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][2][3][4] It is in the Loire Valley in France. 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 a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Collection[change | change source]
The Philippe Méaille collection is the collection of the museum. It is the world's largest collection of Art & Language works.[5] The collection is 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.[6][7]
Gallery[change | change source]
Art & Language: Art & Language: Art-Language, Vol.3 Nr.1, 1974.
Art & Language: Mirror Piece, 1965.
Art & Language (Michael Baldwin): Air-Conditioning Show, 1966-67.
Art & Language: Victorine in Art-Language Vol.5 Nr.2 (1984), 1983.
Art & Language (Mel Ramsden), Secret Painting, 1967.
Art & Language: Art-Language Vol.5 Nr.1, 1982.
Art & Language: Art-Language The Journal of Conceptual Art, Vol.1 Nr.1, 1969.
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Largest collection of radical conceptualists Art & Language finds home in a French château". artnet.com. 2015.
- ↑ "A Historic Conceptual Art Group Has Taken Over a French Château". Hyperallergic. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ↑ "Combining Past, Present and Future: The Contemporary Art Museum at Château de Montsoreau".
- ↑ Chernick, Karen (20 September 2019). "The Collector Who Turned a 15th-Century French Castle into a Contemporary Art Destination". Artsy. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ↑ "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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