KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg

KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art
KUNSTEN
The museum and sculpture garden
KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art is located in Denmark
KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art
KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art
Location within Denmark
Established1972
LocationAalborg, Denmark
Coordinates57°2′34″N 9°54′21″E / 57.04278°N 9.90583°E / 57.04278; 9.90583
Collection size1500 items of collections of modern art
Visitors28,608 (2014)[1]
DirectorLasse Andersson
Websitehttp://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]

  1. ^ "Statistikbanken" (in Danish). Danmarks Statistik. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b Lee, Brown & Sinclair 2003, p. 178.
  3. ^ Pedersen, Simon Ostenfeld. "KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art". kulturarv.dk. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  4. ^ "North Jutland Art Museum". Arcspace.com. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  5. ^ a b "North Jutland Art Museum". Alvar Altos Architecture. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.