The Berardo Collection Museum (in Portuguese: Museu Colecção Berardo) was a museum of modern and contemporary art in Belém, a district of

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, Portugal. It was replaced by the Conteporary Art Museum - Centro Cultural de Belém in January 2023.

History

In 2006, after 10 years of negotiations, José Berardo signed an agreement with the Portuguese government to loan art from his collection on a long-term basis to the

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in Lisbon. Under the partnership agreement the Portuguese state incurs the costs of displaying Berardo’s collection. The art holdings themselves are owned and managed by a company known as the Berardo Collection Association. The museum was formally initiated as the ''Foundation of Modern and Contemporary Art'' on August 9, 2006 (Decree-Law 164/2006). It was inaugurated on June 25, 2007 and is named after Berardo and his collection. At the time, auction house Christie’s valued the exhibited works at around 316 million euros ( million). While the contract is still in force, however, the Berardo Collection Association may not sell cultural goods. The agreement was renewed in 2017 giving the Portuguese government the option to purchase works from the collection until the agreements ends in late 2022.Gareth Harris (May 30, 2019)
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, with over 1,000 works of art on permanent display and temporary exhibitions. From its opening until April 2011, the museum's

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was Jean-François Chougnet, who was then replaced by Pedro Lapa.

Collection

The collection was arranged in strictly linear fashion, leading visitors though a line of line of rooms with austere white walls on which are displayed examples of notable works of modern art with explanatory text offering a textbook-like survey of modern Western art from

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to pop art,

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, minimalist art to conceptual art in chronological order. The museum had an extensive permanent collection and also hosts temporary exhibitions that change on a regular basis. The permanent collection is valued by the auction house

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at €316 million.

List of important movements and artists

Abstract Expressionism

* Philip Guston, ''Untitled'', 1957 * Joan Mitchell, ''Lucky Seven'', 1962 * Lee Krasner, ''Visitation'', 1973 * Sam Francis, ''Untitled'', 1979 * Willem de Kooning, ''Untitled'', c. 1976 * Lee Krasner, Visitation, 1957

Abstraction-Création

* Georges Vantongerloo, ''SXR/3'', 1936

Action Painting

* Jackson Pollock, ''Head'', 1941 * Franz Kline, ''Sabro'', 1956

Body Art

* Cindy Sherman, ''Untitled (Film Still Nº37)'', 1979

Constructivism

* El Lissitzky, ''Kestnermappe Proun, Rob. Levnis and Chapman GmbH Hannover'', 1923 * Aleksandr Rodtsjenko, ''Portrait V. Majakowski'', 1924

Cubism

* Albert Gleizes, ''Woman and Child'', 1927 * Pablo Picasso, ''Tête de Femme'', c.1909

De Stijl

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, Tableau (yellow, black, blue, red and grey), 1923 * Vilmos Huszár, ''Untitled'', 1924 * Georges Vantongerloo, ''Studies I'', 1918

Digital Art

* Robert Silvers, ''JFK, 5/6'', 2002

Experimental Art

* Ana Hatherly, ''O Pavão Negro'', 1999

Geometric Abstraction

* Nadir Afonso, ''Marcoule'', 1962

Kinetic Art

* Pol Bury, ''Mélangeur'', 1961 * Alexander Calder, ''Black Spray'', 1956 * Jean Tinguely, ''Indian Chief'', 1961

Minimal art

* Carl Andre, ''144th Travertine Integer'', 1985 * Richard Artschwager, ''Trunk'', 1964 * Larry Bell, ''Vertical Gradient on the Long Length'', 1995 * Anthony Caro, ''Fleet'', 1971 * Dan Flavin, ''Untitled (Monument to Vladimir Tatlin)'', 1964 * Ellsworth Kelly, ''Yellow Relief with Blue'', 1991 * Sol LeWitt, ''Eight Sided Pyramid'', 1992 * Richard Serra, ''Point Load'', 1988 * Frank Stella, ''Hagamatana II'', 1967 * Agnes Martin, Untitled #5, 1989

Neo-Expressionism

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, ''Blonde ohne Stahlhelm- Otto D. (Blonde Without Helmet - Otto D.)'', 1987 *

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, ''Elisabeth von Österreich'', 1991 * Gerhard Ritchter, Abstraktes Bild, 1987

Neo-Plasticism

, ''Composition of Yellow, Black, Bleu and Grey'', 1923

Neo-Realism

* Mário Dionísio, ''O Músico'', 1948

Op art

* Bridget Riley, ''Orient IV'', 1970 * Victor Vasarely, ''Bellatrix II'', 1957

Photography

* Pepe Diniz, various works * Jemima Stehli, various works * Manuel Casimiro, ''Cidade 1'', 1972 * Victor Palla, various works

Photorealism

* Tom Blackwell, ''Gary's Hustler'', 1972 * Robert Cottingham, ''Dr. Gibson'', 1971 * Don Eddy, ''Toyota Showroom Window I'', 1972

Pop art

* Clive Barker, ''Fridge'', 1999 * Peter Blake, ''Captain Webb Matchbox'', 1962 * Jim Dine, ''Black Child's Room'', 1962 * Richard Hamilton, ''Epiphany'', 1989 * David Hockney, ''Picture Emphasizing Stillness'', 1962 * Edward Kienholz, ''Drawing for the Soup Course at The She She Cafe'', 1982 * Phillip King, ''Through'', 1965 *

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, ''Interior with Restful Paintings'', 1991 * Tom Wesselmann, Great American Nude #52, 1963 * Nicholas Monro, ??? * Claes Oldenburg, ''Soft Light Switches 'Ghost' Version'', 1963 * Sigmar Polke, ''Bildnis Helmut Klinker'', 1965 * Mel Ramos, ''Virnaburger'', 1965 * James Rosenquist, ''F-111'', 1974 *

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, ''Flesh Nude behind Brown Door'', 1978 * Andy Warhol, ''Campbell's Soup'' en various other works, 1965 * Evelyne Axell, ''L'Oeil de la Tigresse'', 1964 * Mark Lancaster, various works

Realism

* Philip Pearlstein, ''Two Figures'', 1963

Suprematism

* Kasimir Malevich, ''Suprematism'': 34 Drawings, 1920 * Ljoebov Popova, ''various compositions''

Surrealism

* Eileen Agar, ''Snake Charmer'', 1936 * Hans Bellmer, ''La Toupie'', 1956 *

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, ''Vogteren Fro Fortides Kaos'', 1979 * Salvador Dalí, ''White Aphrodisiac Telephone'', 1936 * Julio González, ''Femme au Miroir Rouge, Vert et Jaune'', 1936 * André Masson, ''Eleusis'', 1963 * Pablo Picasso, ''Femme dans un Fauteuil'', 1929 * Man Ray, ''Café Man Ray'', 1948 * Paule Vézelay, ''Les Ballons et les Vases'', 1934 *

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, ''Le Bain des Dames chez George Grard (S. Idesbald)'', 1947 * Fernando Lemos, various works

Fees

Admission was €5, visits to some of the temporary exhibitions may have an additional charge.

Location, access and facilities

The museum was located in the Belém Cultural Center, being the center of the modern cultural life of Lisbon. Across the street, is the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos.

Sources

* Museu Colecção Berardo, Portuguese Wikipedia.

References

External links

Museu Colecção Berardo website

The Berardo Collection website

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