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 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.[5] 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.[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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