WELCOME TO THE M
Since opening its new home in BGC in October 2022, the Metropolitan Museum of Manila has welcomed more than 50,000 local and international visitors for free to a total of 15 contemporary art exhibitions, not to mention monthly public programs, and special events.
Your support for our non-profit museum is vital as we transition to our paid electronic ticketing system for visitors to the museum. Our admission fees are fairly priced with reduced prices for Seniors, PWDs, and Students.
NOW ON VIEW
PACITA ABAD: PHILIPPINE PAINTER
28 November 2024 - 30 march 2025
3/F NORTH GALLERY
Pacita Abad: Philippine Painter celebrates the early years of the beloved artist Pacita Abad, highlighting her deep connection to her Filipino roots. Despite her travels to over 60 countries, Abad always preferred to be known as a Filipino painter.
Curated by Clarissa Chikiamco, the exhibition focuses on the first decade of her artistic journey, from her studies at the Corcoran School of Art to her time back in Manila. Featuring works from local collections, the show captures Abad’s growing confidence and her strong identity as a Filipino artist.
MAEDEUP: KOREAN KNOTS
22 November 2024 - 29 January 2025
2/F NORTH GALLERY
Maedeup is a special exhibition celebrating traditional Korean knotting art's refined elegance and intricate craftsmanship.
In partnership with the Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines (KCC) and the National Folk Museum of Korea. Photo courtesy of the KCC.
DREAM STATES
UNTIL JANUARY 2025
GROUNDSPACE
Featuring works by Jes Fan, Olafur Eliasson, Katharina Grosse, and Michael Ho, there is a trance-like quality to the works in this exhibition that manifests itself in sinuous lines, vivid spray-painted colors, iridescent, amorphous forms, and the otherworldly glow of light against glass. Together, they create fictions that disturb, unsettle, and hypnotize all at once, simultaneously luring and rooting the viewer into a state of in-betweenness that mirrors the artists’ own navigations in and out of the contradictions, ambiguities, and dualities of the spaces they inhabit. Curated by Bambina Olivares.
