Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain

Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain
Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain
Established 21 June 1990
Location Promenade des arts
06000 Nice, France
Type Art museum
Visitor figures 125,000 per year
Website www.mamac-nice.org/

The Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain, also known as MAMAC, is a museum dedicated to modern art and contemporary art, opened on 21 June 1990, in Nice.

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Location

The museum is located near the Place Garibaldi. It was designed by architects Yves Bayard and Henri Vidal, and is shaped like a tetrapod arch straddling the course of Paillon. The monumentality of the project developed on the cover of Paillon allow to connect through a terrace, called the Promenade des Arts, the museum to the theater. With its square plan, the architecture of the building is inspired by the neo-classicism rules. The available area is approximately 3,800 m2 distributed over nine showrooms. The facades are covered with smooth white Carrara marble. The entrance and the shop are located at the level of the esplanade which overlooks the Place Yves Klein. The gallery spaces are devoted to temporary exhibitions on the first floor, and to the permanent collections on the second and third floors. The museum is free and opens daily from 10.00 am to 6:00 pm, except Mondays and some holidays.[1]

Collections

The collections present an overview of the artistic creation avant-garde, from the late 1950s to today, which belong around different movements:[2][3]

Donations and deposits

Since the opening, Klein has a room which displays about twenty of his works, several of them belonging to the permanent collection of the museum.

In October 2001, Niki de Saint Phalle bequeathed a large part of her collection to the city of Nice for the museum. Donation consists of 170 works including 63 paintings and sculptures, 18 prints, 40 lithographs, serigraphs and 54 many original documents.[4]

In 2004, artist Albert Chubac gave a hundred works to the museum.[5]

Bibliography

  • Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain, Éditions des Arts graphiques, Nice, 1997 (ISBN 2901412785)

References

  1. ^ "Infos / Tourisme Nice >> Culture Nice >> Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain" (in French). cote.azur.fr. http://www.cote.azur.fr/tourisme-musee-d-art-moderne-et-d-art-contemporain-nice-1966.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
  2. ^ "Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain de Nice" (in French). evene.fr. http://www.evene.fr/culture/lieux/musee-d-art-moderne-et-d-art-contemporain-de-nice-58.php. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
  3. ^ "Accueil / Culture / Musées et expositions / M.A.M.A.C" (in French). Nice Côte d'Azur. http://www.nice.fr/Culture/Musees-et-expositions/M.A.M.A.C. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
  4. ^ (in French)Nice Matin (Nice: Nice-Matin Group). 12 October 2001. 
  5. ^ (in French)Nice Matin (Nice: Nice-Matin Group). 28 January 2004. 

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