The first exhibitionin the new cultural space titled Uruguayan Artists in the Sodre, comprises twenty-eight works by nine Uruguayan sculptors and a selection of paintings by national artists from the collection of the National Museum of Visual Arts (MNVA). Recognized and new artist artists include: Wifredo Díaz Valdéz, Nora Kimelman María Minetti, Octavio Podestá, Ricardo Pascale and a powerful installation by Mariví Ugolino. The Sodre (Servicio Oficial de Difusión, Representaciones y Espectáculos) as executing unit of the Ministry of Education and Culture, is dedicated to the dissemination of art in Uruguay. The Sala de Exhibiciones Sodre is the renovated space in the Old City, where administrative offices operated and which today is transformed into a public exhibition space and corresponds to the first consolidated stage of a larger project which includes the Exhibition Hall, the future Archivo Nacional de la Imagen y la Palabra (Anip) and the vaults to protect its heritage collection.