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January 3, 2010
A Museum of Modern Art - in Charlotte. In 2009.
Someday the use of capital-M Modern to describe 1900-1980 (or so) will end, but not yet.
A new museum dedicated to showing Modern art opened the other day in Charlotte, NC - the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art (their own site). Here's a blog story about the collection. This family collection was held in Switzerland until now.
The building is by Mario Botta and looks interesting. The big Niki de St. Phalle sculpture outside is the most - um - grounded firebird I've seen. I found a photo on flickr - the poster there suggested that some locals call it the Disco Chicken.
This will certainly be worth a visit if you're in Charlotte; we'll hear, eventually, if it's worth a side trip.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at January 3, 2010 7:49 AM