Carmina | |
Location | Tangier, Morocco |
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Type | museum |
Collections | modern art |
The Musée de Carmen-Macein (also called Carmina) is a private art museum in the Kasbah area of Tangier, Morocco. The museum contains sculptures, paintings and lithographs by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí and Georges Braque.
Overview
Carmen Macein was a friend of the Spanish King Juan Carlos and a local figure of the beat generation gatherings in the Moroccan city. She was an art dealer who exhibited the artwork she sold on her yacht, the Vagrant. The boat was built by Horace Vanderbilt in 1941 and later bought by the Beatles in 1966.
References
- Morocco. Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guides. 2006. p. 132.
- DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Morocco. Penguin. 29 November 2010. p. 132. ISBN 9780756686659.
- "Un dernier Thé à Tanger, avant de m'étourdir à Fès..." Voyageforum.com (in French). 2 June 2014.
- "Carmina Maceín vende riad en Tánger… con algún Picasso y Miró". Fronterad.com (in Spanish). 23 January 2014.
- "Carmen Maceín, molesta con EL PAÍS". Guiadetanger.com (in Spanish).
- "Beatles yacht sinks in Madeira". Algarvedailynews.com. 12 December 2013.
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