MASA Gallery has announced the opening of its permanent gallery in a heritage building in Mexico City where installations as well as a repository of work from past shows will be held.

To mark the gallery's fifth anniversary, MASA has set up shop in a historic home in the San Miguel Chapultepec neighbourhood of the Mexican capital.
Top: Photo by Genevieve Lutkin. Above: MASA inaugurated its permanent location with two exhibitions
Originally constructed in 1846, the 600-square-metre home was purchased by artist Federico Sánchez Fogarty in the early 20th century, who renovated it.
With five-metre tall ceilings, the building provided an ideal space for the gallery to display its works, and minimal interventions were made to the classical detailing. The gallery occupies a home originally built in the 19th century
MASA co-founder Age Salajõe told Dezeen that after a year of searching for a space that the home, which was a meeting space for artists and architects in the 20th century, was the correct fit.
"It's clean yet classical," she said.
The home was once a space for the creative community to gather
The gallery made minimal interventions to the interior of the building, besides applying fresh paint and adding interior walls to optimise light in the display areas.
"The house itself expressed the spirit of what we have always been with MASA," added co-founder HĂ©ctor Esrawe.
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