Atlantic Center of Modern Art

Atlantic Center for Modern Art
Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno
	The CAAM building in Vegueta
	Location within Canary Islands
Established	1989
Location	Las Palmas; Gran Canaria; Spain
Coordinates	28°06′03″N 15°24′48″W / 28.10097°N 15.413472°W
Website	www.caam.net

The Atlantic Center for Modern Art (Spanish:Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM) ) is a contemporary art museum in the Canary Islands, Spain. It is in Vegueta in Las Palmas, the capital city of Gran Canaria.

The building was designed by the architect Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, retaining the façade of two older neoclassical houses.^[1]^[2] It was opened on 4 December 1989, initially to house the collections of Canarian art of the island council, the Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria.^[3]

^ Guía del patrimonio arquitectónico de Gran Canaria. Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria, Patrimonio Histórico. 2005. ISBN 84-8103-419-3.
^ Guardian Staff (5 August 2000). "Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
^ "CAAM : History". Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

[1] Guía del patrimonio arquitectónico de Gran Canaria. Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria, Patrimonio Histórico. 2005. ISBN 84-8103-419-3.

[2] Guardian Staff (5 August 2000). "Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

[history-3] "CAAM : History". Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

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