Centre d'Art Santa Mònica
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Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, sometimes shortened as CASM, is a public museum of contemporary art
in Barcelona
(Catalonia
) opened in 1988. It's located in the Raval side of Rambla de Santa Mònica (Ciutat Vella
district). It has no permanent collection but it hosts a number of travelling expositions of contemporary Spanish
and international artists every year. Entrance is free.
The building that hosts CASM is a 1626 Renaissance
convent
that became a monument of national interest in 1984.
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
(Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
) opened in 1988. It's located in the Raval side of Rambla de Santa Mònica (Ciutat Vella
Ciutat Vella
Ciutat Vella is a district of Barcelona, numbered District 1. The name means "old city" in Catalan and refers to the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona, Spain. Ciutat Vella is nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and the neighborhood called l'Eixample...
district). It has no permanent collection but it hosts a number of travelling expositions of contemporary Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and international artists every year. Entrance is free.
The building that hosts CASM is a 1626 Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
convent
Convent
A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion...
that became a monument of national interest in 1984.