The Ateneo Art Gallery - widely recognized today as the first museum of Philippine modern art - showcases works by postwar Filipino artists donated to the Ateneo de Manila University from 1959 to 1961 by the late Fernando Zóbel de Ayala (1924-1984). An internationally renowned painter and art scholar, Zóbel had intended his donation to be the start of a permanent Philippine contemporary collection for the University's students in the liberal arts. To house and display it temporarily, spaces in Bellarmine Hall were converted into a gallery which was inaugurated on August 19, 1960. In 1967 the museum moved to more spacious quarters on the Rizal Library ground floor where it has remained ever since.

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Contact Information

Ateneo Art Gallery
Ateneo de Manila University
Katipunan Road, Loyola Hts., Q.C.

Tel No. : 4266001 loc. 4160-62, direct lin
Fax No. : telefax: 4266488
E-mail Address: ijaucian@ateneo.edu
website:  http://gallery.ateneo.edu