Minimalism emerged in New York in the early 1960s as artists stripped their work down to elemental geometry, industrial materials and serial repetition. Frank Stella's black paintings, begun in 1958, declared that a painting need refer to nothing beyond its own surface. Sol LeWitt extended the logic to three-dimensional structures and wall drawings govern…
Works of Minimalism are held in 65 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
Key artists
Work by these painters is spread across the museums listed below.
🇦🇺 Australia
2 museums
Also in AustraliaArt Gallery of New South Wales (5)National Gallery of Australia (2)
🇧🇪 Belgium
4 museums
Also in BelgiumStedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (14)Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee (5)Society for the Museum of Contemporary Art (2)Middelheim Museum (2)
🇨🇦 Canada
2 museums
Also in CanadaNational Gallery of Canada (5)collection of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (3)
🇫🇷 France
1 museum
Also in FranceMusée National d'Art Moderne (2)
🇩🇪 Germany
4 museums
Also in GermanyMuseum Ludwig (9)Lenbachhaus (4)Neue Nationalgalerie (3)Wallraf–Richartz Museum (2)
🇮🇱 Israel
1 museum
Also in IsraelIsrael Museum (2)
🇳🇱 Netherlands
5 museums
Also in NetherlandsMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen (23)Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (11)Kunstmuseum Den Haag (8)Kröller-Müller Museum (8)De Pont (5)
🇪🇸 Spain
2 museums
Also in SpainInstitut Valencià d'Art Modern (2)Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (1)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2 museums
Also in United KingdomTate (10)National Galleries Scotland (5)
🇺🇸 United States
27 museums
Also in United StatesNational Gallery of Art (1303)Museum of Modern Art (39)New Britain Museum of American Art (18)San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (17)Whitney Museum of American Art (14)Cleveland Museum of Art (12)Metropolitan Museum of Art (12)Yale University Art Gallery (11)Art Institute of Chicago (10)Buffalo AKG Art Museum (9)Smithsonian American Art Museum (9)Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (9)Los Angeles County Museum of Art (8)Princeton Art Museum (8)Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (6)Seattle Art Museum (4)Philadelphia Museum of Art (4)Harvard Art Museums (4)Detroit Institute of Arts (4)Toledo Museum of Art (4)Saint Louis Art Museum (3)Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (3)Fogg Museum (3)Indianapolis Museum of Art (2)RISD Museum (2)Carnegie Museum of Art (2)The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (2)
15 more museums hold Minimalism works with smaller collections, not listed here.
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Minimalism works are held in 65 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.How many museums have Minimalism artworks?
65 museums worldwide hold works by Minimalism artists.Which is the best museum for Minimalism?
National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. holds the largest Minimalism collection with 1303 works.