Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts

Coordinates: 31°57′32″N 35°54′56″E / 31.9589°N 35.9155°E

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Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
المتحف الوطني الأردني للفنون الجميلة

Established	19 February 1980 (1980-02-19)
Location	Amman, Jordan
Coordinates	31°57′32″N 35°54′56″E / 31.9589°N 35.9155°E / 31.9589; 35.9155
Type	Art museum
Director	Khalid Khreis, Ph.D.
President	Princess Wijdan Ali, Ph.D.
Owner	The Royal Society of Fine Arts
Website	nationalgallery.org

The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts is a major contemporary art museum located in Jabal al-Luweibdeh, Amman. The Official inauguration of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts (JNGFA) was held under the patronage of the late King Hussein and Queen Noor Al Hussein and was Established in 1980 by the Royal Society of Fine Arts, the museum's permanent collection "comprises over 2000 works including paintings, prints, sculptures, photographs, installations, weavings, and ceramics by more than 800 artists from 59 countries mainly in Asia and Africa."^[1]

Collections

The museum's permanent collection includes work from artists from "Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Denmark Egypt, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kabardino Balkaria, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal. Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, UK, USA, Uzbekistan, Yemen, and the Former Republic of Yugoslavia."^[1]

Museum facilities

The museum building renovation and expansion under architect Mohamed al-Asad received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2007.^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Collections". Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. Royal Society of Fine Arts. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
^ "Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts". Archnet. Archnet. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
^ "Aga Khan Award for Architecture" (PDF). Archnet. Retrieved 22 August 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}