Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts | |
Native Name: | المتحف الوطني الأردني للفنون الجميلة |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Coordinates: | 31.9589°N 35.9155°W |
Location: | Amman, Jordan |
Type: | Art museum |
Director: | Khalid Khreis, Ph.D. |
President: | Princess Wijdan Ali, Ph.D. |
Owner: | The Royal Society of Fine Arts |
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts is a major contemporary art museum located in Jabal al-Luweibdeh, Amman. The Official inauguration of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts (JNGFA) was held under the patronage of the late King Hussein and Queen Noor Al Hussein and was Established in by the Royal Society of Fine Arts, the museum's permanent collection "comprises over 2000 works including paintings, prints, sculptures, photographs, installations, weavings, and ceramics by more than 800 artists from 59 countries mainly in Asia and Africa."[1]
The museum's permanent collection includes work from artists from "Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Denmark Egypt, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kabardino Balkaria, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal. Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, UK, USA, Uzbekistan, Yemen, and the Former Republic of Yugoslavia."
The museum building renovation and expansion under architect Mohamed al-Asad received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2007.[2] [3]