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Arts and Culture

See also: List of notable residents of San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Façade of " El Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico" in Santurce, one of San Juan's most beautiful landmarks.

San Juan has served as birth place for numerous artists and musicians, locally know as Sanjuaneros that have influenced the Puerto Rican culture in a significant way. The musical aspect of the city during the Twentieth century received influenced by performers including Afro-Caribbean dancer and choreographer Sylvia del Villard and José Enrique Pedreira who became a renounded composer of Puerto Rican Danzas. International musicians such as renowned opera singer Justino Díaz and Grammy Award winners Raymond Ayala and Ricky Martin where born in the city. Other notable residents include notable Puerto Rican writters Manuel A. Alonso and Tomas Blanco, award winning actors such as Raúl Juliá, Joaquin Phoenix and comedian Jose Miguel Agrelot. The city also serves as settlement for numerous contemporary and classic art museums. The Puerto Rico Arts Museum posses the largest collection of contemporany art in Puerto Rico, housing over 1,100 permanent art pieces and displaying numerous temporary exhibitions containing artwork from various locations trough Latin America. The Museum of Contenporary Art of Puerto Rico located in Santurce, is especialized in contemporary artwork from locations in Latin America and the Caribbean. The paintings displayed in the permanent exhibition are either adquired by the museum’s administrative personel or donated by artists and collectors, and they are judged by a panel of painters, art critics and artistic scholars before being displayed. Other museum such as the Americas Museum and the National Gallery display historic items and artwork along contemporary art. Micelaneous museums such as the Children’s Museum and the Bacardi Rum Cathedral appeal to different audiences trough interactive exhibitions.