Olafur Eliasson: Your Curious Journey

Name: Olafur Eliasson: Your Curious Journey
Start: 2026-07-09T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-15T15:59:59+00:00
Location: Ground floor

9 July to 15 November 2026 (opening reception Thursday 9 July, 6 to 8 PM)

Ground floor

Opening reception 6 to 8 PM; museum hours Tue to Sat 10 AM to 6 PM, Sun 10 AM to 2 PM

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Why go

For anyone who follows contemporary art and likes work you walk into rather than just look at; a quiet weekday visit or a return trip with visiting family both work. MCAD sits inside the Benilde campus in Malate, near Taft, so it is easy from the Manila and Pasay side and worth the cross-town trip from Makati or BGC.

When

9 July to 15 November 2026 (opening reception Thursday 9 July, 6 to 8 PM)
Opening reception 6 to 8 PM; museum hours Tue to Sat 10 AM to 6 PM, Sun 10 AM to 2 PM

Where

Ground floor, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde Design and Arts Campus, 950 P. Ocampo St., Malate, Manila

Presented by

Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) Manila, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde

Good to know

Admission is free. Open Tue to Sat 10am to 6pm, Sun 10am to 2pm, running to mid-November, so no rush. Opening reception is Thursday 9 July, 6 to 8pm.

About this event

The Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson, whose installations turn light, water and atmosphere into shared perceptual experiments, opens his first solo exhibition in the Philippines at MCAD Manila. The show spans three decades of work across installation, sculpture, painting and photography, and marks the final stop of an Asia-Pacific tour that travelled through Singapore, Auckland, Taipei and Jakarta. This is the most significant contemporary art exhibition in the city this season, and it is worth crossing town for. Admission is free and the run continues to mid-November, so a quiet weekday visit or a return with visiting family is easy to plan; museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday 10 AM to 6 PM and Sunday 10 AM to 2 PM, with an opening reception on Thursday 9 July from 6 to 8 PM.

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