LIVING PRESENT

The Mantay modern art gallery is the most recent cultural proposal of Palacio del Inka. Located within the hotel itself, in one of the spaces of the five-century-old mansion, the gallery opens its doors to disseminate the work of great Peruvian creators of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Mantay gallery completes the route of art designed by Palacio del Inka that takes the visitor through pre-Hispanic, colonial and republican times, to contemporary Peruvian creative work.

The gallery is also connected to the historic center (through the old main entrance door of the House of the 4 Busts), becoming an artistic space for the city that, with all its history and artisan tradition, lacks contemporary art galleries. The presence of the Mantay gallery, then, enriches the cultural panorama of Cusco.

It has the anthropologist Sergio Velásquez as director and curator. Its selection criteria is based on the relevance of the great creators of Peruvian art from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Painting, engraving, sculpture and photography are the main formats of its exhibitions, in which it seeks to give priority to artists with a career, recognized nationally and internationally, and with proven originality in their proposal.

In addition to adding to the city’s artistic proposal, the Mantay gallery also fulfills a social purpose. A percentage of the sale of the works serves to contribute to the sustainability of the Mantay shelter, a social project that supports teenage mothers and their children with which Palacio del Inka has been committed for years. For this reason, the art gallery is connected to the Mantay store, which exhibits the art pieces made in the different Casa Mantay workshops. 100% of the store’s sales are destined for the funds of the social project. Thus, with this new space, Palacio del Inka promotes art with vitality and purpose.