Ilulissat Art Museum
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Ilulissat 
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| Art |
Art museum
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| architect | Helge Bojsen-Møller |
| opening | 1995 |
The Ilulissat Art Museum ( Danish Ilulissat Art Museum , Greenlandic Ilulissani Eqqumiittuliornermi Katersugaasivik ) is the art museum of Ilulissat .
history
The Art Museum in Ilulissat opened in 1995. This made it the first museum in the country to specialize only in art. The second art museum in Greenland was opened in the capital Nuuk in 2005 . Since 2007, artists have met weekly in the museum to paint there.
building
The art museum is located in the former home of the colonial administrator. The building was designed by Helge Bojsen-Møller in 1923 . The museum also has a small apartment in which artists, writers or photographers can temporarily live. The building is protected. For detailed descriptions of the history and architecture of the building, see the list of architectural monuments in Ilulissat .
exhibition
The Ilulissat Art Museum mainly exhibits paintings by the artist Emanuel A. Petersen (1894–1948). The Dane especially painted motifs from North Greenland. These make up about half of the 100 works of art. There are also other works by artists from all over the world.
Web links
- Ilulissat Art Museum at visitgreenland.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ilulissat Art Museum at nukaka.museum.gl