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Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA)
Casa de Emperador Festive Walk Parade, Mandurriao, Iloilo Cit
The Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA) is an art museum in Iloilo City, Philippines. It is the first museum in the Visayas and Mindanao dedicated to modern art.
The museum is housed at the Casa de Emperador (Emperor's House) beside the Brandy Museum, the country's first brandy museum, by Emperador brandy in the real estate giant Megaworld's Iloilo Business Park township in Mandurriao, Iloilo City.
Initiated by Megaworld Corporation through Megaworld Foundation, ILOMOCA was constructed in partnership with Ilonggo art collector Edwin Valencia.
Valencia, who started collecting art in the 1980s while he was working as an investment banker in New York, envisioned having a family museum that would not only house his collection but would also share them to the Ilonggo community. Realizing that building a large museum will be a major undertaking due to the growing size and scale of his collection, Valencia had an idea of partnering with an organization or a company that could build an infrastructure and house his collection.
In 2014, Valencia met with Kevin Tan, then-head of Megaworld Lifestyle Malls and now the CEO of Alliance Global Group Inc., the holding company of Megaworld Corp. Tan said the real estate company planned to build a museum in Manila but Valencia suggested Iloilo as the location, due to the province's thriving art community.
ILOMOCA opened on March 17, 2018, with the goal of enriching the community life of Iloilo province through exhibitions and outreach programs.
The museum is housed at the Casa de Emperador (Emperor's House) beside the Brandy Museum, the country's first brandy museum, by Emperador brandy in the real estate giant Megaworld's Iloilo Business Park township in Mandurriao, Iloilo City.
Initiated by Megaworld Corporation through Megaworld Foundation, ILOMOCA was constructed in partnership with Ilonggo art collector Edwin Valencia.
Valencia, who started collecting art in the 1980s while he was working as an investment banker in New York, envisioned having a family museum that would not only house his collection but would also share them to the Ilonggo community. Realizing that building a large museum will be a major undertaking due to the growing size and scale of his collection, Valencia had an idea of partnering with an organization or a company that could build an infrastructure and house his collection.
In 2014, Valencia met with Kevin Tan, then-head of Megaworld Lifestyle Malls and now the CEO of Alliance Global Group Inc., the holding company of Megaworld Corp. Tan said the real estate company planned to build a museum in Manila but Valencia suggested Iloilo as the location, due to the province's thriving art community.
ILOMOCA opened on March 17, 2018, with the goal of enriching the community life of Iloilo province through exhibitions and outreach programs.
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