OCEAN AND MEMORY MAC PANAMA PRESENTS TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS
The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá (MAC Panamá) has opened two exhibitions. The first, 'otras montañas, las que andan sueltas bajo el agua,' features artists Nadia Huggins and Tessa Mars and is part of the international research program The Current IV. It uses video and audio installations to explore an oceanic perspective. The second is a retrospective of pioneering Panamanian surrealist artist Beatrix 'Trixie' Briceño, which includes a digital art response by contemporary artist Ix Shells.
These exhibitions matter because they center Caribbean and Panamanian artistic voices in global contemporary discourse. The first challenges terrestrial viewpoints by presenting the ocean as a generative, political space and connects to a multi-year transnational research initiative. The second recovers and recontextualizes the legacy of an important local modernist, bridging historical painting with current digital practices to ensure its continued relevance.