KUNSTMUSEUM
LIECHTENSTEIN – VADUZ
Contempory Art and the Princely Collection
Okay,
how many art museums you’ve visited have a Sushi Bar?
The art museum in Liechtenstein does. The Kunstmuseum Liechtenstrein,
housed in a very contemporary building in the center of Vaduz is the
state art gallery of Liechtenstein, opened in the year 200, operating
as a public foundation. The capital of Vaduz is quite compact and its
hard to miss the reclining nude uber-fat chick statue which marks
the entrance.
The Kunstmuseum
Liechtenstein has proved itself an innovative art institute, becoming
a significant player on the international exhibition
and art scene, and instrumental in the establishment of Liechtenstein’s
identity. The collection focuses on twentieth and twenty-first century
works, especially sculptures, avoiding the limitations of geography,
style, epoch, to feature themes of particular significance in modern
and contemporary art from abstract and minimalist to conceptual art.
In 2007, the museum acquired a third of the Ricke Collection from long
time Cologne art collector Rolfe Ricke, which it shares with the art
musuems of St Gallen Switzerland and Frankfurt, Germany - a unique
collection of works, consisting of mostly American artists since the
1960s, represented by the likes of Donald Judd, Richard Artschwager,
Keith Sonnier, Barry Le Va and Richard Serra.
The
current Prince of Liechtenstein, Hans-Adam II, one of the few
remaining royal
heads
of state, spends most of his energies managing
his vast family art collection, with large parts of it in museums in
Austria. The museum draws as well from the collection of the Prince’s
own collection. Some of the permantant works on exhibit include masterworks
of the Baroque age, including the first Princes of Liechtenstein, who
liked to be depicted on their on their favorite horses. However, the
main focus of the Liechtenstein Museum is the collection of international
modern
and
contemporary art
which
covers the period from the nineteenth century to the present, with
changing themes of exhibits from year to year.
Café at the Kunstmuseum
You can enjoy more than art at the Kunstmuseum Liectenstein. Behind the counter of the crisp modern elegance of the café. You can watch the master Sushi Chef whose knife slices with artistic precision turning fresh fish into maki sushi and sashimi.
Visiting the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
The Kunstmuseum
Liechtenstein is Vaduz is open Tuesdays to Sundays 10am to 5pm. Admission
is 12 CHF for adults, 8 CHF for seniors and
students, children under 16 are free. A combination ticket which includes
the Landesmuseum (State History Museum) which more personal history
of the prince’s family is available for 15 CHF. The museum is
located in the pedestrian zone of Vaduz, a short walk from the new
tourist office and the Postal Museum (see Postage
Stamp Liechtenstein). © Bargain
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