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Geometric stone sculptures in the garden at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, Ireland

Two Free National ‘Arts’ Museums in Dublin, Ireland

August 11, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

The National Museum of Decorative Arts along with the Irish Museum of Modern Art are two free museums on the western side of Dublin. We did both of them in […]

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Art, Ireland
The Frank Gehry designed building of the Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art in Bilbao

Guggenheim Modern Art Museum in Bilbao, Spain

November 3, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

The Guggenheim Modern Art Museum in Bilbao was my first ‘Frank Gehry’ building. Our first view of it was when we walked around the building in the evening.  The giant ‘spider’ sculpture […]

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Spain
One of Aviles' Quirky Mascot Sculptures

Aviles, a Little Town Trying to Live Up to Its Big Art Reputation

September 20, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

October 8th, 2014. Aviles, a small industrial town on our way to the Picos de Europa, was blessed with a super-modern art gallery, the Centro Niemeyer. Niemeyer’s super-modern curvilinear design housed a broad empty […]

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Architecture, Art, Spain
Aviles Neimeyer Centre Brochure

Centro Niemeyer, a Modern Art Gallery in Aviles, Spain

September 18, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

October 8th, afternoon. Our second stop enroute to the Picos de Europa was Aviles, a small industrial town with a modern art gallery, a ‘gift’ from the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. His […]

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Architecture, Spain
The Reina Sofia Modern Art Museum in Madrid

La Reina Sofia, Madrid’s Premiere Modern Art Museum

September 3, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

11:30 am, October 1, 2014. After a classic late night evening in Madrid, we slept in until 11:30 in the morning. The first thing we did was head off to the Reina […]

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Architecture, Spain

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