Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art
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.jpg) View from the Loire of the Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art | |
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| Established | June 25, 2015 |
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| Location | Montsoreau, France |
| Coordinates | 47°12′56″N 0°03′44″E / 47.2156°N 0.0622°ECoordinates: 47°12′56″N 0°03′44″E / 47.2156°N 0.0622°E |
| Type | Contemporary art museum |
| Collections | Art & Language |
| Collection size | 1,000 |
| Visitors | 35,000 (2016) 50,000 (2018) |
| Founder | Philippe Méaille |
| Website | https://www.chateau-montsoreau.com/wordpress/fr/accueil/ |
The Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art, is a museum of contemporary art privately owned by the french art collector Philippe Méaille.[1] It is situated in France in the Loire valley. The Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art is the only chateau of so called Chateaux of the Loire Valley to have been transformed in a museum of Contemporary art.
It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Collection[change | change source]
The Philippe Méaille collection, which constitutes the collection of the museum, is the world's largest collection of Art & Language works.[2] The collection is installed on the first two floors of the building. This collaboration between british, american and australian artists is at the origin of what is now called conceptual art.[3][4]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Largest collection of radical conceptualists Art & Language finds home in a French château". artnet.com. 2015.
- ↑ "Art & Language uncompleted: The Philippe Méaille Collection". macba.cat. 2014.
- ↑ "Art & Language". tate.org. 2008.
- ↑ "Collection Art & Language". artgallery.nsw.gov.au. 2000.
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