Joan Ortega

Joan Ortega is a museum nerd in every sense of the word. She has visited dozens of museums in the United States and her dream came true in 2018. This was the year that she was able to travel to Paris and visit the Louvre Museum and the Musée d’Orsay, 2 museums that were on top of her bucket list. She loves to share her extensive knowledge and experience about museums on Art Facts.

As the name of the National Gallery of Australia suggests, it’s the national museum of the country. It was established by the Australian Government in 1967. Located in Canberra, the capital city of the country in the Australian Capital Territory, the original idea to build a national museum came about in the early 20th century. …

One of the greatest collections of paintings of the Old Masters in Europe is housed in a fantastic Renaissance-style building in a city in Southern Germany. The Alte Pinakothek in Munich, the capital city of the German state of Bavaria, has a history that dates back to the first half of the 19th century. It …

If you enjoy the paintings of artists who lived between the 15th and 18th centuries, then there are few museums that house a better collection than this museum in Dresden. The Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister or “Old Masters Picture Gallery” is located in the Semper Gallery, a Neoclassical building constructed in the 19th century as part …

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art or LACMA is one of the most popular museums in Los Angeles, California. It’s located on Wilshire Boulevard, one of the main thoroughfares in the city, in the Miracle Mile District in the northwestern part of the city. The museum has a history that goes back to the …

When a French artist started producing remarkable sculptures that weren’t in line with conventional academic ideals in the 19th century, he transformed the world of sculpture forever. Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) was met with fierce criticism when he first exhibited his modern sculptures. He gradually managed to convince even his staunchest critics by the turn of …

The history of the Kimbell Art Museum goes back to 1931, the year that rich businessman Kay Kimbell was introduced to the world of art by his wife Velma. They visited an art exhibition in Forth Worth, Texas, and he got the taste of collecting art after buying a painting at this event. The couple …

The Art Gallery of Ontario is a huge art museum in the Grange Park neighborhood of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It’s situated just north of Grange Park and has a history that dates back to its foundation as the Art Museum of Toronto in 1900. It was renamed the Art Gallery of Toronto in 1919 …

The Barnes Foundation is a combination of an art museum in Philadelphia and an institution dedicated to horticulture. It was founded by Albert C. Barnes (1872-1951), an American businessman and avid art collector who amassed a great collection of art from the 19th and 20th centuries. He started acquiring artworks in the early 20th century …

The Minneapolis Institute of Art is commonly referred to as the Mia and is located in the heart of Minneapolis, a major city in Minnesota. It was established in the year 1883 as the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts. It took on its current name in 1889 after a successful period of art exhibitions during …

One of the most famous museums in Venice was originally part of the art academy in the city. That’s why the museum’s façade bears the name of this institution. The art academy and its Gallerie dell’Accademia were established in 1750 and are located in a remarkable building in Venice called the Scuola della Carità. It …