Teresa Lanceta, Cinthia Marcelle and María Hincapié to feature in MACBA's new exhibitions for 2022

Artists Teresa Lanceta, Cinthia Marcelle, María Teresa Hincapié, and Carrie Mae Weems are just some of the high-profile contemporary artists to have showcases dedicated to their work at MACBA, Barcelona's contemporary art museum, in 2022, as was announced on Thursday.

Lanceta, a visual artist from Barcelona, will have her own exhibition entitled 'Teixir com a codi obert', 'Knitting as open source' in English, to be co-produced alongside the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM).

'Cinthia Marcelle. A conjunction of factors' will be the Brazilian artist's first monograph displaying her last 20 years' work, known for her filmic work and powerful and grand installations.

A co-production with the Medellín Museum of Modern Art (MAMM) will see the first showcase dedicated to María Teresa Hincapié, a Colombian artist famous for her role in the country's art scene in the 1980s and 1990s. The exhibition will be called 'Si això fos un principi d'infinit', 'If this were the beginning of infinity'.

The autumn brings about two more demonstrations to be enjoyed at the museum. Carrie Mae Weems' video installation can be found in MACBA's chapel. While most famous for her photography, the American artist also works in text, fabric, audio, and of course, video.

There will also be a project by Mexican artist Mariana Botey and Espectro Rojo in collaboration with Barcelona DJ Brian Cross, Mexican artists Dr Lakra and Francisco Taka Fernandez, tackling the mixed indigenous community's myths.

Elvira Dyangani, who has presided over the museum since last summer, hopes that her direction will bring about a new age of collaboration between the MACBA and other organizations. Three of the four exhibitions are in partnership with other institutions, and there will be a new advisory committee with ambassadors from all over the world.

New members include Jessica Morgan, director of the Dia Art Foundation; Naomi Beckwith, deputy director and curator in charge of the Guggenheim Museum in New York; Pablo Lafuente, artistic co-director of the Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern art; Shumon Basar, architect, writer and member of Thought Council, Fondazione Prada, from London; and Martí Manen, director of Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, in Stockholm.

Dyangani also emphasized the importance of developing closer ties with the residents of El Raval, the neighborhood MACBA is located in, and the rest of the city, aiming for the institution to be a "part of the community".

There are also going to be changes to the very format of these exhibitions. Located on the MACBA's first floor, they will now be ordered thematically, rather than chronologically, and will emphasize aesthetic practices "forgotten in the history of art".

However, this "revolution", as described by Dyangani, will not be complete until the unveiling of the new building as part of the museum's expansion, scheduled for late 2024.

The MACBA is located in Barcelona's El Raval district and admission is €11.