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PRESS RELEASES
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO ANNOUNCES FALL 2021 EXHIBITION LINEUP: Popular Painters and Other Visionaries
En Foco: The New York Puerto Rican Experience, 1973-74
October 5, 2021
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO RECEIVES $8 MILLION GIFT FROM PHILANTHROPIST MACKENZIE SCOTT
June 16, 2021
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO AND NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/METROPOLITAN PARTNER TO PRESENT ‘WITH LOVE FROM EL MUSEO’
June 9, 2021
THE 43RD ANNUAL VIRTUAL MUSEUM MILE FESTIVAL 2021
May 26, 2021
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO OPENS ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL 20/21
February 23, 2021
PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE
2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO PRESENTS THE 44TH ANNUAL THREE KINGS DAY (VIRTUAL) CELEBRATION
December 16, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO ANNOUNCES ARTISTS FOR ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL 20/21
October 29, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO RECEIVES $4 MILLION “AMERICA’S CULTURAL TREASURES” INITIATIVE GRANT FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION
October 22, 2020
ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL 20/21 PRESENTS ‘THE WALL’ BY ARTIST MICHAEL MENCHACA
October 13, 2020
ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL 20/21 PRESENTS ‘WHO DESIGNS YOUR RACE?’ BY ARTISTS COLLECTIVE MAGPIE
September 23, 2020
ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL 20/21 PRESENTS ‘SE QUE FUE ASÍ PORQUE ESTUVE ALLÍ’ BY ARTIST XIME IZQUIERDO UGAZ
September 1, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO REOPENS WITH TALLER BORICUA
August 19, 2020
ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL 20/21 PRESENTS ‘SOMXS PODEMX’ A VIDEO PERFORMANCE BY ARTISTS PONCILÍ CREACIÓN
August 18, 2020
POPULAR PAINTERS AND OTHER VISIONARIES
August 3, 2020
ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL 20/21 PRESENTS ‘OBITUARIES OF THE AMERICAN DREAM’ BY ARTIST LIZANIA CRUZ
July 20, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO PRESENTS ‘RAPHAEL MONTAÑEZ ORTIZ’ A MONOGRAPH
July 17, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO PRESENTS ESTAMOS BIEN: LA TRIENAL 20/21
July 10, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO ANNOUNCES NEW ONLINE ARCHIVE OF EXHIBITION CATALOGUES AND BROCHURES
June 4, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AND SOCIAL UNREST
May 31, 2020
VIRTUAL MUSEUM MILE FESTIVAL TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020, 9 AM TO 9 PM
May 28, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO PRESENTS TALLER BORICUA: A POLITICAL PRINT SHOP IN NEW YORK
March 2, 2020
2019
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO PRESENTA EL 43MO DESFILE Y CELEBRACION DE TRES REYES MAGOS
December 11, 2019
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO PRESENTS THE 43RD ANNUAL THREE KINGS DAY PARADE AND CELEBRATION
December 11, 2019
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO PRESENTS ZILIA SÁNCHEZ: SOY ISLA (I AM AN ISLAND)
Organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
November 14, 2019
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO ANNOUNCES A TRANSFORMATIONAL SEASON
November 7, 2019
CISNEROS FONTANALS ART FOUNDATION (CIFO) PRESENTS AN EMPHASIS ON RESISTANCE: 2019 CIFO GRANTS & COMMISSIONS PROGRAM EXHIBITION
October 22, 2019
SUPER SÁBADO: DÍA DE MUERTOS CELEBRATION
October 16, 2019
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO ANNOUNCES FALL 2019 – SPRING 2020 EXHIBITION LINE-UP
October 1, 2019
SUPER SÁBADO: PA’ PUERTO RICO DE CORAZON
September 13, 2019
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO PRESENTS ‘DIÁLOGOS’ AT FRIEZE NEW YORK 2019
April 30, 2019
COQUÍ CLUB SUMMER 2019 SEASON
April 30, 2019
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO ANNOUNCES SPRING 2019 GALA IN CELEBRATION OF 50TH ANNIVERSARY
April 26, 2019
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO APPOINTS RODRIGO MOURA AS CHIEF CURATOR
March 14, 2019
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO ANNOUNCES 50TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION ‘CULTURE AND THE PEOPLE: EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, 1969-2019’
March 5, 2019
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO CELEBRATES THE RE-OPENING OF EL TEATRO WITH SALSA LEGEND EDDIE PALMIERI ON FEB 23
February 8, 2019
COQUÍ CLUB SPRING 2019 SEASON
January 23, 2019
2018
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO ANNOUNCES LUCIO FONTANA: SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT (1968)
December 5, 2018
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO PRESENTS THE 42ND ANNUAL THREE KINGS DAY PARADE AND CELEBRATION
November 27, 2018
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO RECEIVES A MILLION DOLLAR GIFT FROM TONY BECHARA TO GROW PROGRAMMING AND ESTABLISH AN ENDOWMENT
November 13, 2018
CHUS BURÉS: A Dialogue Between Art & Design
November 2, 2018
El Museo del Barrio Partners with NYC Museum to offer FREE Admission during Hispanic Heritage Month
September 24, 2018
THEM, a live performance by Liliana Porter and Ana Tiscornia
September 14, 2018
El Museo del Barrio Re-Opens its Galleries After Major Upgrade & Renovation
September 12, 2018
El Museo del Barrio Presenta sus Exposiciónes del Otoño 2018
August 15, 2018
El Museo del Barrio’s Fall 2018 Exhibitions
August 15, 2018
El Museo del Barrio Welcomes Susanna V. Temkin as Curator
August 3, 2018
elmuseo@SVA: May Contain Moving Parts | On View January 13 – February 3, 2018
January 8, 2018
2017
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO PRESENTS THE 41ST ANNUAL THREE KINGS DAY PARADE + CELEBRATION
December 27, 2017
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO PRESENTA DREAMING UP NORTH: UNA CELEBRACIÓN DE INMIGRACION
22 de agosto de 2017
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO PRESENTS DREAMING UP NORTH: A CELEBRATION OF IMMIGRATION
August 22, 2017
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF PATRICK CHARPENEL AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
May 1, 2017
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO EXPANDS PERMANENT COLLECTION WITH WORKS GIFTED BY THE ESTATE OF ANTONIO LOPEZ & JUAN RAMOS
March 15, 2017
2016
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO PRESENTS ITS 40TH ANNUAL THREE KINGS DAY PARADE
December 20, 2016
EVENT RECAP: El Museo del Barrio Hosts ‘Friends of Antonio’
November 4, 2016
BEATRIZ SANTIAGO MUÑOZ: A Universe of Fragile Mirrors
October 26, 2016
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO HOSTS Friends of Antonio
October 24, 2016
El Museo del Barrio @BLACKBURN 20/20
October 21, 2016
EVENT RECAP: El Museo del Barrio Presents Disco de los Muertos
October 20, 2016
El Museo del Barrio Presents SUPER SÁBADO: Día de los Muertos
October 3, 2016
El Museo del Barrio Presents DISCO DE LOS MUERTOS
September 9, 2016
El Museo del Barrio Presents Antonio Lopez: A Photo Cocktail Party
September 9 – 11, 2016
El Museo del Barrio Announces the Departure of Executive Director, Jorge Daniel Veneciano
August 12, 2016
El Museo del Barrio Gala 2016 Honoring Ruben & Isabel Toledo and MAC Cosmetics
April 18, 2016
El Museo del Barrio Presents ANTONIO LOPEZ: Future Funk Fashion
February 19, 2016
El Museo’s 39th Annual Three Kings Day Parade Press Release
Additional materials, here.
January 6, 2016
2015
El Museo del Barrio Presents The Illusive Eye
December 22, 2015
El Museo Hosts Dia de los Muertos Fundraiser
October 30, 2015
Super Sabado: Dia de los Muertos
October 17, 2015
El Museo del Barrio and CultureStrike Present #CARVINGTHROUGHBORDERS
September 17, 2015
Super Sabado: iPalante!
September 19, 2015
RoCa, CONTEMPORARY COLLAGE, AND THE YOUNG LORDS AT EL MUSEO
July 2015 – December 2015
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO: EXHIBITION LINE UP 2015-2016
2015-2016
UPTOWN BOUNCE AT EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO & THE CITY MUSEUM
JUNE 30, 2015
EL MUSEO GALA 2015 POST RELEASE
MAY 15, 2015
EL MUSEO GALA 2015 PRESS RELEASE
MAY 13, 2015
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO ANNOUNCED AS EAST HARLEM’S FIRST IDNYC POP-UP ENROLLMENT CENTER
MAY 6, 2015
MICHAEL J. GARCIA TO SUCCEED TONY BECHARA AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
MARCH 18, 2015
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO PRESENTS ¿QUÉ ONDA?: Dressing the Part
MARCH 18, 2015
UNDER THE MEXICAN SKY: Gabriel Figueroa, Art, and Film
MARCH 2015 – JUNE 2015
38TH ANNUAL THREE KINGS DAY PARADE + CELEBRATION
JANUARY 2015
2014
El Museo and Cooper Hewitt Present DISEÑO | Fashion
OCTOBER 2014
MARISOL: Sculptures and Works on Paper
OCTOBER 2014 – JANUARY 2015
SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS
SEPTEMBER 2014 – JUNE 2015
OFFICE HOURS
JULY 2014
UPTOWN BOUNCE: Summer Nights
JULY – AUGUST 2014
MUSEUM STARTER KIT: Open With Care (Spanish)
FEBRERO 2014
MUSEUM STARTER KIT: Open With Care
FEBRUARY 2014
37th Annual Three Kings Day Parade at El Museo del Barrio
JANUARY 2014
2013
El Museo del Barrio Nombra Su Nuevo Director
DICIEMBRE 2013
EL Museo del Barrio Appoints New Director
DECEMBER 2013
Junior Council Annual Benefit Día de Los Muertos
NOVEMBER 2013
SUPER SÁBADO! Día de Los Muertos
OCTOBER 2013
SUPER SÁBADO! Fall Schedule
SEPTEMBER 2013
Junot Diaz
SEPTEMBER 2013
Los Muros Hablan NYC
AUGUST 2013
RADIANCE: After Hours at El Museo
JUNE 2013
LA BIENAL 2013: Here is Where We Jump
JUNE 2013
PRESENCIA: Voces y Visiones
MARCH 2013