The Museum of avant-garde art Lentos Photo: the Museum of avant-garde art Lentos

Lentos – Museum of modern art, which opened in the Austrian city of Linz as the successor of the New gallery. The Museum was opened in may 2003 and is one of the most important museums of modern art in Austria.

Incredibly beautiful building of the Museum, representing a clear design in a modern style, was designed by architects Weber Zurich and Hofer. As soon as the building appeared on the banks of the Danube, it instantly became the main architectural attraction of the city. The facade is made of glass panels, which in the daytime create a feeling of incredible lightness and weightlessness of the whole structure. In the dark the backlight of the building, changing one color to another.

The length of the Museum sostavljaet meters, and exhibits are placed on the area of 8,000 square meters. On the first floor of the Museum there is a café with a cozy panoramic terrace.

The art collection of the Museum includes about 1,500 works from the field of sculpture, more than 10,000 paintings, and about 850 photos, including those who have made a significant contribution to the development of art photography (ray Mann, G. Bayer). The earliest works of the Museum date from the first half of the 19th century. Examples of classical modernism in the Museum's collection includes works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Corinth and Pechstein. The collection also includes the interwar period with the works of German and Austrian expressionism. The Museum displays works by such prominent artists: Stephan Balkenhol, Ernst Barlach, Anthony Caro, Tony Cragg, Amadeo, Gabino, Donald Judd, Jiri Kolar, Catherine Lee, Thomas Lenk, Baltasar Lobo, Klaus Rinke, Ian FOSS, Tim Scott, Daniel Sperry and others.

Since may 2004, Vienna curator, critic and journalist Stella Rollig became Director of the Museum. In addition to the already existing collection, new and interesting patterns can be seen at exhibitions.

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