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The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) in Salt Lake City is the only contemporary art museum in Utah. Located in the heart of the city, the museum offers a range of rotating exhibitions in its six galleries, showing works by local, national, and international contemporary artists. The museum was founded in 1931 by Alta Rawlins Jensen under the name of the Art Barn Association. Her goal was to create an artists’ retreat where they could express and sell their art. The Art Barn quickly acquired a reputation as a respected art institution, showing the works of renowned artists from the country and abroad. The exhibition of a series of oil paintings by Vincent Van Gogh was one of the museum’s biggest successes. The museum currently occupies two floors and has six galleries and also has a number of spaces it rents out for various events – a courtyard, a lobby, a 155-seat auditorium, and several meeting rooms. There is an education studio, a number of artist-in-residence studios, and a shop selling a variety of works by local artists.

20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, Phone: 801-328-4201

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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