The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

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Description: From themodern.org: "The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is dedicated to collecting, presenting, and interpreting international developments in post–World War II art in all media and creating a welcoming environment for its public appreciation. The Modern promotes understanding and interest in art and artists through curatorial research and publications, and a variety of educational programs, including lectures, guided tours, classes, and workshops.

The Modern maintains one of the foremost collections of modern and contemporary art in the central United States and hosts major traveling exhibitions. The Permanent Collection consists of more than 3,000 works including pieces by Anselm Kiefer, Robert Motherwell, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Gerhard Richter, Susan Rothenberg, Richard Serra, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, and Andy Warhol."
Website: The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Location: Fort Worth, TX

Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art

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Description: From aljira.org: "Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, fosters excellence in the visual arts through exhibitions and educational programs that serve as catalysts for inclusiveness and diversity, promote cross-cultural dialog, and enable us to better understand the time in which we live. Public understanding and support of the visual arts are strengthened through collaboration and community-based educational programming. Aljira seeks out the work of emerging and under-represented artists and brings the work of more established artists to our community. Through the visual arts Aljira bridges racial, cultural and ethnic divides and enriches the lives of individuals."
Website: Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art
Location: Newark, NJ

the broad contemporary art museum at LACMA

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Description: From "broadartfoundation.org": "Underscoring the Broads’ profound commitment to public museums and to the city of Los Angeles, Eli and Edythe Broad and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in 2003 announced the Broads’ $60 million donation to create the Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM) at LACMA. This unprecedented gift encompassed three philanthropic goals: to ensure LACMA’s crucial role in the presentation of modern and contemporary art in Los Angeles; to bring a great architect to LACMA to help redress its architectural and functional problems; and most importantly to catalyze and advance the growth of Los Angeles as a global capital of contemporary art. The Broads’ gift was their largest gift to a single arts institution and the largest donation ever made to LACMA.

The Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM) at LACMA openend in February 2008. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, BCAM provides the LACMA campus with an extraordinary three-story, 72,000-square-foot gallery building dedicated to art from 1945 to the present. BCAM also is the Phase 1 centerpiece of LACMA’s ambitious overall program of expansion and renovation. The building is one of the largest column-free art spaces in the United States, with loft-like galleries and a skylit top floor. The Broad Art Foundation works closely with LACMA to arrange rotating loans to BCAM from our collections, and the exhibitions also feature loans from other institutions and collectors, as well as from LACMA’s own growing contemporary collection. Against the diverse and deep backdrop of LACMA’s extraordinary encyclopedic holdings, BCAM provides museum visitors a unique opportunity to consider contemporary art in a wider context than at almost any other art institution."
Website: the broad contemporary art museum at LACMA
Location: Santa Monica, CA

Institute of Contemporary Art Boston

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Description: From icaboston.org: "The Institute of Contemporary Art strives to share the pleasures of reflection, inspiration, provocation, and imagination that contemporary art offers through public access to art, artists, and the creative process.

The primary activities of the ICA are threefold:

• To present outstanding contemporary art in all media, including visual art exhibitions, music, film, video and performance, that is deserving of public attention and has not been presented in depth to Boston audiences
• To provide innovative experiential learning opportunities for people of all ages through direct encounters with artists and art making
• To design interpretative programs that provide context, develop appreciation, and add meaning to contemporary art and culture

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Website: Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
Location: Boston, MA

Whitney Museum of America Art

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Description: From whitney.org: "The Whitney Museum houses one of the world's foremost collections of twentieth-century American art. The Permanent Collection of some 12,000 works encompasses paintings, sculptures, multimedia installations, drawings, prints, and photographs—and is still growing. The Museum was founded in 1931 with a core group of 700 art objects, many of them from the personal collection of founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney; others were purchased by Mrs. Whitney at the time of the opening to provide a more thorough overview of American art in the early decades of the century. Mrs. Whitney favored the art of the revolutionary artists derisively called the Ashcan School, among them John Sloan, George Luks, and Everett Shinn, as well as realists such as Edward Hopper and American Scene painters John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton. Her initial gift, however, also comprised many important works by early modernists—Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Charles Sheeler, Max Weber, and others. Virtually all the works collected by the Museum for the next twenty years came through the generosity of Mrs. Whitney."
Website: Whitney Museum of America Art
Location: New York City, NY

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

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Description: From sfmoma.org: "Founded in 1935, SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted to modern and contemporary art. From the outset, the museum has championed the most innovative and challenging art of its time, and we continue to exhibit and collect work by both modern masters and younger, less-established artists.

We always have a dynamic schedule of thought-provoking exhibitions on view, including special exhibitions and changing presentations from our collection of more than 26,000 artworks, photographs, and design objects. Audio guides, docent tours, video screenings, interactive kiosks, and public programs offer opportunities to learn more about modern art."
Website: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Location: San Francisco, CA

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art

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Description: From mmoca.org: "The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is a nonprofit, independent organization that exists to exhibit, collect, preserve, and interpret modern and contemporary art.

It serves the art life of the community by creating opportunities for direct experience with works of art, by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas about art, and by offering programs to enhance the appreciation and understanding of art."
Website: The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Location: Madison, WI

Center on Contemporary Art Seattle

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Description: From cocaseattle.org: "CoCA serves the Pacific Northwest as a catalyst and forum for the advancement, development, and understanding of contemporary art."
Website: Center on Contemporary Art Seattle
Location: Seattle, WA

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

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Description: From ps1.org: "P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center is one of the oldest and largest non-profit contemporary art institutions in the United States. An exhibition space rather than a collecting institution, P.S.1 devotes its energy and resources to displaying the most experimental art in the world. A catalyst and an advocate for new ideas, discourses, and trends in contemporary art, P.S.1 actively pursues emerging artists, new genres, and adventurous new work by recognized artists in an effort to support innovation in contemporary art. P.S.1 achieves this mission by presenting its diverse program to a broad audience in a unique and welcoming environment in which visitors can discover and explore the work of contemporary artists. P.S.1 presents over 50 exhibitions each year, including artists’ retrospectives, site-specific installations, historical surveys, arts from across the United States and the world, and a full schedule of music and performance programming. "
Website: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Location: Long Island City, NY

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

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Description: From mocadetroit.org: "The mission of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is to present art at the forefront of contemporary culture. As a non-collecting institution, MOCAD is responsive to the cultural content of our time, fueling crucial dialogue, collaboration, and public engagement."
Website: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Location: Detroit, MI