to unfold. First the war in Ukraine, then the pogrom in Israel in 2023, then again the rapid evolution of the situation today in Iran or in South America... all of these have certainly brought us to a terrain of reflection, not least the one around the calls emanating from ideology and political propaganda, whose paths are prepared and facilitated by today’s digital social media. The world and its history seem to be, once again, in danger and under pressure. And museums seem to be more aware of discussions about History, in which they