Modern and Contemporary Art Museum

• Name — The Modern And Contemporary Art Museum in Alita - MACAM • Established — 2013 • Location — Alita, Lebanon • Type — Art Museum • Collection Size — 400 sculptures and installations • Director — Diala Nammour • Website — MACAM

The museum presents a selection of 400 sculptures and installations created by 90 artists born or having lived in Lebanon.

The museum's permanent collections are distributed in two halls, one dedicated to Lebanese sculpture and the other to Lebanese installations.

This hall covers 1500 m of indoor exhibition space, and offers artists a space to preserve their installations.

Each year, MACAM honours a Lebanese sculptor whose work has marked the country's art scene. In 2014, it exhibited a large selection of Zaven's work. He is renowned for his monumental bronze work, but also for his small bronze cast sculptures. Later the same year, it honoured Youssef Basbous who worked extensively on wood.

In 2013, MACAM organised "The Age of Bronze" competition in which artists were invited to present a sculpture that the museum would cast in bronze, if they won the competition.

• Rudy Rahme • Jamil Molaeb

• Nammour, C., Sculpture in Lebanon, Fine Arts Publishing, Beirut, 1990. • Nammour, C., In Front of Painting, Fine Arts Publishing, Beirut, 2003. • Khal, H., Resonances - 82 Lebanese Artists Reviewed, Fine Arts Publishing, Beirut, 2011.

• Beirut Art Book Fair (2009) • Beirut Art Book Fair (2010) • Beirut Art Book Fair (2011) • Beirut Art Book Fair (2013)

• MACAM news, a monthly newsletter, which gives an account of the museum's activities.

The museum is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, from 12 am to 6 pm.