Mercantile Coffee House

Through the MAC’s innovative efforts and artistic advisement, visitors to The Mercantile Coffee House will have the opportunity to view and interact with contemporary art in a non-traditional setting. This initiative is congruent with The MAC mission of supporting experimentation and promoting a visual dialogue between the artist and the viewer. Mercantile Coffee House will exhibit a variety of emerging artists and media, enhancing the setting and experience for visitors.

Nancy Brown, Titanium White over Metallic Silver

Nancy Brown

October 23, 2010

The upcoming exhibition will feature artist Nancy Brown. She believes in the viability of the idea that a painting is first an object. The meaning of her work comes from the processes and techniques used to make it. The way … Continue reading →

Bernardo Cantu, Gol

Bernardo Cantu

September 11, 2010

Artist Bernardo Cantu joins the MAC in honoring the bicentennial celebration of Mexico’s independence from Spain. Cantu’s art mines dualistic tensions and harmonies between brute and elegant, baroque and minimal, high and low art. So, rather than reflecting something that … Continue reading →