Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Geneva

Advantages: Great for viewing modern art.
Disadvantages: Some of the curates are a bit sandoffish and not nice to talk to.

...The Museum of Morden Art is great for a visit, but wear comfortable shoes and be prepared for the wired as well as wonderful. I visited this museum on a recent trip to New York and found the art works facinating. The ground floor houses the more main stream works by people like Monet, Picasso and the like As you pass though the five upper floors the art work becomes more detached and post-modern. The museum houses permenant and touring pieces of art, from paintings to scupture, photographs to computer displays. It caters for all tastes in modern art. The artists are too numerous to mention as are the pieces. Needless to say art is everywhere to be seen. The lower levels house the cinema, a theatre, self service cafe and small shop. The second floor houses a shop and a formal resturant. This is a roomy museum and caters well... Read review

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Advantages: something to do on a bored Saturday
Disadvantages: not that entertaining

...Am I the only one these days that thinks Modern Art has gotten completely out of hand? Whereas I used to get thrills from the prospect of visiting various “hipper” museums a few years ago, now I just shudder at the thought of being faced with unimaginative, and let’s just say it, perfectly ordinary things. I was flipping through the Evening Standard’s Metro Life magazine tonight, and was almost appalled at what caught my attention in the Art section. There is one solitary picture of, no exaggeration, a ball of packing tape. Yup. That about sums it up. Sure, this ball was roughly the size of a small room, but with the piece entitled ‘Boulder’, it hardly stirred up overwhelming appreciation. Hephzibah Anderson of Metro Life wrote, “The Jerwood Platform provides artists with a survey at pivotal moments in their career…Highlights here... Read review

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Advantages: Great selection, presentation and location
Disadvantages: Not so great shop and restauant prices, and children

...dances are currently contemporary, not all contemporary dances are modern. This does tie in to the museum, but you have to read on a bit first to find out why... Anyway, onto the MOMA. The MOMA is famous – so famous it got mentioned in 3 of the Babysitters Club Books, a Sweet Valley High special, several Paula Danziger ones and a number of others I’ve forgotten. Knowing I was off to the States that term, I arrived back at uni with every book I owned that mentioned the city in question, and believe me, there are a lot (even if most do have a target reading age or, erm, age 10). So now you know it’s famous, and I’m guessing you know what the initials stand for (Museum of Modern Art – see, you do now), so what else do you need to know? ### Getting There and Getting In and not Getting Kicked Out ### 11... Read review

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