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The building of the Louis Vuitton Foundation is an art museum and cultural center sponsored by the group LVMH as part of its promotion of art and culture. The museum in was designed by the architect Frank Gehry  and is adjacent to the Jardin d’Acclimatation. The two-story structure has 11 …

In 1968, Donald Judd purchased 101 Spring Street, a 5-story cast-iron building designed by Nicholas Whyte and constructed in 1870. As one of the founding sites in the program of Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 101 Spring Street is the only intact, single-use …

A complete renovation of the Stedelijk’s historic 1895 building, designed by A.W. Weissman, has converted virtually all of its program spaces into galleries, enabling the first comprehensive display the Stedelijk has ever mounted of its permanent collection, widely acknowledged to be among the most important in the world. The vibrant …

The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is an art museum located within the Moorilla winery in Hobart, Tasmania.  It is the largest privately funded museum in Australia. The museum presents antiquities, modern and contemporary art, over 400 artistic works from the David Walsh collection. Walsh has described the …

MAXXI represents an awareness of the importance of promoting the current creative expressions of a nation such as Italy, characterized by centuries of primacy in the artistic and architectural fields.It is managed by a foundation created by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities. It was designed as a …

P.S.1 was founded in 1971 by Alanna Heiss as the Institute for Art and Urban Resources Inc., an organization devoted to organizing exhibitions in underutilized and abandoned spaces across New York City. In 1976, P.S.1 opened its first major exhibition in its permanent location in Long Island City, Queens, with …

Dazzling special commissions, sets of glasses of exceptional craftsmanship, vases and decorative objects demonstrating matchless technical and stylistic skills which reflect the evolution of the different movements of the Decorative Arts. Maison Baccarat is situated in a unique private mansion, Marie-Laure de Noailles (1902-1971) gave magical parties there and metamorphosed this magnificent …

Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world.  Museum’s departments are devoted  to Architecture and Design, Film and Video, and Photography, in addition to Painting and Sculpture, Drawings, and Prints and Illustrated Books. …

798 Art District, also called Dashanzi is not only China’s but probably the world most avant-garde  and exciting art district. The graffiti covered Bauhaus style buildings, huge sculptures on the street and the tree lines streets are home to the biggest collection of galleries, studios and contemporary art  in China. …