 Entrance Museum De Pont | |
  Location within Netherlands | |
| Established | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Location | Wilhelminapark 1, 5041 EA Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 51°34′03″N 5°04′30″E / 51.5674°N 5.0750°E |
| Type | Museum of modern and contemporary art |
| Director | Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen |
| Architect | Benthem Crouwel Architekten |
| Website | www.depont.nl |
The De Pont Museum is a contemporary art museum in Tilburg, North Brabant, the Netherlands. It was named after the lawyer and businessman Jan de Pont (1915-1987). After his death his estate provided for the establishment of a foundation (the Janivo Stichting) to stimulate contemporary visual art.[1] With its founding director Hendrik Driessen, the decision was made to transform a Tilburg wool-spinning mill into a museum.[2] Since its opening in 1992, the collection has grown to include more than 800 works by approximately eighty nationally and internationally known artists, among them Marlene Dumas, Bill Viola and Anish Kapoor.[3]
- ^ clearweb.nl. "Janivo stichting" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ^ ontwerp, JAgd; Walt, Carina van der (2019-06-25). "Hendrik Driessen was van jongs af aan een spin in het web van de kunstwereld". Brabant Cultureel. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ^ "De Pont Museum". Retrieved 22 June 2024.