Fresno Art Museum, Art museum in central Fresno, United States.
The Fresno Art Museum occupies the W. R. Price home, a historic three-story dwelling moved in 1956 to Radio Park north of downtown Fresno, on city land leased for $1 a year. Its permanent collection holds over 3,600 works: modern and contemporary painting, sculpture, prints and photographs, Mesoamerican and Andean artifacts, and Mexican and Mexican-American art, with pieces by Ansel Adams, Diego Rivera, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol.
The museum traces its origin to the Fresno Art League, formed by local artists in 1948, which incorporated as the Fresno Art Center in 1949. In 1956, with help from Mayor Gordon Dunn, the three-story W. R. Price home was moved to city land called Radio Park, leased for $1 a year. The board renamed it Fresno Arts Center and Museum in 1985 and Fresno Art Museum in 1988.
The collection includes Mexican and Pre-Columbian artworks that span thousands of years, showing how different regions developed their own artistic styles and techniques. These objects help visitors understand the creative traditions of West Mexican, Yucatan, and Andean cultures.
The museum occupies the relocated W. R. Price home on city-owned land at Radio Park, north of downtown Fresno; the city leases the grounds for $1 a year and maintains the building exterior and gardens. A 14,000-square-foot outdoor sculpture gallery, begun in June 2000, extends the visit beyond the three-story house.
The museum has hosted major exhibitions of feminist art, including Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party, which attracted art lovers from across the country. This recognition helped establish the institution as an important venue for contemporary and historical artwork.
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