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Gallery Of Modern Art (Manhattan)
Gallery of Modern Art may refer to: * Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy * Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia * Gallery of Modern Art, Florence, Italy, housed in the Palazzo Pitti * Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland, UK * Gallery of Modern Art, New York City, which operated 1964–1969 in the building now known as 2 Columbus Circle * Washington Gallery of Modern Art, former gallery in Washington, D.C. See also * Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Rome * Museum of Modern Art (other) The Museum of Modern Art is a museum in New York City, USA. Museum of Modern Art may also refer to: Austria * Mumok, Vienna * Museum der Moderne Salzburg Australia * Museum of Modern Art Australia Belgium * Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp ... * National Gallery of Modern Art (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galleria D'Arte Moderna, Bologna
The Galleria d'Arte Moderna of Bologna is the modern art museum of the city. It has five exhibition venues: MAMbo, the Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna; the Villa delle Rose; the ; Casa Morandi; and the . The collections consist of more than 3,500 items of modern and contemporary art. History The gallery was founded in 1925, in the Villa delle Rose, a building donated to the City of Bologna by Countess Nerina Armandi Avogli. The collection was re-ordered in 1936. Soon, thanks to many acquisitions and bequests, the collection grew large and by 1961 had already reached more than 2,000 items. In 1975 some works were transferred to a new building, designed by Leone Pancaldi, in the Fair district. It had an exhibition surface of about and hosted both the permanent collection, whose works where exhibited in rotation, and temporary exhibitions. On 5 May 2007 the new venue for modern and contemporary art was inaugurated in the former bakery in Don Minzoni street (in the new cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallery Of Modern Art, Brisbane
The Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) is an art museum located within the Queensland Cultural Centre in the South Bank precinct of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA. GOMA, which opened on 2 December 2006, is the largest gallery of modern and contemporary art in Australia, and houses Australia's first purpose-built cinematheque. The gallery is situated on Kurilpa Point next to the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) building and the State Library of Queensland, and faces the Brisbane River and the CBD. The Gallery of Modern Art has a total floor area over and the largest exhibition gallery is . The building was designed by Sydney architecture firm Architectus. Design In July 2002, Sydney-based company Architectus was commissioned by the Queensland Beattie Government following an Architect Selection Competition, to design the Queensland Art Gallery's second site, the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA). A main theme of Architectus's design was a pavilion in the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallery Of Modern Art, Florence
The Palazzo Pitti (), in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally the town residence of Luca Pitti, an ambitious Florentine banker. The palace was bought by the Medici family in 1549 and became the chief residence of the ruling families of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. It grew as a great treasure house as later generations amassed paintings, plates, jewelry and luxurious possessions. In the late 18th century, the palazzo was used as a power base by Napoleon and later served for a brief period as the principal royal palace of the newly united Italy. The palace and its contents were donated to the Italian people by King Victor Emmanuel III in 1919. The palazzo is now the largest museum complex in Florence. The principal palazzo block, often in a building of this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallery Of Modern Art, Glasgow
The Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) is the main gallery of contemporary art in Glasgow, Scotland. GoMA offers a programme of temporary exhibitions and workshops. GoMA displays work by local and international artists as well as addressing contemporary social issues through its major biannual projects. History Opened in 1996, the Gallery of Modern Art is housed in a neoclassical building in Royal Exchange Square in the heart of Glasgow city centre. Built in 1778 as the townhouse of William Cunninghame of Lainshaw, a wealthy Glasgow Tobacco Lord who made his fortune through the triangular slave trade, the building has undergone a series of different uses. It was bought in 1817 by the Royal Bank of Scotland who later moved onto Buchanan Street; it then became the Royal Exchange. Reconstruction for this use was undertaken by David Hamilton between 1827 and 1832 and resulted in many additions to the building, namely the Corinthian pillars to the Queen Street facade, the cupola above ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Gallery Of Modern Art
The Washington Gallery of Modern Art was a short-lived gallery promoting contemporary art near Dupont Circle in Washington, DC, United States, during the 1960s. The gallery remained open for seven years, opening in October 1961 and closing in September 1968. Its collection of 153 works was purchased by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art in 1968 for $110,000. The collection included 20th-century artists, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Indiana, Grace Hartigan and Marcel Duchamp. History The Washington Gallery of Modern Art had a number of exhibitions which traveled nationally and internationally, most notably the historic "Washington Color Painters" show in 1965, which formalized recognition of the Washington Color School of painters. Other important events at the Gallery included the first Franz Kline retrospective in 1962, curated by Alice Denney, and the "Popular Image Show" in 1963, which included artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Tom Wesselmann, George Brecht, Claes Oldenbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galleria Comunale D'Arte Moderna, Rome
The Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna is the museum of modern and contemporary art of the city of Rome, Italy. It is housed in a former Barefoot Carmelite monastery dating from the 17th century and adjacent to the church of San Giuseppe a Capo le Case, at 24 Via Francesco Crispi. History The origins of the collection of the museum date from a purchase by the comune of Rome of works from the Esposizione Internazionale di Belle Arti, or international fine art exhibition, of 1883. The museum was officially constituted in 1925. It was renamed "Galleria Mussolini" in 1931, closed in 1938 and re-opened in 1949. In 1995 it moved to the present premises. It was closed for restoration in 2003, and re-opened in 2011. In 2014 an expansion of the gallery between via Francesco Crispi and via Zucchelli was proposed, on waste land used by the , the municipal rubbish disposal utility. Collections The gallery contains more than 3000 sculptures, paintings and graphic works of the late 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Modern Art (other)
The Museum of Modern Art is a museum in New York City, USA. Museum of Modern Art may also refer to: Austria * Mumok, Vienna * Museum der Moderne Salzburg Australia * Museum of Modern Art Australia Belgium * Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp Brazil * Museum of Modern Art of Bahia * Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro * São Paulo Museum of Modern Art Colombia * Bogotá Museum of Modern Art * Medellín Museum of Modern Art * Barranquilla Museum of Modern Art Denmark * Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj Egypt * Museum of Modern Art in Egypt, Port Said Equatorial Guinea * Museum of Modern Art Equatorial Guinea, Malabo France * Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art * Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris * Musée d'Art Moderne de Céret * Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris * Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Germany * Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main Guatemala * Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida", Guatemala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
