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Let’s be real: the Sprengel Museum is the place to check out world-renowned collections of 20th century and contemporary art.
The Sprengel Museum hosts work from a variety of movements including German expressionism, French cubism, minimal art, and Nouveau Realisme, to name a few. Fans of Picasso, Chagall, and Kandinsky will surely feel welcome here. Also notable are some of Niki de Saint Phalle’s iconic Nanas—bright and curvy sculptures that can be seen outside on the museum grounds, sculptures which people seem to either love or hate or think are the work of a psychotic shut-in.
Fun fact: the city of Hannover publicly supports the abolishment and elimination of nuclear weapons and is a part of a movement to get rid of them by the year 2020. Will it happen? Probably not! But I still love them for caring, and I think you should go visit.
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- Alfredflechteim Editors. “Sprengel Museum Hannover.” www.alfredflechtheim.com. Accessed November 24, 2017. http://alfredflechtheim.com/en/provenance-research/sprengel-museum-hann….
- Hannover Editors. “Sprengel Museum Hannover.” www.hannover.de. Accessed November 24, 2017. https://www.hannover.de/en/Tourism-Culture/Culture-Leisure/Museums-Gall….
- Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation. “Member Cities.” www.mayorsforpeace.org. Accessed November 24, 2017. http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/index.html.
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Here is what Wikipedia says about Sprengel Museum
Sprengel Museum is a museum of modern art in Hanover, Lower Saxony, holding one of the most significant collections of modern art in Germany. It is located in a building situated adjacent to the Masch Lake (German: Maschsee) approximately 150 metres (490 ft) south of the state museum. The museum opened in 1979, and the building, designed by Peter and Ursula Trint (of Cologne) and Dieter Quast (of Heidelberg), was extended in 1992.
Bernhard Sprengel donated his extensive collection of modern art to the city of Hanover in 1969, as well as financially supporting the construction of the museum. The city of Hanover and the state of Lower Saxony agreed to operate the museum jointly. In addition to the works donated by Sprengel, the museum also houses 20th century artworks owned by Lower Saxony and Hanover.
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