MACPR Opens 'Diasporican Abstraction,' a 60-Artist Show Spanning Four Galleries

Key facts

• "Diasporican Abstraction: Identities Beyond Representation" opens at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico on September 26, 2026, and remains on view through May 2027
• Abdiel D. Segarra Ríos curated the exhibition, which concludes a decade of research
• More than sixty artists from different generations and geographic backgrounds are included
• Participating artists' trajectories extend from Puerto Rico to the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia, intersecting with artists from the Caribbean, Central America and South America
• The exhibition occupies four galleries and is conceived as a web of relationships rather than a chronology
• Works from El Museo del Barrio's New York collection, many presented for the first time in Puerto Rico, are shown alongside pieces from MAC's Permanent Collection and new commissions
• Named artists include Olga Albizu, Candida Álvarez, Rafael Ferrer, Ivelisse Jiménez, Zilia Sánchez, Edra Soto, Gisela Colón, Nayda Collazo-Llorens, Tony Bechara, Awilda Sterling Duprey, Lee Quiñones and Ángel Otero
• The show questions the need for strictly Puerto Rican, Caribbean or American narratives about abstraction and seeks visibility for marginalized artists and aesthetics