Museums and cities

the case of MAR in the Portuary Area of Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the possibility of building an art institution, from the point of view of the formation of social networks that gather different social actors and negotiations for the emergence of a shared project. To think about these issues, I intend, therefore, to investigate how the dissolution of controversies and the consensus-building around the modern, the contemporary, and a global (and / or creative) city model can emerge. Built on a decade of disputes, the MAR seems to be much revealing both of the place destined for museums in contemporary times, and of the negotiations between different sectors of society in Rio.