Can Mario Museum

Can Mario Museum 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]

Temporary exhibitions are organised every year. 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][10]

Museo Can Mario

Since April 2011, 33 sculptures[11][12] 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[13] was opened in the Museum, for holding temporary exhibitions of artists from the region.

References

  1. ^ "Ajuntament de Palafrugell, Can Mario". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  2. ^ "Guia del Ocio, Can Mario". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  3. ^ "Can Mario Museum of Contemporary Sculpture". costabrava.apartime.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. 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". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  10. ^ Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà (2016). "Museums and Collections of the Baix Empordà region" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  11. ^ Sculpture Garden Opening
  12. ^ El Pais Sculpture Garden Opening
  13. ^ Empordà Gallery Artista en

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