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The Zentrum Paul Klee in BernThe Zentrum Paul Klee - located in Bern and designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano - opened its doors to the public for the first time at 9 a.m. on Monday, 20 June 2005.
The Zentrum Paul Klee is more than a museum - it is a place where people of all ages, social and cultural backgrounds will be able to actively involve themselves with art, to lasting effect.
The activities revolve around the life and work of Paul Klee and the largest collection of a single artist's talent anywhere in the world - over 4,000 items.
The Zentrum Paul Klee is devoted to one of the twentieth century's most important artists.
Klee lived more than half his life in Bern, and the Centre houses over 4,000 of his works - 40 per cent of his total output - making it the world's largest monographic collection of art.
Taking its cue from Klee's polymathy - he was a painter, musician, teacher, writer and philosopher - the Zentrum Paul Klee is setting its sights on presenting in detail the artist in all his eclectic diversity by means of extensive interdisciplinary exchanges of all genres of art.
In order to establish links between fine art and music, a venue is needed: a first-class one has been provided in the form of an auditorium able to seat 300 people, and it comes complete with an in-house orchestra - the Ensemble
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