Contemporary Art Find: Palais de Tokyo Paris
1 / 1 ( 3 votes ) Three words have long epitomised the avant-garde in Paris in recent years. Palais de Tokyo has been defining creative accessibility since 2002 with its anti-museum aesthetic and multi-disciplinary ethos around contemporary art. Occupying a monumental building built for the Paris International Exhibition in 1937 in the 16th arrondissement, […]
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Art Find: Migros Museum of Contemporary Art Zurich
Follow Limmatstrasse from Zurich’s historical centre and discover the city’s former industrial district, Zurich-West, now a cultural hub for art and design. Migros Museum of Contemporary Art resides in the Löwenbräukunst complex ”“ a converted century-old brewery ”“ and ideal setting for thirsty art hounds. Established in the mid-twentieth century by the eponymous Swiss retailer, […]
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Modern Art Museum Find: Moderna Museet Stockholm
When island hopping in Stockholm be sure to make Skeppsholmen your first port of call. Home to Sweden’s national museum of modern and contemporary art, Moderna Museet Stockholm boasts one of the finest international collections in Europe as well as a brand identity designed by none other than Robert Rauschenberg. View Rauschenberg’s iconic mixed media […]
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Contemporary Art Museum Find: Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin
1 / 1 ( 2 votes ) Once Germany’s primary rail terminus, the scale of Berlin’s converted Hamburger Bahnhof into a contemporary art museum is fitting given it’s vast collection of works across three major collections that span major art movements since 1960. The museum’s permanent displays, exhibited in this impressive architectural setting, showcase Pop […]
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Art Gallery Find: Dulwich Picture Gallery London
Gallery-goers would be wise to schedule a pilgrimage to Dulwich Picture Gallery when visiting London. After all, it’s the world’s first purpose-built public art gallery after Sir Francis Bourgeois bequeathed his collection of old masters “for the inspection of the public”. Today visitors can ”˜inspect’ the gallery’s permanent collection of Baroque masterpieces by European Old […]
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Modern Art Find: MaMo Marseille
One visit to MaMo Marseille and you’ll understand right away why this city is a European capital of culture. There is something truly extraordinary about showcasing inspirational modern artworks atop one of urbanist Le Corbusier’s greatest architectural achievements. The landmark building Cité Radieuse, is a vast apartment complex built in the early 50s just outside […]
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Art Find: Camden Arts Centre London
First impressions are deceiving when you arrive outside this former Victorian library in the heart of North London bohemia. Camden Arts Centre has long been an institution of alternative artistic development with a focus of public participation at the core of its exhibitions, which are by emerging and established artists. Look out for the artist […]
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Art Museum Find: The Barbican London
A hub of creativity lies behind the Brutalist concrete walls that make up this urban complex and Instagrammers’ paradise in the heart of London. Since its completion in the Eighties, the ambitious conception for the multidisciplinary Barbican Centre retains its dynamic vision to this day. Lose yourself between the network of music halls, cinemas, theatres […]
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Art Museum Find: Tate Britain London
Considered to be Tate Modern’s slightly more traditional sibling, Tate Britain is London’s treasured home of British art that can be found directly on the Thames between Pimlico’s Georgian splendour and the political grandeur of Westminster. The museum houses the national collection of British art from the sixteenth century through to the present day including […]
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Contemporary Art Museum Find: Tate Modern London
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) After spending twenty years as an abandoned power station, Tate Modern London has been fuelling both celebrated exhibitions of modern and contemporary art as well as the cultural regeneration of South London since opening in 2000. The modernist landmark in the dynamic borough of Southwark stands proudly on […]
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