DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

A mega-retrospective with around 400 works by Ramón Oviedo opened at the Museum of Modern Art on 7 February to celebrate the centenary of the Dominican master painter.

“Oviedo, 100 years” is taking up three of the four floors of the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) through 10 April. His murals, canvases, sculptures and drawings are divided into stages from 1938 to 2014.

Smaller versions of the exhibit are planned to gradually open in museums and galleries nationwide.

The painter Omar Molina Oviedo, president of the Ramón Oviedo Foundation, says exhibitions will open on the 22 February at the Perelló Cultural Center in Baní; on 23 February at the Cultural Center of Spain in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo; and, on the 29 February, at the Bellapart Museum, also in Santo Domingo.

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