Beyeler Foundation Museum

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The Beyeler Foundation Museum is a renowned art museum near Basel, Switzerland, celebrated for its modern and contemporary art collection and its light-filled, minimalist building designed by architect Renzo Piano.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
cultural institution
museum
alsoKnownAs Fondation Beyeler
architect Renzo Piano
architecturalStyle minimalist architecture
modern architecture
collectionType contemporary art
modern art
country Switzerland
exhibitionType permanent collection displays
temporary exhibitions
focusesOn 20th-century art
21st-century art
foundedBy Ernst Beyeler
Hildy Beyeler
hasCollection African art
Oceanic art
pre-Columbian art
works by Alberto Giacometti
works by Andy Warhol
works by Claude Monet
works by Henri Matisse
works by Mark Rothko
works by Pablo Picasso
works by Paul Klee
hasFeature expansive park setting
glass facades
natural light
rectilinear pavilions
water lily pond
hasFunction art exhibition venue
cultural education center
research and conservation of art
hasGarden sculpture park
knownFor contemporary art collection
light-filled galleries
modern art collection
museum architecture by Renzo Piano
languageOfName French
German
locatedIn Riehen
locatedNear Basel
namedAfter Ernst Beyeler
operatedBy Fondation Beyeler
region Canton of Basel-Stadt
surroundedBy park
website https://www.fondationbeyeler.ch

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