Palacio Pereira, Cultural institution in downtown Santiago, Chile

Palacio Pereira is an arts center in downtown Santiago featuring neoclassical architecture with generous interior proportions. The building is organized around a central hall with high ceilings and multiple exhibition spaces designed to showcase works and host cultural gatherings.

Luis Pereira Cotapos, a lawyer, wine entrepreneur and politician, bought land in 1872 from the heirs of Juana Varela, where farms and vineyards had stood since 1793, and commissioned the French architect Lucien Hénault to build the mansion; it was Hénault's last work in Chile. After Pereira died in 1909 his widow Carolina Iñiguez Vicuña kept it until 1932, when it passed to the Archdiocese of Santiago. From 1950 to 1968 it housed the Liceo N.º 3 de Niñas, and after the 1971 earthquake student federations moved in. The State bought it in 2011 and restoration ended in 2020.

The palace functions today as a venue for rotating art exhibitions and cultural events where visitors encounter contemporary and classical works displayed throughout its rooms. The spaces maintain their original grandeur while serving as an active hub for creative programs.

The location is accessible from the downtown business district along a busy street. Visitors will find exhibition galleries, a reading room, and a café within the building's interior.

Restorers Luis Cercós, Ignacio Lampaya and Constanza Correa found the palace's original colours under a uniform layer of later paint: ochres, whites, greys and damasks, recovered by stripping the surface coat. The 2016–2019 works, led by Cecilia Puga with Paula Velasco and Alberto Moletto, also added a five-storey reinforced concrete annex of 4,675 m² beside the brick mansion.