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El Museo del Barrio Presents Something Beautiful: Reframing La Colección

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Monday, May 1, 2023

NEW YORK, May 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- El Museo del Barrio is proud to announce Something Beautiful: Reframing La Colección, the Museum's most ambitious presentation of its unique, complex, and culturally diverse permanent collection in over two decades.

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  • NEW YORK, May 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- El Museo del Barrio is proud to announce Something Beautiful: Reframing La Colección, the Museum's most ambitious presentation of its unique, complex, and culturally diverse permanent collection in over two decades.
  • Something Beautiful cuts across traditional chronological, geographic, and media-specific categories, reconsidering the Collection through new interdisciplinary approaches rooted in El Museo del Barrio’s foundational history and legacy.
  • “Assembled over the course of more than 50 years, El Museo’s collection defies conventional museological narratives and represents a significant manifestation of our diasporic and community origins,” said Patrick Charpenel, Executive Director, El Museo del Barrio.
  • The exhibition is the result of a multi-year research initiative titled Identity Reimagined: Reframing La Colección.