Museum of Modern Art in Strasbourg ( Fr. Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg , abbr. MAMCS ) - a museum in Strasbourg, France, dedicated to contemporary art .
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It was founded in 1973, inaugurated in its own building at the end of 1998. [one]
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History
The museum was built on the site of former municipal slaughterhouses on the left bank of the Ile River; its architect was . The museum building was inaugurated in December 1998 by , the Minister of Culture of France in the government of Lionel Jospin and the former mayor of Strasbourg (the first woman mayor of France with a population of more than 100,000 people). Since March 2008, the curator of the museum is Estelle Pietrzyk [2] , who worked at the Picasso Museum , the Rodin Museum and is one of the creators in Rodez .
Each year, the museum holds about ten of its own exhibitions on contemporary art by contemporary artists. , dating back to 1877, has over 140,000 volumes and is a unique collection of French heritage. One of the courtyards adjacent to the museum, named Place Jean-Arp , since its inception, has also been an important cultural place in Strasbourg, where visitors can freely skate or skateboard . The museum has a bookstore, a multi-purpose hall for various events (conferences, concerts, film screenings); The spacious rooftop terrace of the museum houses its own cafe. Here, on the roof, there is a sculpture of a horse [3] 4 meters high - Hortus conclusus by Italian artist and sculptor Domenico Paladino .
Collection
The Museum of Modern Art in Strasbourg replenished its collection, including from donations from institutions and individuals; it is the only major museum in France, the exposition of which covers the period from 1870 to the present day.
As of May 9, 2018, the museum's collections totaled more than 17 thousand works, including 1785 paintings, 4820 drawings , 828 sculptures , 4150 prints and 3580 photographs . Among the famous artists, a large number of whose works are presented in the museum: Gustave Dore (including his famous painting “ ” [4] ), Jean Arp , Victor Browner , Sophie Toiber-Arp , Vasily Kandinsky , Kazar Domela , Theo van Dusburg , Max Klinger , Kete Kolwitz , Max Ernst , Frantisek Kupka ; also significantly represented the work of lesser-known artists: , , , and others.
The collection of Alsatian artists representing such genres as modernism, expressionism and new realism is important and interesting: Jean-Desiree Ringel, , , , , and .
- Museum exhibits
Felix Wallotton
Juan Gris
Theo van Dusburg
Paul Klee
Claude Monet
Alfred Sisley
Camille Pissarro
Max Lieberman
See also
- List of museums of modern art