Athens

Εθνικό Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης (ΕΜΣΤ)
National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST)
Temporary Address (Offices): Amv. Frantzi 14,
11743, Athens
Greece

The National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) was founded in 1997.
It is a Legal Body of Private Law of non -profit character, supervised and financed by the Ministry of Culture.
Among its basic aims are:
the creation of collections of works of contemporary Hellenic and international art,
the promotion and presentation of advanced and experimental artistic tendencies,
the enhancement of the aesthetic and artistic cultivation of the audience and the development of scientific research on subjects of contemporary art history and theory.


In 1863, Ioannis Fix constructs the first beer factory in Greece in the district of Kolonaki.
At the time, the area was undeveloped.
The vicinity at the south of Acropolis, which includes the specific area, started to develop after 1900 - 1910.
In the mid-'50s, a time of industrial reconstruction for the country,
the Fix family decides to radically renovate and restructure the factory and entrusts this project to the Architect Τakis Zenetos (1926-1977), a pioneer figure of the post-war architecture in Greece.
In the late 1970s,
the brewery factory was transferred out of Athens and the whole building, although it was in perfect condition at the time,
was abandoned.
In the following years the issue of the use of the site instigated much discussion and various alternative proposals were presented. One of the best founded proposals, was the one which suggested the Preservation of the Building and its operation as a Contemporary Art Museum.
In September 2003, EMST left the temporarily established exhibition space in the Fix building
and transferred its services to a neighbouring
building, at 14, Frantzi str., so that the reconstruction and refurbishment works of the former brewery could begin.

Barcelona

MACBA
Plaça dels Àngels, 1
08001 Barcelona, Spain


La Fundació MACBA es una entidad privada promovida en 1987
por una amplia representación de la sociedad civil catalana.
Su objetivo consiste en contribuir activamente a la creación y desarrollo
del Museo de Arte Contemporáneo mediante la constitución de un importante fondo de arte.

A través de la Colección y del programa de exposiciones y actividades
el MACBA aspira a construir una memoria crítica del arte de la segunda mitad del siglo xx, alcanzando a un tiempo dos objetivos:
por un lado, contrarrestar discursos y fuerzas hegemónicas
que tienden a mitificar lo local-nacional y a instrumentalizar las instituciones culturales
como agentes activos de la terciarización económica de las ciudades;
por otro, plantear alternativas a las insuficiencias de los modelos dominantes de museo,
que se basan, en general, en el mito universalista de la obra original o bien en una concepción del museo como espectáculo.

Partiendo de una concepción según la cual no existe un “público”,
sino “públicos” constituidos por grupos específicos diferenciados,
el museo deja de ser un mero productor de exposiciones y pasa a ser un proveedor de servicios de diferentes tipos para los diferentes sujetos.
La exposición es, así, un medio para un tipo de experiencia que se sitúa al mismo nivel que los talleres, las conferencias, los programas de audiovisuales, las publicaciones, etc.
Todas estas experiencias se articulan en torno a una serie de líneas discursivas que les dan coherencia temática.

Prague

Národní galerie v Praze

The history of the National Gallery in Prague
started to be written on 5 February 1796
when a group of significant representatives of the patriotically oriented Czech nobility along with several middle-class intellectuals
from the ranks of Enlightenment movement decided (to put it in period terminology)
to “elevate the deteriorated taste of the local public.”
The corporation,
which received the title Society of Patriotic Friends of the Arts,
then established two important institutions which Prague had, up until then,lacked:
the Academy of Fine Arts and the publicly accessible Picture Gallery of the Society of Patriotic Friends of the Arts.
The Picture Gallery became a direct predecessor of, what is today, the National Gallery in Prague.
In 1902 the Picture Gallery was accompanied by yet another significant institution , the Modern Gallery of the Kingdom of Bohemia,
as a private foundation of Emperor Franz Joseph I.
The Modern Gallery then began to build its core collection of 20th century art.
The National Gallery collects, records, maintains (on a permanent basis),
professionally processes and makes publicly accessible,
art works of painting, sculpture and graphic art,
as well as works from the genre of, what is known as, “new media” of both home and foreign origin and professionally researches them.



STERNBERG PALACE

Hradčanské nám. 15,
118 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic.

ST. GEORGE’S CONVENT

Jiřské nám. 33,
119 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic.

CONVENT OF ST. AGNES OF BOHEMIA

U Milosrdných 17,
110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic.

VELETRŽNÍ PALACE

Dukelských hrdinů 47,
170 00 Praha 7, Czech Republic.

ZBRASLAV CHATEAU

Bartoňova 2,
156 00 Praha 5, Czech Republic.

KINSKY PALACE

Staroměstské nám. 12,
110 15 Praha 1, Czech Republic.


THE BLACK MADONNA HOUSE

Ovocný trh 19,
110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic.


WALDSTEIN RIDING SCHOOL GALLERY

Valdštejnská 3,
Praha 1, Czech Republic.

Helsinki

Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Mannerheiminaukio 2,
00100 Helsinki, Finland


Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma Foundation
was created on the occasion of the ten year anniversary of the museum
to make it possible for the private individuals,
corporations and other organisations
to support the important national art projects of our time.

Berlin

Jewish Museum
Lindenstraße 9-14,
10969 Berlin, Germany



Desde su inauguración en el año 2001 el Museo Judío de Berlín
se ha convertido en una de las instituciones más destacadas del paisaje cultural europeo. Sus exposiciones, su colección permanente,
su trabajo pedagógico y su programa de actividades hacen del Museo
un centro vital para la difusión de la historia y la cultura judeoalemanas.
El Museo Judío de Berlín se concibe como un foro para la investigación,
el debate y el intercambio de ideas;
un museo para jóvenes y adultos, alemanes y no alemanes, judíos y no judíos.
La espectacular construcción de Daniel Libeskind para el Museo
ya se ha convertido en un monumento emblemático de Berlín.
El singular edificio revestido en zinc propone una relación absolutamente novedosa entre arquitectura y contenido museístico.
El diseño, que Daniel Libeskind llama between the lines (entre líneas),
describe las tensiones de la historia judeoalemana a partir de dos ejes:
uno recto pero quebrado en varios fragmentos y otro articulado con final abierto.
En los cruces entre ambos se encuentran los vacíos (voids),
espacios huecos que atraviesan todo el museo.
La arquitectura convierte a la historia judeoalemana en una experiencia sensorial, formula nuevas preguntas y estimula la reflexión.

Amsterdam

Van Gogh Museum
Paulus Potterstraat 7,
1070 AJ Amsterdam, Holland


The Van Gogh Museum is a young museum.
It opened its doors in 1973 and has since grown into one of the world’s
most prominent and popular museums. Its reputation stems from its unique collection, the quality of its exhibitions,
its outstanding research, pristine publications,
and its two internationally renowned buildings.
The museum collects and preserves Western paintings, sculptures,
drawings and prints from the period 1840 to 1920.
At the heart of the museum is the estate of Vincent van Gogh,
the largest collection of Van Gogh’s work anywhere in the world.
Around this the museum presents a broad range of nineteenth-century art.

New York

MoMA


The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street,
between Fifth and Sixth avenues
New York,
NY 10019-5497, U.S.




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.

Through the leadership of its Trustees and staff,
The Museum of Modern Art manifests this commitment by establishing, preserving,
and documenting a permanent collection of the highest order
that reflects the vitality, complexity and unfolding patterns of modern
and contemporary art; by presenting exhibitions
and educational programs of unparalleled significance;
by sustaining a library, archives, and conservation laboratory
that are recognized as international centers of research;
and by supporting scholarship and publications of preeminent intellectual merit.