Arken Museum of Modern Art is a relatively new art museum near the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen. It is located in the suburb-city Ishøj, close to the bay of Køge (Køge bugt), 20 kilometers south of Copenhagen. It was opened on 15 March1996 by her majesty of Denmark, Queen Margrethe. An art gallery or art museum is a space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art, and usually primarily paintings and sculpture. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... City nickname: none Location in Denmark Area - Total - Water 526 km² xxx km² xx% Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density 502,204 1,116,979 954/km2 [including water] xxx/km2 [land only] Time zone Eastern: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 55°43 N 12°34 E Copenhagen (Danish: København) is... Ishøj is a municipality in eastern Denmark, in the county of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid), styled HM The Queen (born April 16, 1940), is the Queen regnant and head of state of Denmark. ...
It was designed by the Danish architect Søren Robert Lund, and has a very special form of architecture. The museum features modern works by Danish, Scandinavian and international painters. Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect/Building designer is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ... Architecture (in Greek αÏχή = first and Ï„Îχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ...
ARKENMuseum of ModernArt (Danish: ARKENMuseum for Moderne Kunst) is a private self owning, but state authorised, new artmuseum near the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen.
The museum is conceived and created by Copenhagen County.
It was designed by the Danish architect Søren Robert Lund, and has a very special form of architecture.
ARKEN is building an extension, and the Art Axis is being painted.
ARKEN's Collection comprises almost 400 works of Danish, Nordic and international art with special emphasis on contemporary art, i.e.
ARKEN'sarchitecture is full of contrasts, with dramatic transitions between large, open galleries and small, intimate rooms between rooms with odd angles and shapes and traditional square galleries.
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