Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno
The Atlantic Center for Modern Art (Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno) (CAAM) is a contemporary art museum in the Canary Islands, Spain. It is in Vegueta in Las Palmas, the capital city of Gran Canaria. The building was designed by the architect Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, retaining the façade of two older neoclassical houses.
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Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno

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- Name
- Atlantic Center for Modern Art
- Founded
- 1989
- Headquarters
- Spain
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The Atlantic Center for Modern Art (Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno) (CAAM) is a contemporary art museum in the Canary Islands, Spain. It is in Vegueta in Las Palmas, the capital city of Gran Canaria. The building was designed by the architect Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, retaining the façade of two older neoclassical houses.
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Overview
It was opened on 4 December 1989, initially to house the collections of Canarian art of the island council, the Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Atlantic Center for Modern Art • Native Name — Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno • Location — Las Palmas Gran Canaria Spain • Website — www.caam.net
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Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno is associated with Spain.
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1989
Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno established.
1989
Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno is recorded from 1989.
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• Illustration — Visitors at a CAAM exhibition of works by Ron Gorchov Juan Hidalgo in 2011 CAAM has a permanent collection of over 2600 works, many of them from the Americas, Africa and Europe, reflecting the influence of the culture of three continents on the Canarian archipelago. The museum promotes this theme of "tricontinentality" - the dialogue between the European, African and American continents - as an approach for appreciating Canarian works of art. It has a noted collection of Canarian art, particularly works by artists from the Grupo El Paso and the Informalist movement such as Manolo Millares, Martín Chirino, and Pablo Serrano. Works from the 1980s and 1990s by Spanish artists such as José María Sicilia, Cristina Iglesias and Luis Gordillo also feature in the collection, along with works by Andreas Schulze and Jiri Georg Dokoupil. CAAM is a popular visitor attraction in Las Palmas.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 3012624-1, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno.
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- 1.Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria, Patrimonio Histórico. Guía del patrimonio arquitectónico de Gran Canaria. 2005. 84-8103-419-3.
- 2.Guardian Staff. Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza. The Guardian. 5 August 2000.
- 3.CAAM : History. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno.
- 4.Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno – CAAM. www.spain-grancanaria.com.
- 5.Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno (CAAM): Museums in Gran Canary, Spain. Cultural tourism in Canary Islands, Spain. España es Cultura.
- 6.CAAM, Vegueta's Shock to the System. Spain-Holiday.com. 13 September 2013.
- 7.CAAM: The Collection. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno.
- 8.Corne, Lucy. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Gran Canaria. Dorling Kindersley Limited. 37. 2010. 9781405350266.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 3012624-1, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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