MUSAC (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León)
We seriously doubt that the city of León will ever rival, say, Berlin for international hipness, but even León deserves a taste of the avant-garde, which this museum supplies in spades. From the exterior, its panels of stained glass evoke a box of Crayola crayons or a rack of paint chips in the “bold” collection. Even on a dreary winter day MUSAC looks cheery and inviting. The collections focuses on work created from the 1960's on, and the programming has won a number of European awards for daring innovation in presenting conceptual pieces, like a re-created car accident. Marcel Duchamp is no doubt chuckling in his grave. . It’s a 20-minute walk from the cathedral, or take bus 7, 11, or 12.
We seriously doubt that the city of León will ever rival, say, Berlin for international hipness, but even León deserves a taste of the avant-garde, which this museum supplies in spades. From the exterior, its panels of stained glass evoke a box of Crayola crayons or a rack of paint chips in the “bold” collection. Even on a dreary winter day MUSAC looks cheery and inviting. The collections focuses on work created from the 1960's on, and the programming has won a number of European awards for daring innovation in presenting conceptual pieces, like a re-created car accident. Marcel Duchamp is no doubt chuckling in his grave. . It’s a 20-minute walk from the cathedral, or take bus 7, 11, or 12.
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