About us

The Moneda Cultural Center was born as part of the projects related to the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Republic of Chile. The greatest antecedent of this initiative dates back to 1910 when for the first Centenary, works such as the Museum of Fine Arts and the National Library were inaugurated. For the Bicentennial the idea was to rescue that spirit, with proposals that left their mark on the country’s heritage. One of these initiatives was Plaza de la Ciudadanía, located in the civic center of Santiago, and La Moneda Cultural Center (CCLM), setting up a meeting space and major milestones.

The construction that houses CCLM began its development in 2004. Created by the Chilean architect Cristián Undurraga, this 7200 m structure has three underground floors and two access points, along Teatinos (west) and Morandé (east) streets.

The building was officially inaugurated on January 26, 2006, with the exhibition Mexico: from the body to the cosmos. The words of President Ricardo Lagos to give a starting point were reflected in CCLM principal access: “Pacific and southern Chile, where cultures meet and dialogue, here it opens to know and enrich itself with the cultures of the world.”

In its 13 years of operation, CCLM has hosted shows of great significance and appeal such as Frida and Diego: shared lives; Ancient China and the Terracotta Army; Matta Centenario, 11.11.11; Great Modern. Peggy Guggenheim Collection; Andy Warhol. Pop art icon, among the most outstanding.

Within CCLM facilities, projects that are in line with the patrimonial protection of our country have been configured. At CCLM started the Visual Arts Documentation Center, CEDOC, a file that contains audiovisual records, books and catalogs of Chilean contemporary art. In 2018 CEDOC moved to Cerrillos Contemporary Art Center.

At CCLM, in its early days, the Cineteca Nacional de Chile was established. An institution in charge of safeguarding, preserving and disseminating the country’s cinematographic and audiovisual heritage. Until today, the Cineteca cinema and micro-cinema room are part of the CCLM facilities.

Throughout its history, CCLM has had a board of directors committed to the country’s cultural development and authorities who have given their best efforts in the different stages of this institution. The first general coordinator was Morgana Rodríguez Larraín, a publicist with studies in culture, who launched the project. In 2007, the Executive Direction Alejandra Serrano Madrid took office, who strengthened and expanded CCLM’s audiences, positioning the space as one of the most visited exhibition centers in the country.

In 2018 Beatriz Bustos Oyanedel, who has a long history in curatorship and cultural management national and internationally, was appointed as Executive Director. Her administration aims to strengthen the cultural experience and diversify its program, so that audiences with different interests, ages, nationalities and socio-economic conditions can access culture, through a multidisciplinary agenda and activities that lead to debate, reflection, learning and aesthetic enjoyment.

Currently La Moneda Cultural Center continues to consolidate itself as a meeting place for varied points of views, artistic and cultural manifestations.

Centro Cultural La Moneda

Director
Beatriz Bustos Oyanedel

Deputy Director of Projects
Pablo Brugnoli Errázuriz

Deputy Director of Marketing and Development
Felipe Bascuñán Gómez

Administration and Finance Manager
Sandra Sepúlveda Negrón

Cineteca Nacional de Chile

Director
Mónica Villarroel Márquez

Education and Promotion coordinator
Macarena Bello Martínez

Conservation and digital platform coordinator
Pablo Insunza Rodríguez

Camilla Carlberg | Curator and Head of the Department of Education and Public Programs of Moderna Museet, Stockholm, where she specializes in contemporary art and performance, developing and implementing programs to expand audiences.

Victoria Giraudo | Bachelor of Fine Arts and curator. Since 2010 she has served as Head of the Curatorship Department of MALBA, Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires, where she is also a member of the Artistic Committee, Representative and Treasurer of the board of the MALBA Foundation.

Ticio Escobar | Curator, teacher, art critic and cultural promoter. He currently serves as Director of the Visual Arts Center / Museo del Barro, Asunción, and President of the Carlos Colombino Laílla Foundation.

Beatriz Espinoza | Graduated in Visual Arts, architect in Ceramics and Master (c) in Theory and History of Art. She is currently President of the Chilean Committee of Museums, ICOM Chile, focused on national and international networks between museums.

Alfredo Jaar | Visual artist, architect and filmmaker.

Daniel Slater | Head of Exhibitions and Loans of Works at Victoria & Albert Museum, London. He was Head of Exhibitions for International Collections at Tate, leading the traveling exhibitions in collaboration with various organizations worldwide.

Zara Stanhope | Curator and Phd. She currently serves as Curatorial Director for Asian and Pacific Art at Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane.

Koen Vanhove | Cultural manager, focused on the performing arts, Executive MBA specialized in Innovation. He is actively involved in advising large institutions as well as emerging artists. Founder of Key Performance, an international cultural management and network organization company.

The Editorial Committee of Centro Cultural La Moneda is composed of a multidisciplinary team and has among its functions to review and approve all the proposals and contents for the exhibitions, publications and outreach activities carried out by the Cultural Center, in addition to ensuring the quality of its programming .

Staff

Beatriz Bustos, Directora Centro Cultural La Moneda; Pablo Brugnoli, Subdirector de Proyectos; Ana Rodríguez, Coordinadora de Comunicaciones y Gabriel Hoecker, Encargado de Metodologías educativas.

President
Gonzalo Cienfuegos Browne

Vice President
Maritza Parada Allende

Secretary
Alan Trampe Torrejón

Treasurer
Abdullah Ommidvar Farhadi

Trustee
Drina Rendic Espinosa

Trustee
Federico Sánchez Villaseca

Trustee
Gonzalo Sánchez Serrano

Trustee
Jorge Larraín Matte

Trustee
Pedro Montes Lira