Can Mario Museum

Can Mario Museum

Can Mario is the Fundació Vila Casas Museum of Contemporary Sculpture in Palafrugell[1] (Costa Brava). It was opened in 2004. It has around 220 works on show dating from the 1960s to the present day by a wide range of artists born or living in Catalonia. Temporary exhibitions are also held every year.[2][3][4][5][6]

Can Mario was a cork factory dating from the early 20th century and was one of the buildings of the Miquel & Vincke cork company. Today it is a place for contemplating art situated in the Plaça de Can Mario, where we can also find a modernista water tower[7] and the Cork Museum.[8][9]

Museo Can Mario

Sice April 2011, 33 sculptures[10][11] by artists from the Empordà region of Catalonia have been placed in the Gardens of Can Mario, as permanent, open air exhibits. In October of the same year the Empordà Gallery[12] was opened in the Museum, for holding temporary exhibitions of artists from the region.

Notes

  1. ↑ Ajuntament de Palafrugell, Can Mario
  2. ↑ Guia del Ocio, Can Mario
  3. ↑ "Can Mario Museum of Contemporary Sculpture". costabrava.apartime.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Welcome to Cork Museum". museuscostabrava.cat. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Can Mario Museum, Palafrugell.". fundaciovilacasas.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Can Mario Museum of Contemporary Sculpture / Museo de escultura contemporánea Can Mario". pinterest.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  7. ↑ Water Tower Can Mario
  8. ↑ Cork Museum Palafrugell
  9. ↑ Can Mario Catalunya Cultura
  10. ↑ Sculpture Garden Opening
  11. ↑ El Pais Sculpture Garden Opening
  12. ↑ Empordà Gallery Artista en

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Coordinates: 41°55′08″N 3°09′58″E / 41.91889°N 3.16611°E

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