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The museum provides the backdrop for concerts and parades because of its location at the end of the Ben Franklin Parkway. The museum's east entrance area played host to the American venue of the international Live 8 concert held on July 2, 2005, with musical artists including Dave Matthews Band, Linkin Park and Maroon 5. [73]
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. [1]
The museum was originally built in celebration of the city's 300th anniversary, and represents the monumental Neo-Classical style in Nordic architecture. It is built of a yellow brick called ”Gothenburg brick” because of the material's frequent use in the city. The museums forms the imposing end of the main street of the city, Kungsportsavenyn.
The Weserburg is a modern art museum in Bremen, Germany.Opened in 1991, it is located on the Teerhof peninsula next to the River Weser in an old factory building which was almost completely destroyed in the Second World War.
The museum was designed by architect Tadao Ando with a triangular shape of structure. The museum interior covers an area of 4,111 m 2 with additional surrounding grounds measuring 19,840 m 2. The museum building consists of three floors, which houses café, shop and lecture hall on the ground floor and art galleries on the upper and top most ...
This list of museums in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions, including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses, that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
This is a partial list of works in MoMA's Department of Architecture and Design, organized by type. MoMA's Department of Architecture and Design was founded in 1932 [ 27 ] as the first museum department in the world dedicated to the intersection of architecture and design. [ 28 ]
Glenn David Lowry (born September 28, 1954) [1] is an American art historian and director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City since 1995. His initiatives there include strengthening MoMA's contemporary art program, significantly developing the collection holdings in all media, and guiding two major campaigns for the renovation, expansion, and endowment of the museum. [2]