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  1. Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

    About Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit other Museums named Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art disambiguation Deleted image removed Image Mocad.jpg thumb Mocad at night with a neon installation by Martin Creed reading everything is going to be alright The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit or MOCAD is a non collecting contemporary art museum located in Detroit s cultural center. The mission of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is to present art at the forefront of contemporary ... store Visit the store online The Museum Admission to Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is free unless otherwise indicated Location 4454 Woodward Ave Detroit MI, 48201 phone 313 832 6622 fax 313 832 4665 Museum Hours Wednesday, Saturday, & Sunday 11 5 pm Thursday & Friday 11 8 pm closed ... Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit http www.expotv.com videos reviews 21 188 Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit 149009 Video review of the Museum Coord 42.3527 83.0607 type landmark region US MI display title Detroit Category Museums in Detroit, Michigan Category Art museums in Michigan ... the world, with Detroit being a main focus of the exhibition. Their third exhibition, which ran until ... DETROIT and considering ARCHITECTURE SUSTAINABLE DESIGNS FROM DETROIT May 1 July 27, 2008 Broadcast ... 29 July 26, 2009. Curated by Luis Croquer. Linkage May 29 July 26, 2009 Art Spiegelman Portrait of the Artist ... 11 December 27, 2009. Curated by Elizabeth Brown, Chief Curator at the Henry Art Gallery. Alexander ... their work to Detroit with MOCAD as the vehicle. More recent events include the screening of films from Prelinger Archives Lost Landscapes of Detroit and Love Sick, a Valentine s dance party and fundraiser for the museum. With a wide range of special programs and events, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit maintains the interest of an eclectic community. MOCAD Store The MOCAD Store includes merchandise not sold in the metropolitan area, including specialized art and culture magazines, journals ...   more details



  1. Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit

    The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit or CAID is a community based non profit organization. CAID fosters and promotes the link between contemporary art s and contemporary society through exhibitions, performances, critical and public discourse and the funding of contemporary arts and art related activities. History CAID was founded in 1978 by a group of Detroit area artists, including Charles McGee and Jean Heilbrunn http www.metrotimes.com editorial story.asp?id 8694 . In the years since its inception, CAID has existed in several different forms, and has generated many events that have directly supported the arts in Detroit. In 1980, CAID sponsored Exhibition Sites 1, 2, and 3 . This show included performance, conceptual and video art at Hart Plaza during the Republican Convention. In 1984, CAID crossed the border to work with Artcite in Windsor. In both 1984 and 1985, CAID sponsored ... in 1978 Category Culture of Detroit, Michigan Category Contemporary art galleries in the United States Category Arts organizations based in the United States Category Art galleries in Michigan ... lecture series was held at the Detroit Institute of Art in 1989, and again in 1991. In that same year area artists were invited to create art for the Art Time Capsule , buried in Harmonie Park, as well as a plethora of other visual, musical and performance art events throughout the past 26 years. After little activity during the mid to late 1990s, CAID re emerged on the Detroit art community in the fall of 2002 with the four part series LINK . LINK included an exhibition of Detroit based artists at the Detroit Contemporary gallery, a symposium on Detroit music at Wayne State University , an electronic music party called Frequency at the Detroit Contemporary, and Motor City Breakdown , a live ..., in the space formerly occupied by the Detroit Contemporary http www.thedetroiter.com nov04 caid.html ... group of Detroit and Ann Arbor based exploratory artists, musicians and performers working playing ...   more details



  1. Museum of Contemporary Art

    Burgert s work at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, Colorado . There are several museums named the Museum of Contemporary Art . They include Americas Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario , Argentina Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of S o Paulo , S o Paulo, Brazil Niter i Contemporary Art Museum , Niter i, Brazil Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art , Quebec, Canada Museum of Contemporary ... Contemporaneo , Valdivia, Chile Aguascalientes Museum of Contemporary Art , Aguascalientes, Mexico Museo de Arte Contempor neo de Monterrey , Monterrey, Mexico Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art , San Juan, Puerto Rico United States Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago , Illinois, USA Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland , Ohio, USA Museum of Contemporary Art Denver , Colorado, USA Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit , Michigan, USA Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia , Atlanta, Georgia, USA Atlanta Contemporary Art Center , Atlanta, Georgia, USA Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville , Florida, USA Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles , California, USA Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami , Florida, USA Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego , California, USA Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson , Arizona, USA Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh , North Carolina, USA Contemporary Art ... Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art , Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art , Kansas City, Missouri, USA Madison Museum of Contemporary Art , Madison, Wisconsin, USA Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art , North Adams, Massachusetts, USA Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art , Overland Park, Kansas, USA New Museum of Contemporary Art , New York, New York, USA Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art , Scottsdale, Arizona, USA The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu , Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Europe iS.CaM. Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum Istanbul, Turkey. MAXXI National Museum of the 21st Century Arts , Rome, Italy Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade Museum of Contemporary Art ...   more details



  1. National Museum of Contemporary Art

    National Museum of Contemporary Art may refer to National Museum of Contemporary Art Romania National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens Greece National Museum of Contemporary Art South Korea disambiguation ...   more details



  1. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

    Image SydneyMuseumContemporaryArt gobeirne.jpg thumb 200px Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Image Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.jpg thumb 200px Circular Quay entrance The Museum of Contemporary Art abbreviated MCA in Sydney , Australia is an Australian museum solely dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting and collecting contemporary art , both from across Australia and around the world. It is housed in the Art Deco style former Maritime Services Board Building on the western edge of Circular Quay . History File Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.jpg thumb 160px left Main entrance, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia. The establishment of the MCA was manadated in the will of Australian expatriate artist John Power 1881 1943 , who bequeathed his personal fortune to the University of Sydney with the express purpose of informing and educating Australians in the contemporary visual arts. With the relocation of the Maritime Services Board MSB to larger premises in 1989, the former MSB Building was donated by the New South Wales NSW State Government to the Museum of Contemporary Art. Funded by the University of Sydney and the Power Bequest, restoration and refurbishment of the building commenced in 1990 under the direction of Andrew Anderson of Peddle Thorpe John Holland Interiors and in November 1991 the Museum of Contemporary Art officially opened. Extensions ... Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney http www.mca.com.au Museum of Contemporary Art official website http artabase.net gallery 122 the museum of contemporary art Museum of Contemporary Art Artabase page coord display title 33.860019 151.208999 type landmark region AU Sydney landmarks Category Contemporary art galleries in Australia Category Museums in Sydney Category Art Deco buildings in Australia Category Art museums and galleries in Sydney art display stub Australia museum stub de Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney id Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney ko ...   more details



  1. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

    About Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo other Museums named Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art disambiguation File Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 2009.jpg right thumb Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo The nihongo Museum of Contemporary Art t ky to gendai bijutsukan is a contemporary art museum in Tokyo , Japan . The museum is located in Kiba Park . It was opened in 1995. Prominent exhibits Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol 1967 Girl with Hair Ribbon by Roy Lichtenstein 1965 External links http www.mot art museum.jp eng index.html Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo website Coord 35 40 48 N 139 48 29 E display title Category Museums established in 1995 Category Art museums and galleries in Tokyo Category Contemporary art galleries in Japan Category Museums in Tokyo Category Koto, Tokyo art display stub Tokyo geo stub ja ...   more details



  1. Station Museum of Contemporary Art

    Infobox museum name Station Museum of Contemporary Art native name native name lang image imagesize 200 caption alt map type Texas map caption The Station Museum of Contemporary Art in Houston map alt The Station Museum of Contemporary Art in Houston, Texas, United States latitude 29.734915 longitude 95.375651 coordinates type established 2001 dissolved location 1502 Alabama Street, Houston, Texas Houston , Texas , United States type Contemporary art museum collection visitors director James Harithas president curator Alan Schnitger publictransit Bus station on La Branch Steet, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County METRO network website URL http www.stationmuseum.com The Station Museum of Contemporary Art is a private museum devoted to contemporary art located in downtown Houston, Texas Houston , Texas , United States . Started in 2001, the museum goal is to encourage the public s awareness of the cultural, political, economic, and personal dimensions of art. External links Refbegin Official http www.stationmuseum.com Refend Category Art museums in Texas Category Museums in Houston, Texas Category Modern art museums in the United States Museum stub Houston stub www.stationmuseum.com ...   more details



  1. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art

    Image mmocaicon.jpg thumb 250px MMoCA glass facade icon . File Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.jpg thumb 250px MMoCA Madison Museum of Contemporary Art at the Overture Center Overture Center for the Arts . The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art MMoCA , formerly known as the Madison Art Center, is an art museum located in Madison, Wisconsin . A three story glass facade icon on the corner of State and Henry Streets serves as the museum s main staircase, as well as its architectural landmark. Features MMoCA has three components The multi wing main museum is at the Overture Center Overture Center for the Arts . Two large galleries frequently display touring exhibits and local works in the MMoCA collections. The Henry Street Gallery showcases a rotating selection from the Museum s collections. The theater showing member patron selected art films, and open to the public. Other museum highlights at the Overture Center for the Arts include a rooftop terrace, the Fresco restaurant, and a museum store. Admission and funding Image GlassMuseumArt.jpg thumb 200px left MMoCA glass facade. MMoCA is free to the public. The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art obtains most of its funding from museum memberships, the annual Art Fair on the Square , and also private gifts and donations to the collection. See also Overture Center List of contemporary art museums List of museums in Wisconsin External links http www.mmoca.org official Madison Museum of Contemporary Art website http www.mmoca.org events artfair index.html Art Fair on the Square http www.foodfightinc.com fresco.htm Fresco cafe website Wisconsin stub coord missing Wisconsin Category Museums in Madison, Wisconsin Category Art museums in Wisconsin Category Contemporary art galleries in the United States Category Modern art museums in the United States ...   more details



  1. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

    About Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland other Museums named Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art disambiguation Infobox museum name Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland MOCA image MOCA skeleton.jpg established 1968 location current br 8501 Carnegie Ave br Cleveland, Ohio 44106 br br future br 11400 Euclid Avenue br Cleveland , Ohio 44106 director Jill Snyder curator David Louis Norr website http www.mocacleveland.org MOCA Cleveland The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland , better known by its acronym, MOCA , is a contemporary art art museum museum located in Cleveland, Ohio . Founded in 1968 by Marjorie Talalay, Agnes Gund , and Nina Castelli Sundell as The New Gallery, the museum was renamed the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art in 1984. In order to expand its exhibition space, in 1990 the museum moved to a convert 20000 sqft m2 adj on former Sears, Roebuck and Company Sears store on Carnegie Avenue that is now part of the Cleveland Play House complex which was renovated by Richard Fleischman Partners Architects, Inc. to retrofit the space. In 2002, CCCA changed its name to Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. Works by such artists as Andy Warhol , Christo , and Claes Oldenburg are regularly shown, and past exhibits have featured art by Jim Hodges artist Jim Hodges and Hildur sgeirsd ttir J nsson, among others. The museum places a special focus on artists from Greater Cleveland and the rest of Northeastern Ohio . During the course of its three annual ... display title region US type landmark name MOCA Cleveland DEFAULTSORT Museum Of Contemporary Art Cleveland Category Museums established in 1968 Category Contemporary art galleries in the United States Category Art museums in Ohio Category Museums in Cleveland, Ohio Category Modern art museums in the United States US art display stub ... Museum of Art , Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland Institute of Art , and other ...   more details



  1. Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

    About Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art other Museums named Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art disambiguation File Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.jpg thumb 360px Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art File Kemper interior MCB.jpg thumb 250px right Some of the Kemper s collection, 2005 The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art opened in 1994 in Kansas City, Missouri . The core of the art gallery museum s permanent collection is the Bebe and R. Crosby Kemper Jr. Collection, a gift of the museum s founders. The collection includes works created after the 1913 Armory Show to works by present day artist s. Artists in the permanent collection include Dale Chihuly , Arthur Dove , Louise Bourgeois , Andrew Wyeth , Fairfield Porter , Georgia O Keeffe , Frank Stella , Lesley Dill , Romare Bearden , Christian Boltanski , Robert Mapplethorpe , Garry Winogrand , Kojo Griffin, Jim Hodges Artist Jim Hodges , Wayne Thiebaud , Hung Liu , Marcus Antonius Jansen and Stephen Scott Young . Along with the collection, the museum also maintains a schedule of self organized and traveling exhibitions. The Kemper Museum s striking building, constructed from 1992 to 1994, was designed by architect Gunnar Birkerts . The structure has a large central atrium under an articulated skylight. Two wings extend from either side of the atrium. The main gallery displays works from the permanent collection and exhibits works in special exhibitions. Side galleries present works in rotation, and a large meeting room displays works on paper and crafts from the permanent collection. The Caf Sebastienne restaurant combines the worlds of contemporary art and contemporary cuisine in the heart of the museum. See also Nelson Atkins Museum of Art External links http www.kemperart.org Official website coord 39 2 47 N 94 35 7 W type landmark region US MO display title Kansas City, Missouri Category Museums in Kansas City, Missouri Category Art museums in Missouri US art display stub ...   more details



  1. Watari Museum of Contemporary Art

    Image Watarium.jpg thumb Watari um art museum The Nihongo Watari Museum of Contemporary Art Watari um Bijutsukan in Shibuya, Tokyo stands together with the Mori Arts Center and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa as one of the major institutions in Japan and in Asia in the field of contemporary visual arts. It was designed by architect Mario Botta in 1990. Large retrospectives of Joseph Beuys , Larry Clark , Henry Darger , Jan Fabre , Federico Herrero , Mike Kelley artist Mike Kelley , John Lurie , Barry McGee , Nam June Paik , Gerda Steiner & J rg Lenzlinger , were held at the museum during the past years. Together with the exhibitions, the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art organized lectures, workshops for children and project rooms, showing equal interest in and attention to both enstabilished and emerging artists. The museum is in Shibuya, Tokyo near Gaienmae Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line . External links ja http www.watarium.co.jp Official website coord 35.670695 139.713365 type landmark display title Category Museums in Tokyo Category Contemporary art galleries Category Shibuya, Tokyo Category Art museums and galleries in Tokyo ko ja ...   more details



  1. University Museum of Contemporary Art

    Infobox Museum name University Museum of Contemporary Art image imagesize map type latitude 42.388235 longitude 72.525773 established 1975 location Amherst, Massachusetts type visitors director Loretta Yarlow ref name about http www.umass.edu fac universitygallery index.html University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center UMCA page, About . Last Updated 2011. Accessed May 14, 2011. ref curator website http www.umass.edu fac universitygallery index.html Official website The University Museum of Contemporary Art formerly known as the University Gallery in a contemporary art museum on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst . ref name about The UMCA has been housed in the university s Fine Arts Center since 1975, after the university began collecting works in 1962. The museum s collection of about 2,600 pieces from the second half of the 20th century includes 154 photographs taken by Andy Warhol . ref name about The UMCA is a member of the Five College Museums10 . ref name about References Reflist col University of Massachusetts Amherst DEFAULTSORT University Museum Of Contemporary Art Category University of Massachusetts Amherst Category University museums in Massachusetts Category Museums in Hampshire County, Massachusetts Category Art museums in Massachusetts Category Contemporary art galleries in the United States ...   more details



  1. Museum of Contemporary Art (Belgrade)

    Infobox Museum name Museum of Contemporary Art br br Muzej savremene umetnosti image Muzej savremene umetnosti bg.jpg imagesize map type latitude longitude established 1958 location Belgrade type Contemporary art museums contemporary art museum visitors director curator publictransit website http www.msub.org.rs http www.msub.org.rs Museum of Contemporary Art Serbian language Serbian Muzej savremene umetnosti in Belgrade is the art institution which collects and displays work produced since in 1900 in Serbia and former Yugoslavia . The museum also organizes international exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. It was founded in 1958 as the Museum of Modern Art. Building is masterpiece of Ivan Anti , one of the former Yugoslavia s best post war architects. The permanent exhibition numbers more than 35,000 works of art. Departments The museum has several departments Department of Art Collections and Exhibitions Department of Art Collections including graphics and prints The most famous graphic and painting works are of Andy Warhol , Joan Mir , Antoni T pies , Max Ernst , Eduardo Paolozzi , Victor Vasarely , Robert Rauschenberg ... ,... File Museum of contemporary art, New Belgrade.jpg thumb 160px Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade ... Department of Art Documentation Library and catalogue library over 4,800 books and 23,000 catalogues ... of Finance The museum also operates the Salon of the MoCAB, located in old town Belgrade . It was opened in 1961. The museum building is located near confluence of Sava river into Danube , in U e ... was constructed between 1960 and 1965. Museum is currently undergoing an 8 million renovation. See also List of museums in Belgrade External links http www.msub.org.rs Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade coord 44 49 10 N 20 26 32 E type landmark source frwiki display title Category Museums ... d art contemporain de Belgrade it Museo di arte contemporanea Belgrado sr ...   more details



  1. Museum of Contemporary Art, Asia

    About Museum of Contemporary Art, Asia other Museums named Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art disambiguation Museum of Contemporary Art The Moca Asia Museum of Contemporary Art, Asia Chinese is a contemporary art museum in Hong Kong . It was opened in 2007. Prominent Establishments Art and Fashion Initiative World Fashion Day WFD March 21 3.21 Poetry in Pose Photography Competition Narratory narrative video recording project. Image Sfumato Asiatique 4.jpg thumb 300px Sfumato Asiatique no.4 2007 by Tung Lo showing his mastery of soft blending, shading and lining. Prominent Exhibits CAMs Contemporary Art Masters 2008 Portraits of Nature 2009 Architectural Allegories 2010 Image Flora 1.jpg thumb 300px Floral image from Mau Lim s Portraits of Nature series 2009 illustrating her micro macro signature style of naturalist photographic works. Prominent Presentations Art and Sport Initiative Courting Maria to Maria Sharapova January 2010 Prominent Projects and Shows Great Art Show GAS and Splashion Colors Series Community Art Project SCS CAP Image Maria Sharapova at HKTC 2010 v1.jpg thumb 300px Maria Sharapova forms a striking silhouette in the subdued light of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Central Hong Kong, while signing a poster on the artwork Courting Maria by contemporary artist Lee Shi min presented to her by Moca Asia, under its Art and Sport Initiative, in honor of her great athletic and sporting achievements, on her day of arrival 4 January 2010 to take part in the Hong Kong Tennis Classic 2010. Photo courtesy Moca Asia. Moca Asia Contemporary Artist of the Year Award MACAYA Mau Lim 2007 Lee Shi min 2008 New Ton 2009 Tung Lo 2010 External links http www.moca.asia Moca Asia Museum of Contemporary Art, Asia website Art museums and galleries in Hong Kong Coord 22 3 N 114 2 E display title Category Museums established in 2007 Category Art museums and galleries in Hong Kong Category Contemporary art galleries Category Museums in Hong Kong art display ...   more details



  1. Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

    About the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art other Museums named Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art disambiguation The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum that is located on the campus and is a department of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas . The museum is named for donors and local art collectors Jerry and Margaret Nerman. It opened in October 2007, succeeding the college s former Gallery of Art. The building was designed by Ho Am Prize in the Arts Ho Am Prize winning South Korea Korean architect Kyu Sung Woo . As is the case with the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri , general admission to the Nerman is free to the public. ref cite web url http www.nermanmuseum.org education tours title Guided Tours publisher Nerman Museum accessdate October 26, 2011 ref Recognition Frommer s cited the Nerman as a significant cultural attraction when they listed Kansas City as one of their top 10 world travel destinations for 2012. ref cite web title Top Destinations 2012 Kansas City url http www.frommers.com micro 2011 top destinations 2012 kansas city missouri.html author Eckert, Amy S publisher Frommer s accessdate October 26, 2011 ref References reflist External links http www.nermanmuseum.org Museum website Kansas City, Missouri coord missing Kansas Category Museums established in 2007 Category Museums in Johnson County, Kansas Category Art museums in Kansas US art display stub ...   more details



  1. Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum or iS.CaM is an independent museum established in 1997. It is an alternative artist run art organisation that develops and colloborates with other institutions and networks. One of its tenet s is that art and education should go together hand in hand. In terms of the Internet it is pioneering, including the establishment of the Istanbul Museum, Web Biennial , an exhibition entirely on the internet. The present director is conceptual artist Genco Gulan and the chief curator is Dr. Marcus Graf, . coord missing Turkey Category Art museums and galleries in Istanbul Art display stub ...   more details



  1. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

    Infobox Museum name Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art SMoCA image Civic Plaza and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts.jpg imagesize map type latitude longitude established 1999 location 7374 E. 2nd St br Scottsdale, AZ 85251 United States type Art ref name SMoCA About citation title Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art About publisher SMoCA year 2008 url http www.artinfo.com galleryguide 19481 6027 about scottsdale museum of contemporary art smoca scottsdale accessdate 2008 12 09 ref visitors director curator publictransit website http www.smoca.org SMoCA Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art SMoCA is the state of Arizona Arizona s only permanent museum dedicated solely to modern works of art, design and architecture. The museum is located in the Old Town district of downtown Scottsdale, Arizona . Maintaining a focus and agenda global in nature, SMoCA serves visitors both locally, as well as nationally and abroad. The museum has five main galleries and an outdoor sculpture garden, showcasing works from both its growing permanent collection, as well as major traveling exhibitions. SMoCA hosts a large collection of special events and educational programs on a regular basis. The Store SMoCA sells an array of both classic and contemporary design objects, furnishings, art, gifts, jewelry, and architectural books. History SMoCA was founded in 1999. The now evocative, minimalist building is a complete retrofit of a previous corporate movie theater that once existed at the site just off the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall , and adjacent to the Scottsdale Center for the Performing ... File Atrium at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts.jpg thumb 180px Atrium at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts. Location br NWC 2nd St & Drinkwater Blvd br 7374 E. 2nd St br Scottsdale, AZ 85251 br Phone 480 994 ARTS br E mail smoca sccarts.org br Museum Hours br Closed Mondays and major ... Category Art museums in Arizona Category Contemporary art galleries in the United States ...   more details



  1. State Museum of Contemporary Art

    About the Thessaloniki State Museum of Contemporary Art, in Thessaloniki other Museums named Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art disambiguation The Thessaloniki State Museum of Contemporary Art lang el is a state museum based in Thessaloniki, Greece . It was founded in 1997, at the occasion of Thessaloniki s year as European Capital of Culture . The museum was established by a law passed in the Greek Parliament by then Greece Greek Minister of Culture , Evangelos Venizelos . Its initial collection was formed by a large part of the famous George Costakis Costakis Collection , acquired by the Greek state. It contains around 1,275 works of Russian avant garde art consisting of paintings , sculptures , drawings and constructions. The first director of the SMCA was the Aristotle University Professor Miltiadis Papanikolaou , who remained in the position until 2006. Dr. Maria Tsantsanoglou, a specialist in the Russian Avant Garde period, was appointed the next director of the State Museum of Contemporary Art. Famous artists in the museum El Lissitzky Kazimir Malevich Wassily Kandinsky Alexander Rodchenko Lyubov Popova Vladimir Tatlin External links http www.greekstatemuseum.com Official website Coord 40.6581171111 N 22.9309988056 E source dewiki region GR 54 type landmark format dms display title Category Museums in Thessaloniki Category Contemporary art galleries in Greece Greece museum stub de Staatliches Museum f r zeitgen ssische Kunst Thessaloniki el ru ...   more details



  1. Nuragic and Contemporary art museum

    The Nuragic and Contemporary Art Museum , also known as Betile , is a planned museum in Cagliari , Sardinia , Italy , designed by Zaha Hadid . Work is in progress to build it on the Sant Elia promenade, near to the Stadio Sant Elia football stadium. The structure is very futuristic, and it is similar to a coralline concretion. The museum will be dedicated to Nuragic and contemporary art. Works from Sardinia and the Mediterranean will be displayed. External links http www.domusweb.it domus2k6 source contents item.cfm?type NWS&ID 62954&lingua eng Domusweb coord missing Italy Category Contemporary art galleries in Italy Category Buildings and structures in Sardinia Category Cagliari Category Zaha Hadid buildings italy museum stub ar it Museo d arte contemporanea e arte nuragica ...   more details



  1. Museum of Contemporary Art (Basel)

    Image Museum Gegenwartskunst und plug in, Basel.jpg thumb Museum of Contemporary Art in Basel The Museum of Contemporary Art lang de Museum f r Gegenwartskunst in Basel opened in 1980 as the first public museum in Europe exclusively dedicated to the production and practice of contemporary art from the 1960s to the present. It is a Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance heritage site of national significance . ref Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance 1995 , p. 79. ref In addition to classic media such as painting and sculpture , it also collects video art . Focal points of the collection include the work of Joseph Beuys , Bruce Nauman , Rosemarie Trockel , Jeff Wall and current American art Robert Gober , Elizabeth Peyton , Matthew Barney . The Museum of Contemporary Art displays works of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation and the Kunstmuseum Basel . Since 2003, all holdings of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation that are not shown in the museum are housed in the Schaulager in Muttenz. Footnotes reflist External links http www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch en museum fuer gegenwartskunst Museum f r Gegenwartskunst website http www.museenbasel.ch en institution index.php?id 82 Basel museums website coord 47 33 26 N 7 35 27 E display title region CH BS type landmark Category Museums established in 1980 Category Museums in Basel Category Modern art museums Category Contemporary art galleries in Switzerland Category Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Basel Stadt de Museum f r Gegenwartskunst Basel es Museo de Arte Contempor neo Basilea fr Mus e d art contemporain B le it Museo d arte contemporanea Basilea ...   more details



  1. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson

    more footnotes date April 2011 otherplaces Museum of Contemporary Art File MOCATucson.jpg thumb MOCA, Tucson. The Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA ref http tucson.metromix.com museums museum moca museum of contemporary downtown 683009 content MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art , http tucson.metromix.com Metromix Tucson . ref in Tucson , Arizona , USA , was founded in 1996, by Julia Latane, James Graham, and David Wright, artists and arts advocates. The museum was founded to create a permanent institution for contemporary art in Tucson s arts district that would be immune to the demands of rising real estate prices. fact date April 2011 The mission of the museum was to create a venue to show the work of Tucson artists to the rest of the world, and to bring the most exciting new artists of the world to Tucson. Originally housed in the HazMat building on Toole Avenue the museum has now been granted a permanent home in the former Fire Department building on Stone Ave. Artists who have been exhibited at MOCA include Takashi Murakami , Roman Signer , Matt Groening , Gary Panter , Shannon Wheeler , Olivier Mosset , Joe Forkan, etc. fact date April 2011 References reflist External links http www.moca tucson.org MOCA website http www.thezmag.com article 162 moca then now.html http www.tucsonweekly.com tucson moca rising Content?oid 1080015 http www.archpaper.com e board rev.asp?News ID 4323 http tucsoncitizen.com art tag moca http www.tucsonsentinel.com arts report 020810 mocagala coord missing Arizona Category Museums established in 1996 Category Art museums in Arizona Category Museums in Tucson, Arizona Category Contemporary art galleries in the United States US art display stub ...   more details



  1. Museum of Contemporary Art (Aguascalientes)

    About Aguascalientes Museum of Contemporary Art other Museums named Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art disambiguation Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Aguascalientes Museum of Contemporary Art is an art gallery located in the city of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes , Mexico and has 6 galleries. In the Jes s F. Contreras gallery there are art works by contemporary Mexican artists. These were rewarded works from the Young Encounter of Arts in another gallery is the work of Enrique Guzm n Villag mez, a recognized artist who s work is expressionist in nature. In the Arts Library gallery, there are works by photographers from a variety of backgrounds and styles. In the first floor Saturnino Herr n gallery, temporary exhibitions by recognized Mexican and international artists are exhibited. History The warehouse El N mero 8 opened its doors in 1918. Since then, its location has been the corner of Morelos Street and Primo Verdad in the city of Aguascalientes. The name of the organization was decided because the rural state 8 used to be there in the street that was called Independencia, also because the new owner, Jos de Jes s R bago, was born in the 8th day of the 8th month of 1888. Mr. R bago acquire the rural state almost new due to its construction date that was in 1901. Coord missing Mexico DEFAULTSORT Museum Of Contemporary Art Aguascalientes Category Contemporary art galleries in Mexico Category Modern art museums Category Aguascalientes Art display stub ...   more details



  1. Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario

    About Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario other Museums named Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art disambiguation Image MACRo 1.jpg thumb 240px The MACRo viewed from the south . The Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario Spanish language Spanish , Museo de Arte Contempor neo de Rosario , often abbreviated MACRo is an annex to the Juan B. Castagnino Fine Arts Museum that is devoted to contemporary art , located in the city of Rosario , province Santa Fe Argentina . The MACRo lies beside the Paran River , at the northern end of Oro o Boulevard , on the Estanislao L pez Riverfront Avenue. It was opened to the public on November 19, 2004. The works took advantage of the Davis Silos an abandoned grain storage silo silo complex, formerly part of Port of Rosario Rosario s port facilities , now moved south . The bulk of the building consists of eight large concrete silos, painted in different colors, with a diameter of 7.5 metres. The idea, according to the official site of the museum, was to integrally preserve the building, exalting the unique features of concrete, stressing austerity as a value. There is a glass elevator outside the building, for a view of the river scenery and the nearby islands. The actual museum exhibition is located on an attached building that formerly housed the administrative offices. It has ten floors, for a total area of 970 m 10,400  ft , and as of November 2005 maintained a collection of 300 art works by 220 different artists, including Lucio Fontana and Antonio Berni . References http www.macromuseo.org.ar MACRo official website http www.rosario.gov.ar sitio lugaresVisual verLugar.do?id 2385 Municipality of Rosario About the museum. Coord 32 55 49 S 60 39 03 W display title Category Art museums and galleries in Argentina Category Museums in Rosario Category Museums established in 2004 Category Buildings and structures completed in 2004 Category 2004 establishments in Argentina ...   more details



  1. Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art

    for the history after 2003 National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design File Museet for samtidskunst Oslo.jpg thumb Museum of Contemporary Art. The Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art lang no Museet for samtidskunst is a museum in Oslo , Norway . Since 2003, it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design . History The Norwegian museum of Contemporary Art was established in 1988 and opened in 1990 as a museum for art produced after 1945 works received from the National Gallery of Norway . In 1992, the National Touring Exhibitions Norway National Touring Exhibitions was separated as an independent entity. The building, designed by Ingvar Hjorth , was formerly used by Norges Bank . Former directors of the museum were Jan Brockmann 1988 1996 and Per Bjarne Boym 1996 2003 . ref name snl cite encyclopedia year 2007 title Museet for samtidskunst encyclopedia Store norske leksikon editor Henriksen, Petter publisher Kunnskapsforlaget location Oslo url http www.snl.no Museet for samtidskunst language Norwegian accessdate 26 December 2010 ref References Reflist coord 59.9085 10.7411 type landmark region NO display title Category 1988 establishments in Norway Category Museums established in 1988 Category Art museums and galleries in Norway Category Culture in Oslo Category Buildings and structures in Oslo Category Museums in Oslo Art display stub Norway museum stub es Museo de Arte Contempor neo de Noruega ...   more details



  1. Museum of Contemporary Art (Tangier)

    The Museum of Contemporary Art or Mus e d Art Contemporain is a museum in Tangier , Morocco , housed in the building of the former British consulate near the Church of Saint Andrew, Tangier Church of St. Andrew ref cite book title Morocco publisher Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guides date 2006 pages 138 ref The museum has a particular focus on contemporary paintings and features the artwork of artists such as Chrabia Tallal , Fatima Hassan , Mohammed Kacimi , Abdelkebir Rabia , Fouad Belamine and many others. References Reflist External links http www.flickr.com search ?q Mus C3 A9e 20d 27 20Art 20Contemporain 20tangier&w all Flickr images Morocco struct stub Africa museum stub Tangier coord missing Morocco Category Buildings and structures in Tangier Category Museums in Morocco ...   more details




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