Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Art museum in Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, United States.
The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art is an art museum located within the Bellagio Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, presenting rotating exhibitions of works spanning different periods. The gallery uses multiple intimate exhibition spaces to display both classical masterpieces and contemporary pieces.
Steve Wynn began buying art in 1996 for the Bellagio, and the gallery opened with the resort on October 15, 1998, showing works by Cézanne, Monet, Picasso and Van Gogh. It closed on May 28, 2000, after Mirage Resorts merged into MGM Mirage, and reopened on September 1, 2000, as a rotating exhibition space. Partners have included the Phillips Collection, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
The gallery's name comes from the Bellagio resort, which opened in 1998. Its early admission fee was contested by the Nevada Tax Commission, which ruled that galleries benefiting from a sales-tax break had to be free; the law was later modified. Today the gallery offers docent tours, added in 2010, and hosts rotating exhibitions from partner museums.
The gallery is easy to locate since it sits within the central Bellagio Hotel and is accessible from the public areas of the property. Visitors should note that opening hours can vary with the seasons, so checking ahead or asking hotel staff is a good idea.
The gallery often displays loans from renowned museums worldwide, meaning you can travel through art history without leaving the city. This model allows the space to showcase masterworks that would otherwise never reach Las Vegas.
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