KUNSTEN | |
Established | 1972 |
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Location | Aalborg, Denmark |
Coordinates | 57°2′34″N 9°54′21″E / 57.04278°N 9.90583°E |
Collection size | 1500 items of collections of modern art |
Visitors | 28,608 (2014)[1] |
Director | Lasse Andersson |
Website | http://kunsten.dk/ |
KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art is located in Aalborg, Denmark, on Kong Christians Allé near its junction with Vesterbro.[2] Of a modern Scandinavian design, it was built between 1968 and 1972 by Finnish architects Elissa and Alvar Aalto and Danish architect Jean-Jacques Baruël. It was completed on 8 June 1972.[3][4][5]
The museum has been termed a "showplace for 20th-century Danish and international art",[5] as it showcases both domestic and international modern art collections.[citation needed] It is described as "strikingly contemporary in both form and content".[2]