Es Baluard - Contemporary Art Museum (Palma de Mallorca)
The Es Baluard Museum of Contemporary Art of Palma de Mallorca is an important museum institution that opened at the beginning of 2004 with a valuable collection of work by Mallorcan and international artists. It is considered one of the most modern museums in Spain.
The museum's main objective is to conserve and disseminate the art of the Balearic Islands through a program of activities, events, training workshops, educational cycles and travelling exhibitions in which artists and artistic movements generate their own annual exhibitions.
The museum headquarters, with a total area exceeding 5,000 square meters, of which 2,500 are dedicated to exhibition areas, was designed by the famous architects Jaume García-Ruiz, Lluís García-Ruiz, Ángel Sánchez Catalejo and Vicente Tomás in 2003.
Its modern architectural design includes three floors related to the exterior, which relate to each other through the use of skylights, ramps and enormous interior balconies with the idea of recreating an interior street.
Es Baluard has a collection of significant pieces by Balearic artists ranging from the 19th century to the present, with references to the Modernist and Landscape movements belonging to artists of the calibre of Joaquín Sorolla, Santiago Rusiñol, Joaquín Mir, Hermen Anglada-Camarasa, Pilar Montaner de Sureda, Norah Borges and Tito Cittadini, among many others.
Other works, framed within the avant-garde movement of the early 20th century are by world-famous artists such as Joan Miró, María Blanchard, Fernando Léger, Wilfredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Jorge Ortega, Juli Ramis and Pablo Picasso.
Also present are Postmodernist works by creators such as Joan Brossa, Juan Genovés and Tur Costa, María Carbonero and even 21st-century artists such as Lida Abdul, Michael Naijar and Daniel Canogar, among many others.
The museum's main objective is to conserve and disseminate the art of the Balearic Islands through a program of activities, events, training workshops, educational cycles and travelling exhibitions in which artists and artistic movements generate their own annual exhibitions.
The museum headquarters, with a total area exceeding 5,000 square meters, of which 2,500 are dedicated to exhibition areas, was designed by the famous architects Jaume García-Ruiz, Lluís García-Ruiz, Ángel Sánchez Catalejo and Vicente Tomás in 2003.
Its modern architectural design includes three floors related to the exterior, which relate to each other through the use of skylights, ramps and enormous interior balconies with the idea of recreating an interior street.
Es Baluard has a collection of significant pieces by Balearic artists ranging from the 19th century to the present, with references to the Modernist and Landscape movements belonging to artists of the calibre of Joaquín Sorolla, Santiago Rusiñol, Joaquín Mir, Hermen Anglada-Camarasa, Pilar Montaner de Sureda, Norah Borges and Tito Cittadini, among many others.
Other works, framed within the avant-garde movement of the early 20th century are by world-famous artists such as Joan Miró, María Blanchard, Fernando Léger, Wilfredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Jorge Ortega, Juli Ramis and Pablo Picasso.
Also present are Postmodernist works by creators such as Joan Brossa, Juan Genovés and Tur Costa, María Carbonero and even 21st-century artists such as Lida Abdul, Michael Naijar and Daniel Canogar, among many others.
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