SELECTION CRITERIA FOR WORLD-CLASS VENUES
The venues selected are mainly devoted to contemporary art and:
- -have been active for more than six years;
- -have an international outlook: at least one third of the artists they represent are overseas artists, and they use English for venue publicity and communication;
- -are “dynamic” (at least four exhibitions per year);
- -have a “non-specialized” outlook (not committed to any particular medium of contemporary art): art centers and museums devoted to a particular medium (photography, video, drawing, painting, performance, etc.) are not included here;
- -has a decisive role in lauching, confirming or consecrating the career of an artist.
They have been classified in three categories:
- - Contemporary art museums: public institutions which collect, exhibit, finance and commission works of art by contemporary artists;
- - Art centers: public institutions which exhibit, finance and commission works of art by contemporary artists;
- - Foundations or collections: private institutions which exhibit, finance, commission and/or collect artworks by contemporary artists.
MAIN INTERNATIONAL VENUES SELECTED
Contemporary art museums
AUSTRALIA: Brisbane Queensland Art Gallery Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art AUSTRIA: Linz Landesgalerie Linz Salzburg Rupertinum Vienna MAK / MUMOK BELGIUM: Gent SMAK CANADA: Alberta Banff The Banff Centre - Walter Phillips Gallery British Columbia Vancouver Vancouver Art Gallery Ontario Toronto Art Gallery of Ontario Quebec Montreal Galerie de l’UQAM / Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal CHINA: Hong Kong M+ Museum DENMARK: Aarhus ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum Humlebæk Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Roskilde Museum of Contemporary Art FRANCE: Bordeaux CAPC Musée d’art contemporain Dijon Le Consortium Nîmes Carré d´art Paris Centre Pompidou / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Villeurbanne Institut d'art contemporain GERMANY: Aachen Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst Berlin Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart / Neue Nationalgalerie / Neuer Berliner Kunstverein Cologne Museum Ludwig Düsseldorf K21 Ständehaus Frankfurt am Main Museum für Moderne Kunst Herford MARTa Herford Kiel Kunsthalle zu Kiel Krefeld Kunstmuseen Krefeld Leipzig Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Mannheim Kunsthalle Mannheim Mönchengladbach Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Munich Pinakothek der Moderne / Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Siegen Museum für Gegenwartskunst Wolfsburg Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg GREECE: Athens National Museum of Contemporary Art HUNGARY: Budapest Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art ITALY: Bologna MAMbo Bolzano MUSEION Rivoli Castello di Rivoli - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Rome MACRO / MAXXI Trento Galleria Civica di Trento Turin Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea JAPAN: Hiroshima Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art / Hiroshima Museum of Art Ishikawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kagawa Benesse House Museum Tokyo Hara Museum of Contemporary Art LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg-Ville MUDAM MEXICO: Mexico City Museo Tamayo Monterrey Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey MONACO: Monaco Nouveau Musée National de Monaco
Contemporary art museums
AUSTRALIA: Brisbane Institute of Modern Art Melbourne Australian Centre for Contemporary Art / National Gallery of Victoria Perth Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts Sydney Artspace Sydney / Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney AUSTRIA: Bregenz Bregenzer Kunstverein / Kunsthaus Bregenz Graz Grazer Kunstverein / Kunsthaus Graz Innsbruck Kunstraum Innsbruck Linz Offenes Kulturhaus Salzburg Salzburger Kunstverein Vienna Kunsthalle Wien / Wiener Secession BELGIUM: Antwerp Extra City Kunsthal / Objectif Exhibitions Brussels WIELS Deurle Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens Leuven M - Museum Leuven / STUK BULGARIA: Sofia ICA Sofia CANADA: British Columbia North Vancouver Presentation House Gallery Vancouver Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery Manitoba Winnipeg Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art Ontario Toronto The Power Plant CHINA: Beijing Ullens Center for Contemporary Art CZECH REPUBLIC: Prague Galerie Rudolfinum DENMARK: Copenhagen Kunsthal Charlottenborg / Kunsthallen Nikolaj Odense Brandts FRANCE: Nice Villa Arson Paris Palais de Tokyo Saint- Nazaire Le Grand Café GERMANY: Aachen Neuer Aachener Kunstverein Arnsberg Kunstverein Arnsberg Berlin DAAD Galerie / Haus der Kulturen der Welt / KW Institute for Contemporary Art / PRAXES Bielefeld Bielefelder Kunstverein Bonn Bonner Kunstverein / Kunstmuseum Bonn Braunschweig Kunstverein Braunschweig Bremen Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst / Künstlerhaus Bremen Cologne Kölnischer Kunstverein Essen Museum Folkwang Frankfurt am Main Basis e.v. / Frankfurter Kunstverein / Portikus / Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt Freiburg am Breisgau Kunstverein Freiburg Goslar Mönchehaus Museum Goslar Hamburg Deichtorhallen Hamburg - Hall for Contemporary Art / Kunstverein in Hamburg Hannover Kestnergesellschaft Hannover Kunstverein Hannover Kassel Fridericianum Munich Haus der Kunst / Kunstverein München Munster Westfälischer Kunstverein