Can Mario Museum Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ajuntament de Palafrugell, Can Mario . 2014-01-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116075532/http://es.visitpalafrugell.cat/guia/serveis/fundacio-vila-casas-espai-can-mario# . 2014-01-16 . dead .
  2. Web site: Guia del Ocio, Can Mario . 2014-01-14 . 2014-09-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903161511/http://www.guiadelocio.com/girona/arte/palafrugell/museo-can-mario . dead .
  3. Web site: Can Mario Museum of Contemporary Sculpture. costabrava.apartime.com. 2 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140219203443/http://costabrava.apartime.com/can-mario-museum-of-contemporary-sculpture#. 2014-02-19. dead.
  4. Web site: Welcome to Cork Museum. museuscostabrava.cat. 2 February 2014.
  5. Web site: Can Mario Museum, Palafrugell.. fundaciovilacasas.com. 2 February 2014.
  6. Web site: Can Mario Museum of Contemporary Sculpture / Museo de escultura contemporánea Can Mario. pinterest.com. 2 February 2014.
  7. http://museu.palafrugell.cat/content/view/215/168/ Water Tower Can Mario
  8. http://museu.palafrugell.cat/content/view/229/189/lang,CAT/ Cork Museum Palafrugell
  9. Web site: Can Mario Catalunya Cultura . 2014-01-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116075527/http://cultura.catalunya.com/es/detall.php?id=17_16001_228&language=es&menuId=0&nephpila=1 . 2014-01-16 . dead .
  10. Web site: Museums and Collections of the Baix Empordà region. Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà. 2016. 2017-08-29. 2017-08-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20170802164203/https://visitemporda.com/pdf/publicacions_710_3.pdf. dead.
  11. http://www.autopista.es/noticias-motor/articulo/palafrugell-girona-jardin-esculturas-emporda-62387.htm Sculpture Garden Opening
  12. http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2011/04/29/actualidad/1304028006_850215.html El Pais Sculpture Garden Opening
  13. http://www.artistaen.com/ Empordà Gallery Artista en

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