Near the Black Sea, 45 kilometers from Bayburt, on a hilltop overlooking the Coruh Valley, rises a 3-layered building. This area which was initially called Baks,, now called the village of Bayraktar, is the site of the Baksı Museum. Bridging together traditional handcrafts such as weaving and ceramics with Contemporary Art, this extraordinary Museum enables […]

Founded in 1863 as the Royal Art and Industry Museum and then becoming a globally well recognized institution in areas as contemporary art, applied arts and design, the MAK (Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art), is often referred to with its collection and temporary exhibitions.   Whike the MAK Contemporary Art Collection has an […]

Founded by the philanthropist couple Eli and Edythe Broad in 2015,  the Broad is home to the Broad Collection, with over 2,000 works from the Post-War period and Contemporary era. In the museum, also celebrated for its authentic building designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, there also exists an artwork library for temporary loans that […]

Situated in Nieuw-West, a relatively non-touristic neighborhood in Amsterdam and offering an alternative to the concept of museum as we know it,  Street Art Museum Amsterdam was founded by Anna Stolyarova, an Ukranian born resident of the neighborhood. Stolyarova is also the curator of this outdoor museum and she has the objective to interact with […]

The Whitney Museum of American Art was born out of a necessity to exhibit the living American artists normally excluded from the traditional art academies. The collection created by, as well as the Whitney Studio founded in Greenwich Village in 1914 by the sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the first to realize this necessity, laid the […]

Founded in 1977, the New Museum was one of the most innovative museums of its time. While the other modern art museums in the USA generally focused on important masters, the New Museum’s program featured living artists relatively less well known, and their works no older than 10 years, thus introducing them to the global […]

Considered by many authorities as the first contemporary art museum in the world, Centre Pompidou is a project envisioned by President Pompidou in 1969, with the aim of restoring the art capital status of Paris, a title it had lost to New York City after WWII. It was initiated as a multidisciplinary cultural center, also […]

One of the most important contemporary art museums of Miami, the Pérez Art Museum has made itself known just as much with its collection as with its long-contested name. Named for a long time as Miami Art Museum, the museum was criticized heavily by public when its name was changed to Pérez Art Museum in […]

Founded in 1912 and opened its doors to public in 1914, The Royal Ontario Museum works in collaboration with University of Toronto since its inception. The museum became a major hit with its Michael Lee-Chin Crystal extension wing that opened up in 2007. The building, resembling a giant splashing crystal, is a design by the […]

Jüdisches Museum (Jewish Museum) found in the city of Berlin in Germany is one of the biggest Jewish museums in Europe. Its extraordinary design was chosen by the government of Berlin as a result of a contest organized in 1988. Open to public since 2001, the museum is one of Berlin’s most visited places. The […]