Our Purpose

Here we promote perspectives that broaden the areas of knowledge and give visibility to the environmental crisis. At the Cultural Centre people and the environment are treated with dignity, care and respect. The human being exists in relation to the Other and nature. Here we incorporate the sensitivities and knowledge of the territories, natural heritage, ecosystems and biodiversity. We contribute to the advancement of society towards a commitment to diversity. Our intention is to explore, understand and appreciate our differences. Here we strive to become a green centre with sustainable practices and a circular economy in the future.

Here we work so that dialogues between cultures are horizontal and equitable. The priority and urgency of the Cultural Centre is placed on the participation and recognition of the peoples. At the core of the Cultural Centre are the first inhabitants of the territories. We seek to honour those who have been displaced and crossed out of official history. We know that cultural actions transform societies and here, we work for that.

Past, present and future meet here. We invite you to reflect and re-signify the heritage, memories and knowledge that build the identities of the communities. This is an inspiring space that expands the way we see and understand each other. Horizons are expanded and challenged here because, at our core, we include multiple perspectives. At the heart of the Cultural Centre is the human being and nature. Here everything intersects. We know that there are as many heritages as there are people and cultures.

About the Foundation

The Fundación Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda is a private, non-profit organization whose mission is to promote access to culture, arts, and heritage in Chile. Guided by a Board of Directors composed of nine distinguished members, the Foundation works to strengthen the country’s cultural ecosystem through programming, education, and the preservation of cultural diversity.

President
Javier Ibacache Villalobos
Appointed by the Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage

A journalist graduated from the University of Chile, dedicated to performing arts criticism and programming. With an extensive national and international career in the cultural field, he works as a consultant specializing in Audience Development projects.

Vice President
Camilo Yáñez Pávez
Appointed by the Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage

Visual artist, curator, editor, and producer. He holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Visual Arts from the University of Chile. His work explores visual culture and contemporary art through research, exhibition, curatorial, and public intervention projects.

Treasurer
Alan Trampe Torrejón
National Deputy Director of Museums, Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage

He currently serves as President of the Ibermuseos Program and is recognized for his commitment to the development of Chilean museology. With extensive experience in heritage and cultural management, he has led the National Comprehensive Museum Improvement Plan.

Director
Eduardo Feuerhake Agüero
Appointed by the Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage

Architect and Director of the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) of Chiloé. Combining architecture and art, he has taught and lectured at various universities around the world. Currently serves as an Architectural Consultant for UN-Habitat in several Southern African countries.

Director
Mauricio Hurtado Navia
Director, DIRAC

Former Ambassador of Chile to China with an extensive political background. He previously worked at the Directorate of Multilateral Regional Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and represented Chile in Cuba during President Sebastián Piñera’s second term.

Director
Tatiana Gaviola Artigas
Appointed by the Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage

Documentary filmmaker and director, with studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She served as Director of the Film School at Universidad Vicente Pérez Rosales. Her film “La Mirada Incendiada” (2021) was awarded Best Film at the Trieste Latin American Film Festival.

Executive Director
Regina Rodríguez Covarrubias

Executive Director of the Centro Cultural La Moneda. She is an editor and consultant specializing in cultural projects. A journalist from the University of Chile, she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Information Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), a postgraduate degree in Sociology from ISDIBER, and a Diploma in European Studies from Cervantes University.

With over thirty years of experience in both the public and private sectors, she has led major international projects across Latin American and European countries. She promoted public support for the export of Chilean cinema and the publishing sector through ProChile, where she also served as National Coordinator for Performing and Visual Arts within the Department of Creative Industries. Additionally, she was Director of ProChile Milan and Executive Secretary of the Book Fund, responsible for implementing Chile’s National Book and Reading Policy (2015–2020).

The team at Centro Cultural La Moneda is comprised of an interdisciplinary group of professionals and technicians. Distributed across the Projects, Education and Outreach, Marketing and Development, Cineteca Nacional and Administration areas, they are the ones responsible of enabling the cultural experiences offered by this space to materialize in order to welcome our visiting audience in the best way possible.

The functions of the Advisory Board are directly related to ensuring standards that operate globally in cultural organisations through partnerships and collaborative work with the team at Centro Cultural La Moneda. The purpose of the Advisory Board is to reinforce the international ties of Centro Cultural La Moneda, in addition to ensuring that its activities and programme respond to the highest standards for cultural institutions.

The Advisory Board consists of

Camilla Carlberg (Sweden) Curator and Head of the Department of Education and Public Programmes at Moderna Museet, Stockholm, where she specializes in contemporary art and performance, developing and implementing programmes for the expansion of audiences.

Ticio Escobar (Paraguay) Curator, teacher, art critic and cultural promotor. He is currently the Director of the Visual Arts Centre / Museo del Barro in Asuncion and President of the Carlos Colombino Lailla Foundation.

Beatriz Espinoza (Chile) Bachelor of Visual Arts, craftswoman in ceramics and Master (c) of Art Theory
and History. She is currently the Chairman of the Chilean Committee of Museums, ICOM Chile, focused on national and international networks among museums.

Victoria Giraudo (Argentina) Bachelor of Fine Arts and curator. Since 2010, she is Head of the Curatorial Department at MALBA, the Buenos Aires Museum of Latin American Art, where she is also a member of the Artistic Committee, and Representative and Treasurer of the MALBA Foundation Board of Directors.

Alfredo Jaar (Chile) Visual artist, architect and filmmaker who lives and works in New York. He has made over 70 public interventions around the world, and more than 50 monographic books about his work have been published. He received the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985, the Mac Arthur Grant in 2000, the Chilean National Arts Prize in 2013, the Hiroshima Art Prize in 2018 and the 2020 Hasselblad Photography Award.

Daniel Slater (England) Head of Exhibitions and Loans at Victoria & Albert Museum, London. He was Head of International Collection Exhibitions at Tate, where he led the itinerant exhibits programme in collaboration with various organisations at a global level.

Koen Vanhove (Sweden) Cultural manager and entrepreneur focused on performative arts and Executive MBA specialising in Innovation. He is actively involved in consulting large institutions, as well as emerging artists. Founder of Key Performance, an international cultural management and network organisation company