Nsu Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

The NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is an art museum in Fort Lauderdale, Florida . Originating in 1958 as the Fort Lauderdale Art Center , the museum is located in a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m ) modernist building designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes . The current building was constructed in 1986, with a 10,000-square-foot (930 m ) wing added in 2001. The main exhibition area comprises 21,000 square feet (2,000 m ); a sculpture terrace on the second floor adds an additional 2,800 square feet (260 m ) of space. The museum, unlike major museums in nearby Miami, Florida and Palm Beach, Florida , emphasizes contemporary (20th century) projects. Among its 6,200 pieces are a significant collection of ceramics by Pablo Picasso , a collection of contemporary Cuban art representing the contributions of more than 125 artists, and North America's largest exhibition of work from the Northern European CoBrA avant-garde movement. The museum's collections are strong in the cultures of South Florida and the Caribbean. The museum is associated with Nova Southeastern University .