KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
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KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg in Aalborg, Denmark, was designed by Elissa and Alvar Aalto and Jean-Jacques Baruel, and built between 1968-1972.
The outer walls and a large part of the flooring were made from carrara marble, and the light-colored building material gives prominence to the art works.
Encircled by a sculpture park, an ampitheatre and a grassy terrace, the building rises to meet the adjoining hillside.
The permanent exhibit includes approximately 1,500 paintings, sculptures and mixed media works, and it traces the course of art in Denmark from Naturalism to Abstract Art and more recent experimental art forms.
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Coordinates: 57°2′33.5″N 9°54′20.5″E / 57.042639°N 9.905694°E
