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The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art opens its doors to the public for the first time on Saturday, Jan. 2. Mayor Anthony Foxx will speak at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
IF YOU WANT TO GO:
Date: Saturday, Jan. 2
Time: Remarks @ 11:45 a.m.; ribbon cutting @ noon; museum closes at 5 p.m.
Location: 420 South Tryon Street
Cost: Free on opening day
About the Museum: The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art is named after the family of Andreas Bechtler, a Charlotte resident and native of Switzerland who assembled and inherited a collection of more than 1,400 artworks created by major figures of 20th-century modernism and donated it to the public trust.
The Bechtler collection comprises artworks by seminal figures such as Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miro, Jean Tinguely, Max Ernst, Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Le Corbusier, Sol LeWitt, Edgar Degas, Nicolas de Stael, Barbara Hepworth and Picasso. Only a handful of the artworks in the Bechtler collection have been on public view in the United States. Until now, the collection was privately held by the Bechtler family of Switzerland and has since been committed to the city of Charlotte.
Regular operating hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.; closed Tuesdays. Admission is $8 for adults; $6 for seniors, college students and educators; $4 for youth (11 to 14) and free for children (up to 10). For museum details visit www.bechtler.org
