Musée Cantini, musée d'Art contemporain - Collections Guide

The Cantini Museum collection embraces a vast period, from 1900 to 1960, through works by significant Modern and Avant-guard artists. Cantini is therefore, along with the Grenoble and Saint-Étienne museums, one of the important French Modern Art museums.

In addition to a broad selection of 20th century...

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The Cantini Museum collection embraces a vast period, from 1900 to 1960, through works by significant Modern and Avant-guard artists. Cantini is therefore, along with the Grenoble and Saint-Étienne museums, one of the important French Modern Art museums.

In addition to a broad selection of 20th century European and International art, the collection features masterpieces produced at Estaque by Dufy; Fauvist and Expressionist paintings by Matisse, Friesz et Kokoschka; Surrealist assemblages by Brauner - whose
life is intimately tied to Marseilles -; the emblematic Monument to Birds by Ernst and the Venus of the pavement by Dubuffet.

Ever since it was inaugurated, in 1994, [mac] has been a reference for Contemporary Art in France. Its exceptional collection includes work by the leading figures of Nouveau Réalisme such as Arman and Cesar, important American painters such as Jean-Michel Basquiat or Robert Rauschenberg,
and singular local artists with pieces by Richard Baquié and Gerard Traquandi.

The amount, quality and relevance of acquisitions, gifts and deposits have contributed to the remarkable ensembles of works that make up the Marseilles Modern and Contemporary collections, rendering them at once coherent, comprehensive and unique.

In this guide, that marks the opening of Marseilles-Provence 2013-European Capital of Culture, you will discover the many facets
of 20th century art history and their influence on the subsequent multidisciplinary creations of our times.

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