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Museu Colecção Berardo 
Outside view of the museumEstablished 2007 Location Praça do Império, Belém, Lisbon Type Modern and contemporary art Visitor figures 2.600.000 (since 2007)
- Ranked 50th globally
Director Pedro Lapa Curator Rita Maria de Figueiredo Sales Lougares Website http://www.museuberardo.com/ The Berardo Collection Museum (in Portuguese: Museu Colecção Berardo) is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Belém, a district of Lisbon, Portugal.
History
The museum was initiated as the Foundation of Modern and Contemporary Art on August 9, 2006 (Decree-Law 164/2006). It was inaugurated on June 25, 2007 and is named after José Berardo and his Berardo Collection.[1] The museum is located at the Exhibition Center of the Centro Cultural de Belém, with a collection comprising over 1000 works of art on permanent display and temporary exhibitions.
Since it's opening, the museums art director was Jean-François Chougnet, but was replaced in April 2011 by Pedro Lapa.
Collection
The programming of the museum is guided by the rotation of various artistic movements that integrate the collection of works from the collection valued by the auction house Christie's at €316 million. The museum's collection is representative of the fine arts of the 20th century and early 21st century, especially European and American art. The collection covers major movements from surrealism to pop art, hyper-realism, minimalist art to conceptual art, presented in various media. It covers Portuguese modern and contemporary art in particular.
Not only does the museum have an extensive permanent collection, but it's also the host of various temporary exhibitions that change on a regular basis.
List of important movements and artists
Abstract Expressionism
- Philip Guston, Untitled, 1957
- Joan Mitchell, Lucky Seven, 1962
- Lee Krasner, Visitation, 1973
- Sam Francis, Untitled, 1979
- Willem de Kooning, Untitled, c. 1976
Abstraction-Création
- Georges Vantongerloo, SXR/3, 1936
Action Painting
- Jackson Pollock, Head, 1941
- Franz Kline, Sabro, 1956
Body Art
- Cindy Sherman, Untitled (Film Still Nº37), 1979
Constructivism
- El Lissitzky, Kestnermappe Proun, Rob. Levnis and Chapman GmbH Hannover, 1923
- Aleksandr Rodtsjenko, Portrait V. Majakowski, 1924
Cubism
- Albert Gleizes, Woman and Child, 1927
- Pablo Picasso, Tête de Femme, c.1909
De Stijl
- Vilmos Huszár, Untitled, 1924
- Georges Vantongerloo, Studies I, 1918
Digital Art
- Robert Silvers, JFK, 5/6, 2002
Experimental Art
- Ana Hatherly, O Pavão Negro, 1999
Geometric Abstraction
- Nadir Afonso, Marcoule, 1962
Kinetic Art
- Pol Bury, Mélangeur, 1961
- Alexander Calder, Black Spray, 1956
- Jean Tinguely, Indian Chief, 1961
Minimal art
- Carl Andre, 144th Travertine Integer, 1985
- Richard Artschwager, Trunk, 1964
- Larry Bell, Vertical Gradient on the Long Length, 1995
- Anthony Caro, Fleet, 1971
- Dan Flavin, Untitled (Monument to Vladimir Tatlin), 1964
- Ellsworth Kelly, Yellow Relief with Blue, 1991
- Sol LeWitt, Eight Sided Pyramid, 1992
- Richard Serra, Point Load, 1988
- Frank Stella, Hagamatana II, 1967
Neo-Expressionism
- Georg Baselitz, Blonde ohne Stahlhelm- Otto D. (Blonde Without Helmet - Otto D.), 1987
- Anselm Kiefer, Elisabeth von Österreich, 1991
Neo-Plasticism
- Piet Mondrian, Composition of Yellow, Black, Bleu and Grey, 1923
Neo-Realism
- Mário Dionísio, O Músico, 1948
Op art
- Bridget Riley, Orient IV, 1970
- Victor Vasarely, Bellatrix II, 1957
Photography
- Pepe Diniz, various works
- Jemima Stehli, various works
- Manuel Casimiro, Cidade 1, 1972
- Victor Palla, 'various works
Photorealism
- Tom Blackwell, Gary's Hustler, 1972
- Robert Cottingham, Dr. Gibson, 1971
- Don Eddy, Toyota Showroom Window I, 1972
Pop art
- Clive Barker, Fridge, 1999
- Peter Blake, Captain Webb Matchbox, 1962
- Jim Dine, Black Child's Room, 1962
- Richard Hamilton, Epiphany, 1989
- David Hockney, Picture Emphasizing Stillness, 1962
- Edward Kienholz, Drawing for the Soup Course at The She She Cafe, 1982
- Phillip King, Through, 1965
- Roy Lichtenstein, Interior with Restful Paintings, 1991
- Nicholas Monro, ???[2]
- Claes Oldenburg, Soft Light Switches 'Ghost' Version, 1963
- Sigmar Polke, Bildnis Helmut Klinker, 1965
- Mel Ramos, Virnaburger, 1965
- James Rosenquist, F-111, 1974
- George Segal, Flesh Nude behind Brown Door, 1978
- Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup en various other works, 1965
- Evelyne Axell, L'Oeil de la Tigresse, 1964
- Mark Lancaster, various works
Realism
- Philip Sylvio Pearlstein, Two Figures, 1963
Suprematism
- Kasimir Malevich, Suprematism: 34 Drawings, 1920
- Ljoebov Popova, various compositions
Surrealism
- Eileen Agar, Snake Charmer, 1936
- Hans Bellmer, La Toupie, 1956
- Salvador Dali, White Aphrodisiac Telephone, 1936
- Julio González, Femme au Miroir Rouge, Vert et Jaune, 1936
- André Masson, Eleusis, 1963
- Pablo Picasso, Femme dans un Fauteuil, 1929
- Man Ray, Café Man Ray, 1948
- Paule Vézelay, Les Ballons et les Vases, 1934
- Paul Delvaux, Le Bain des Dames chez George Grard (S. Idesbald), 1947
- Fernando Lemos, various works
Fees and opening hours
It's free to enter the museum, which also includes the staff of the museum, who can be found all over the museum and explain the works of art to you.
The museum is open between 10 AM and 19 PM, but on Sunday, and Fridays during the vacations, it's open between 10 AM and 10 PM.
Location, access and facilities
The museum is located in the Cultural Centrum of Belém, being the center of the modern cultural life of Lisbon. Across the street, you can find the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos.
In the Cultural Centrum of Belém, you can find some restaurants, sandwich bars, but also many other kinds of shops. Across the park, you can find a McDonald's and a Starbucks, together with some other restaurants.
You can reach the museum by tram or by bus, the same way you can get to Belém and the monastery. From the center of Lisbon, you can take the subway to Cais do Sodré and there take the tram or bus. It is advised to take the bus, which is faster and stops closer to the museum.
See also
- List of the most visited art museums in the world
Sources
- Museu Colecção Berardo, Portuguese Wikipedia.
References
- ^ About The Collection, The Berardo Collection.
- ^ "Nicholas MONRO (British, b.1936)". http://www.alanwheatleyart.com/awa_artists_bio.php?id=156&catid=0. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
External links
- Museu Colecção Berardo website (Portuguese)
- The Berardo Collection website (English)
Categories:- Museums established in 2007
- Art museums and galleries in Portugal
- Museums in Lisbon
- Contemporary art galleries
- Modern art museums
- Biographical museums in Portugal
- Museum collections
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