Can Mario Museum
Can Mario Museum is the Fundació Vila Casas Museum of Contemporary Sculpture in Palafrugell[1] (Costa Brava). It was opened in 2004. It has around 220 works on show dating from the 1960s to the present day by a wide range of artists born or living in Catalonia. Temporary exhibitions are also held every year.[2][3][4][5][6]
Temporary exhibitions are organised every year. Can Mario was a cork factory dating from the early 20th century and was one of the buildings of the Miquel & Vincke cork company. Today it is a place for contemplating art situated in the Plaça de Can Mario, where we can also find a modernista water tower[7] and the Cork Museum.[8][9][10]
Since April 2011, 33 sculptures[11][12] by artists from the Empordà region of Catalonia have been placed in the Gardens of Can Mario, as permanent, open air exhibits. In October of the same year the Empordà Gallery[13] was opened in the Museum, for holding temporary exhibitions of artists from the region.
References
- "Ajuntament de Palafrugell, Can Mario". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
- Guia del Ocio, Can Mario
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- "Welcome to Cork Museum". museuscostabrava.cat. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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- "Can Mario Museum of Contemporary Sculpture / Museo de escultura contemporánea Can Mario". pinterest.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- Water Tower Can Mario
- Cork Museum Palafrugell
- "Can Mario Catalunya Cultura". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
- Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà (2016). "Museums and Collections of the Baix Empordà region" (PDF).
- Sculpture Garden Opening
- El Pais Sculpture Garden Opening
- Empordà Gallery Artista en