Bonnefanten Museum
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The Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, The Netherlands is the foremost museum for fine art and contemporary art in the province of Limburg. In 2009 the museum celebrated its 125th anniversary. The museum is housed in a building designed by the Italian architect Aldo Rossi. The building is sometimes considered as an example of postmodern architecture. With its landmark cupola overlooking the river Maas, it is one of Maastricht's most prominent modern buildings.
The combination of old art and contemporary art under one roof gives the Bonnefanten Museum its distinctive character. The department of old masters is located on the first floor and displays highlights of early Italian painting and Flemish and Dutch painting from the 16th and 17th centuries. Exhibited on the same floor is the Neutelings collection of Medieval sculpture and an entrancing presentation of Maastricht silver.
Prominent artists of American Minimalism (Sol LeWitt, Robert Ryman) and Italian Arte Povera (Luciano Fabro, Mario Merz) form the basis of the permanent collection of contemporary art on the second floor. The collection also stands out for its room-size installations by younger artists from the Netherlands (Atelier Van Lieshout), Belgium (Patrick Van Caeckenbergh), Switzerland (Roman Signer), Austria (Franz West) and other countries.
In 2006, an important collection of postwar art was given to the museum on a longterm loan by Jeanne and Charles Vandenhove. The Vandenhove collection strengthened the museum's position as a stronghold in the Netherlands for American Minimalism (Sol LeWitt, Richard Serra) and Conceptualism (Daniel Buren, Gilbert & George), as well as adding a considerable number of Neo-Expressionist (Cy Twombly, Anselm Kiefer) and École de Paris painters to the collection.
On the third floor, a small presentation ‘Forms of Affinity’ dwells on the work of philosopher-architect Aldo Rossi.
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