Lecture by Daniela Berger Prado

Talk: Can a museum be a table, or a tree?

Daniela Berger Prado, Curator at the Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende (MSSA) Santiago, Chile

Moderator: Ivana Vaseva, curator, MoCA – Skopje

As an announcement of the collectively curated exhibition of works from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art – Skopje and contemporary artists, scheduled for 28 November, 2024
The talk titled Can a museum be a table, or a tree? is a presentation in a form of a dialogue about Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Chile, its origin and collection, and its focus on contemporary arts and community practices.
Daniela Berger Prado (b. Santiago, Chile) is a Mother, Curator and Researcher based in Santiago de Chile, of Croatian and Slovenian descent. She works both independently and as Curator and Head of the Exhibitions Programme at Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, since 2016, with a particular interest on political/female artistic practices. She is a Professor of contemporary art and exhibition practices at Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago, Chile.
The Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende – MSSA – is a museum of modern and contemporary art with one of the most important collections in Latin America, with more than 3,100 works of art – a number that continues to grow thanks to constant donations of works by prominent contemporary artists.
Its origins date back to 1971 in Santiago de Chile, when a project was launched to encourage artists from America and Europe to donate works to the Unidad Popular (Popular Unity) government in order to create a museum for the Chilean people. The conviction and support of President Salvador Allende was essential, and his understanding of the historical importance of the project enabled the institutional conditions to be created for the development of this museological project, which is still relevant today.