Within Genres

The permanent collection of the PAMM is installed thematically within two rooms on the first floor and four rooms on the second and is organized around the historical criteria of genres within Western painting and the traditional hierarchy of genres that developed out of the Renaissance period and was promoted within European art academies up through the 19th century. The five genres – Still Life, Landscape, Scenes of Everyday Life, Portraiture, and History Painting – serve as a productive point of dialogue with contemporary artwork created within an expanded field of artistic practices, including not only painting but also photography, video, and installation.