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The concept of an encyclopedic museum was born of the Enlightenment, a manifestation of society's growing belief that the spread of knowledge and the promotion of intellectual inquiry were crucial to human development and the future of a rational society. With Museums Matter, James Cuno, president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago, takes us on a brief tour(...)
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The concept of an encyclopedic museum was born of the Enlightenment, a manifestation of society's growing belief that the spread of knowledge and the promotion of intellectual inquiry were crucial to human development and the future of a rational society. With Museums Matter, James Cuno, president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago, takes us on a brief tour(...)
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Museums matter: in praise of the encyclopedic museum
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The concept of an encyclopedic museum was born of the Enlightenment, a manifestation of society's growing belief that the spread of knowledge and the promotion of intellectual inquiry were crucial to human development and the future of a rational society. With Museums Matter, James Cuno, president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago, takes us on a brief tour of the modern museum, from the creation of the British Museum - the archetypal encyclopedic collection - to the present, when major museums host millions of visitors annually and play a major role in the cultural lives of their cities. Engaging with thinkers such as Edward Said and Martha Nussbaum, and drawing on examples from the politics of India to the destruction of the Bramiyan Buddhas to the history of trade and travel, Cuno makes a case for the encyclopedic museum as a truly cosmopolitan institution, promoting tolerance, understanding, and a shared sense of history - values that are essential in our ever more globalized age.
Museums matter: in praise of the encyclopedic museum
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The concept of an encyclopedic museum was born of the Enlightenment, a manifestation of society's growing belief that the spread of knowledge and the promotion of intellectual inquiry were crucial to human development and the future of a rational society. With Museums Matter, James Cuno, president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago, takes us on a brief tour of the modern museum, from the creation of the British Museum - the archetypal encyclopedic collection - to the present, when major museums host millions of visitors annually and play a major role in the cultural lives of their cities. Engaging with thinkers such as Edward Said and Martha Nussbaum, and drawing on examples from the politics of India to the destruction of the Bramiyan Buddhas to the history of trade and travel, Cuno makes a case for the encyclopedic museum as a truly cosmopolitan institution, promoting tolerance, understanding, and a shared sense of history - values that are essential in our ever more globalized age.
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December 2011
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Serpentine gallery pavillons
Serpentine gallery pavillons
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Since 2000, the Serpentine Gallery in London's Kensington Gardens has called on some of the world's top architects to design summer pavilions - temporary structures that are erected next to the Gallery itself for a three-month period. The Serpentine, which was built in 1934 as a tea pavilion, opened in 1970 as a show-place for exhibitions of modern and contemporary(...)
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Since 2000, the Serpentine Gallery in London's Kensington Gardens has called on some of the world's top architects to design summer pavilions - temporary structures that are erected next to the Gallery itself for a three-month period. The Serpentine, which was built in 1934 as a tea pavilion, opened in 1970 as a show-place for exhibitions of modern and contemporary(...)
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Serpentine gallery pavillons
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Since 2000, the Serpentine Gallery in London's Kensington Gardens has called on some of the world's top architects to design summer pavilions - temporary structures that are erected next to the Gallery itself for a three-month period. The Serpentine, which was built in 1934 as a tea pavilion, opened in 1970 as a show-place for exhibitions of modern and contemporary artists. The projects completed or envisaged include the work of: Zaha Hadid, 2000; Daniel Libeskind, 2001; Toyo Ito, 2002; Oscar Niemeyer, 2003; MVRDV, 2004 (un-realised); Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura with Cecil Balmond, 2005; Rem Koolhaas and Cecil Balmond, 2006; Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen, 2007; Frank Gehry, 2008; SANAA, 2009; Jean Nouvel, 2010; and, other works such as Zaha Hadid's temporary 2006 installation Lilas are included in the book as well. This book is the first to bring together all of the Serpentine Pavilions.
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Since 2000, the Serpentine Gallery in London's Kensington Gardens has called on some of the world's top architects to design summer pavilions - temporary structures that are erected next to the Gallery itself for a three-month period. The Serpentine, which was built in 1934 as a tea pavilion, opened in 1970 as a show-place for exhibitions of modern and contemporary artists. The projects completed or envisaged include the work of: Zaha Hadid, 2000; Daniel Libeskind, 2001; Toyo Ito, 2002; Oscar Niemeyer, 2003; MVRDV, 2004 (un-realised); Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura with Cecil Balmond, 2005; Rem Koolhaas and Cecil Balmond, 2006; Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen, 2007; Frank Gehry, 2008; SANAA, 2009; Jean Nouvel, 2010; and, other works such as Zaha Hadid's temporary 2006 installation Lilas are included in the book as well. This book is the first to bring together all of the Serpentine Pavilions.
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New museums in Spain
New museums in Spain
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Spanish museum architecture has experienced a marked upturn since the 1990s, helping even small towns off the tourist beaten track to acquire museum buildings. The present book, which is also suitable as a museum guide, confirms the world-class nature of Spanish architecture, recorded from Rafael Moneo's early Museo Nacional de Arte Romano in Merida to Herzog & de(...)
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Spanish museum architecture has experienced a marked upturn since the 1990s, helping even small towns off the tourist beaten track to acquire museum buildings. The present book, which is also suitable as a museum guide, confirms the world-class nature of Spanish architecture, recorded from Rafael Moneo's early Museo Nacional de Arte Romano in Merida to Herzog & de(...)
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New museums in Spain
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Spanish museum architecture has experienced a marked upturn since the 1990s, helping even small towns off the tourist beaten track to acquire museum buildings. The present book, which is also suitable as a museum guide, confirms the world-class nature of Spanish architecture, recorded from Rafael Moneo's early Museo Nacional de Arte Romano in Merida to Herzog & de Meuron's new CaixaForum art gallery in Madrid.
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Spanish museum architecture has experienced a marked upturn since the 1990s, helping even small towns off the tourist beaten track to acquire museum buildings. The present book, which is also suitable as a museum guide, confirms the world-class nature of Spanish architecture, recorded from Rafael Moneo's early Museo Nacional de Arte Romano in Merida to Herzog & de Meuron's new CaixaForum art gallery in Madrid.
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October 2010
October 2010
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The great World's Fairs and Expositions staged around the world since the middle of the 19th century were among the largest and most dramatic cultural events ever staged. In both beneficial and detrimental ways, they affected the lives of tens of millions of people. This publication retraces the history of world's fairs and expositions from London to Shanghai 1851-2010.
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The great World's Fairs and Expositions staged around the world since the middle of the 19th century were among the largest and most dramatic cultural events ever staged. In both beneficial and detrimental ways, they affected the lives of tens of millions of people. This publication retraces the history of world's fairs and expositions from London to Shanghai 1851-2010.
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Fair world: a history of world's fairs and expositions, from London to Shangai 1851-2010
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The great World's Fairs and Expositions staged around the world since the middle of the 19th century were among the largest and most dramatic cultural events ever staged. In both beneficial and detrimental ways, they affected the lives of tens of millions of people. This publication retraces the history of world's fairs and expositions from London to Shanghai 1851-2010.
Fair world: a history of world's fairs and expositions, from London to Shangai 1851-2010
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The great World's Fairs and Expositions staged around the world since the middle of the 19th century were among the largest and most dramatic cultural events ever staged. In both beneficial and detrimental ways, they affected the lives of tens of millions of people. This publication retraces the history of world's fairs and expositions from London to Shanghai 1851-2010.
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Conception d'exposition
Conception d'exposition
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Chaque exposition est unique et raconte une histoire qui lui est propre. La façon dont ces histoires sont racontées et transposées dans un décor dépend directement de la conception d'exposition. Ce livre, qui s'articule autour d'études de cas et d'exemples, détaille les principaux aspects de la conception d'exposition et du rôle de concepteur.
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Chaque exposition est unique et raconte une histoire qui lui est propre. La façon dont ces histoires sont racontées et transposées dans un décor dépend directement de la conception d'exposition. Ce livre, qui s'articule autour d'études de cas et d'exemples, détaille les principaux aspects de la conception d'exposition et du rôle de concepteur.
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Conception d'exposition
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Chaque exposition est unique et raconte une histoire qui lui est propre. La façon dont ces histoires sont racontées et transposées dans un décor dépend directement de la conception d'exposition. Ce livre, qui s'articule autour d'études de cas et d'exemples, détaille les principaux aspects de la conception d'exposition et du rôle de concepteur.
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Chaque exposition est unique et raconte une histoire qui lui est propre. La façon dont ces histoires sont racontées et transposées dans un décor dépend directement de la conception d'exposition. Ce livre, qui s'articule autour d'études de cas et d'exemples, détaille les principaux aspects de la conception d'exposition et du rôle de concepteur.
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January 2012
January 2012
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Machine art, 1934
Machine art, 1934
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In 1934, New York’s Museum of Modern Art staged a major exhibition of ball bearings, airplane propellers, pots and pans, cocktail tumblers, petri dishes, protractors, and other machine parts and products. The exhibition, titled Machine Art, explored these ordinary objects as works of modern art, teaching museumgoers about the nature of beauty and value in the era of mass(...)
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In 1934, New York’s Museum of Modern Art staged a major exhibition of ball bearings, airplane propellers, pots and pans, cocktail tumblers, petri dishes, protractors, and other machine parts and products. The exhibition, titled Machine Art, explored these ordinary objects as works of modern art, teaching museumgoers about the nature of beauty and value in the era of mass(...)
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Machine art, 1934
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In 1934, New York’s Museum of Modern Art staged a major exhibition of ball bearings, airplane propellers, pots and pans, cocktail tumblers, petri dishes, protractors, and other machine parts and products. The exhibition, titled Machine Art, explored these ordinary objects as works of modern art, teaching museumgoers about the nature of beauty and value in the era of mass production. Telling the story of this popular but controversial show, Jennifer Jane Marshall examines its history and the relationship between the museum’s director, Alfred H. Barr Jr., and its curator, Philip Johnson, who oversaw it. She situates the show within the tumultuous climate of the interwar period and the Great Depression, considering how these unadorned objects served as a response to timely debates over photography, abstract art, the end of the American gold standard, and John Dewey’s insight that how a person experiences things depends on the context in which they are encountered. An engaging investigation of interwar American modernism, Machine Art, 1934 reveals how even simple things can serve as a defense against uncertainty.
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In 1934, New York’s Museum of Modern Art staged a major exhibition of ball bearings, airplane propellers, pots and pans, cocktail tumblers, petri dishes, protractors, and other machine parts and products. The exhibition, titled Machine Art, explored these ordinary objects as works of modern art, teaching museumgoers about the nature of beauty and value in the era of mass production. Telling the story of this popular but controversial show, Jennifer Jane Marshall examines its history and the relationship between the museum’s director, Alfred H. Barr Jr., and its curator, Philip Johnson, who oversaw it. She situates the show within the tumultuous climate of the interwar period and the Great Depression, considering how these unadorned objects served as a response to timely debates over photography, abstract art, the end of the American gold standard, and John Dewey’s insight that how a person experiences things depends on the context in which they are encountered. An engaging investigation of interwar American modernism, Machine Art, 1934 reveals how even simple things can serve as a defense against uncertainty.
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Le 4 juin 2022 a été une date importante dans l’histoire de Marseille. Un nouveau musée a ouvert, installant, entre La Major et le Mucem, des œuvres nées de la nuit des temps et arrachées à la mer par Henri Cosquer. Ce musée extraordinaire est venu donner un projet, et un sens, à la Villa Méditerranée construite sur l’esplanade du Mucem comme signe d’une liaison des deux(...)
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Le 4 juin 2022 a été une date importante dans l’histoire de Marseille. Un nouveau musée a ouvert, installant, entre La Major et le Mucem, des œuvres nées de la nuit des temps et arrachées à la mer par Henri Cosquer. Ce musée extraordinaire est venu donner un projet, et un sens, à la Villa Méditerranée construite sur l’esplanade du Mucem comme signe d’une liaison des deux(...)
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Quand la grotte Cosquer sort de l'eau : La Villa Méditerranée en porte-à-faux
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Le 4 juin 2022 a été une date importante dans l’histoire de Marseille. Un nouveau musée a ouvert, installant, entre La Major et le Mucem, des œuvres nées de la nuit des temps et arrachées à la mer par Henri Cosquer. Ce musée extraordinaire est venu donner un projet, et un sens, à la Villa Méditerranée construite sur l’esplanade du Mucem comme signe d’une liaison des deux rives qui n’a jamais abouti. Pierre Fiastre, qui fut un acteur de cette histoire, fait raconter ici cette aventure par le bâtiment lui-même, qui s’exprime à la première personne. Un ensemble de croquis et de très belles photographies permet en outre de suivre son évolution visuelle. Un livre passionnant pour tous les amoureux de Marseille.
Quand la grotte Cosquer sort de l'eau : La Villa Méditerranée en porte-à-faux
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Le 4 juin 2022 a été une date importante dans l’histoire de Marseille. Un nouveau musée a ouvert, installant, entre La Major et le Mucem, des œuvres nées de la nuit des temps et arrachées à la mer par Henri Cosquer. Ce musée extraordinaire est venu donner un projet, et un sens, à la Villa Méditerranée construite sur l’esplanade du Mucem comme signe d’une liaison des deux rives qui n’a jamais abouti. Pierre Fiastre, qui fut un acteur de cette histoire, fait raconter ici cette aventure par le bâtiment lui-même, qui s’exprime à la première personne. Un ensemble de croquis et de très belles photographies permet en outre de suivre son évolution visuelle. Un livre passionnant pour tous les amoureux de Marseille.
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This book explores how the National Museum of African American History & Culture, an unparalleled museum, found its place in the nation’s collective memory and on its public commons. Mabel O. Wilson explores how the "four pillars" of the museum's mission shaped its powerful structure, and she teases out the rich cultural symbols and homages layered into the design of the(...)
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This book explores how the National Museum of African American History & Culture, an unparalleled museum, found its place in the nation’s collective memory and on its public commons. Mabel O. Wilson explores how the "four pillars" of the museum's mission shaped its powerful structure, and she teases out the rich cultural symbols and homages layered into the design of the(...)
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Begin with the past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture
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This book explores how the National Museum of African American History & Culture, an unparalleled museum, found its place in the nation’s collective memory and on its public commons. Mabel O. Wilson explores how the "four pillars" of the museum's mission shaped its powerful structure, and she teases out the rich cultural symbols and homages layered into the design of the building and its surrounding landscape. This is an important inside look at the making of a monument.
Begin with the past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture
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This book explores how the National Museum of African American History & Culture, an unparalleled museum, found its place in the nation’s collective memory and on its public commons. Mabel O. Wilson explores how the "four pillars" of the museum's mission shaped its powerful structure, and she teases out the rich cultural symbols and homages layered into the design of the building and its surrounding landscape. This is an important inside look at the making of a monument.
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En s'opposant aux destructions révolutionnaires et en exposant les chefs-d'oeuvre sauvés, Alexandre Lenoir a été le précurseur d'une conscience patrimoniale. Mais en dehors de ces circonstances exceptionnelles, l'architecture n'a pas vocation à être transportée pour être exposée grandeur nature. Comment alors la montrer ? Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, en 1879, réussit à faire(...)
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En s'opposant aux destructions révolutionnaires et en exposant les chefs-d'oeuvre sauvés, Alexandre Lenoir a été le précurseur d'une conscience patrimoniale. Mais en dehors de ces circonstances exceptionnelles, l'architecture n'a pas vocation à être transportée pour être exposée grandeur nature. Comment alors la montrer ? Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, en 1879, réussit à faire(...)
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L'architecture exposée: la cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine
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En s'opposant aux destructions révolutionnaires et en exposant les chefs-d'oeuvre sauvés, Alexandre Lenoir a été le précurseur d'une conscience patrimoniale. Mais en dehors de ces circonstances exceptionnelles, l'architecture n'a pas vocation à être transportée pour être exposée grandeur nature. Comment alors la montrer ? Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, en 1879, réussit à faire accepter l'idée d'un musée de moulages, comprenant aussi photographies et maquettes d'architecture, installé dans le palais du Trocadéro. Exposer l'architecture est aujourd'hui la vocation de la Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine, qui hérite de cette conscience patrimoniale et la projette dans l'avenir, en associant la conservation à la création, insistant sur l'idée d'un patrimoine vivant et d'une architecture contemporaine respectueuse du contexte où elle s'inscrit. Simon Texier, historien de l'architecture, raconte ici l'aventure fondatrice de la Cité - toute jeune institution culturelle qui réunit trois institutions préexistantes : le musée des Monuments français, l'École de Chaillot et l'Institut français d'architecture. Son ambition est immense : construire et faire partager par le plus grand nombre une culture architecturale et urbaine.
L'architecture exposée: la cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine
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En s'opposant aux destructions révolutionnaires et en exposant les chefs-d'oeuvre sauvés, Alexandre Lenoir a été le précurseur d'une conscience patrimoniale. Mais en dehors de ces circonstances exceptionnelles, l'architecture n'a pas vocation à être transportée pour être exposée grandeur nature. Comment alors la montrer ? Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, en 1879, réussit à faire accepter l'idée d'un musée de moulages, comprenant aussi photographies et maquettes d'architecture, installé dans le palais du Trocadéro. Exposer l'architecture est aujourd'hui la vocation de la Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine, qui hérite de cette conscience patrimoniale et la projette dans l'avenir, en associant la conservation à la création, insistant sur l'idée d'un patrimoine vivant et d'une architecture contemporaine respectueuse du contexte où elle s'inscrit. Simon Texier, historien de l'architecture, raconte ici l'aventure fondatrice de la Cité - toute jeune institution culturelle qui réunit trois institutions préexistantes : le musée des Monuments français, l'École de Chaillot et l'Institut français d'architecture. Son ambition est immense : construire et faire partager par le plus grand nombre une culture architecturale et urbaine.
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June 2009
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With its technical innovations in lighting and ecologically sound climate control, Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton's new building for the Udo and Anette Brandhorst Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art in Munich's state museum complex sets new standards for museum architecture.
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With its technical innovations in lighting and ecologically sound climate control, Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton's new building for the Udo and Anette Brandhorst Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art in Munich's state museum complex sets new standards for museum architecture.
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July 2009
July 2009
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Museum Brandhorst: Sauerbruch Hutton architects
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With its technical innovations in lighting and ecologically sound climate control, Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton's new building for the Udo and Anette Brandhorst Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art in Munich's state museum complex sets new standards for museum architecture.
Museum Brandhorst: Sauerbruch Hutton architects
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With its technical innovations in lighting and ecologically sound climate control, Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton's new building for the Udo and Anette Brandhorst Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art in Munich's state museum complex sets new standards for museum architecture.
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