Museums Without Walls: cyber art in the new millennium

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao opened in 1997, in the industrial capital of Spain's Basque Country. The showpiece and stunning Frank Gehry designed building is an international attraction. An extraordinary work of modern architecture, the swirling, titanium-clad exterior and sculptural metallic roof unifies the project into a single architectural composition. The museum is a series of interconnecting building shapes focused on a soaring 165-foot atrium of unprecedented size. The interior of the building is equally spectacular. There are 19 galleries, each one unique, illuminated by natural light through the walls of glass in the atrium. The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is truly an edifice to the richness of art. http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/idioma.h...

On the west coast, nestled high atop the Santa Monica Mountains is the world-class Getty Center in Los Angeles. Antiquities, decorative arts, photographs, paintings, manuscripts, drawings, sculpture and architecture abound in this unique setting. The museum space is arranged in two story pavilions around a central courtyard with the paintings hung on the second floor walls of the pavilions. http://www.getty.edu

The Southwest Museum showcases the heart, spirit and soul of the Native American culture and heritage. Founded in 1907 by Charles Fletcher Lummis, the Mission Revival style architecture and seven-story tower, are familiar landmarks in Los Angeles. Within the walls of the museum are Latin American colonial paintings, textiles, religious icons, decorative art, and folk art from southwestern United States, Mexico, South and Central America and Alaska. http://www.southwestmuseum.org

Slip down to San Diego and visit The Museum of Photographic Arts one of the finest museums dedicated solely to the photographic arts. Lots to see here, from contemporary photography to the early California pioneers of the camera. This museum is undergoing a complete renovation and expansion that will quadruple its size; it's still open on the Internet. http://www.mopa.org

Like opening a window, fine art on the Internet is a breath of fresh air.

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