New National Museum of Monaco

The New National Museum of Monaco (NMNM), formerly Musée National de Monaco (French: Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (NMNM), Musée National de Monaco), ^[1] is a museum of contemporary visual art in Monaco. It is situated in two locations, the Villa Sauber and the Villa Paloma. The museum began organizing temporary exhibitions at Villa Paloma in 2010.^[2] The venues display two exhibitions annually.^[3]

Exhibitions at the museum have included retrospectives of Erik Bulatov and Yinka Shonibare;^[3] "Monacopolis" – depictions of architecture, town planning and urbanisation in Monaco;^[4] "Artifices instables – stories of ceramics", from September 2020 through January 2021;^[5] and, in 2022, "Newton, Riviera", a photo exhibition in homage to Helmut Newton^[6] was followed by an installation to spotlight artist and designer Christian Bérard.^[7]

NMNM holds an extensive collection of works relating to painter Kees van Dongen.^[8]

Notable people

• Marie-Claude Beaud, director of New National Museum of Monaco, 2009-2021
• Björn Dahlström, director, appointed 2022,^[9]

See also

• List of museums in Monaco

References

1. "HISTORY • THE NMNM". NMNM.mc. New National Museum of Monaco. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
2. "Discover Monaco – Villa Paloma" (PDF). monte-carlo.mc. Visit Monaco. 12 July 2022. p. 11. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
3. "New National Museum of Monaco". Visit Monaco - New National Museum of Monaco. Visit Monaco. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
4. "MONACOPOLIS". New National Museum of Monaco. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
5. Senoble, Lola (18 September 2020). "Ceramics take the centre stage at Monaco's Nouveau Musée National". Monaco Tribune. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
6. Esteve, Camille (17 June 2022). ""Newton, Riviera": a provocative and sensual photo exhibition at Villa Sauber". Monaco Tribune. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
7. Briand, Théo (12 July 2022). ""Christian Bérard, Excentrique Bébé": spotlight on a little-known artist at NMNM". Monaco Tribune. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
8. "Kees Van Dongen". Kees van Dongen L'Atelier. New National of Monaco. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
9. Senoble, Lola (18 June 2020). "Björn Dahlström appointed future Director of the New National Museum of Monaco". Monaco Tribune. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

External links

• Official site

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