In the Turkish Language Institution, contemporary vocabulary, which is defined as "appropriate to the understanding of the present age and its conditions, contemporary, civilized, modern" is a term frequently used to describe the works made in the field of art. Among these institutions, which the Contemporary Art Collections can be watched, museums and art centers are important places for the art world. The aim of this text is to create a selection of art centers and museums opened in Europe in the last century which has an important place in the history of art museums and to examine their painting collections. In the context of a selection narrowed down on the frame of the art collections of contemporary art institutions in Europe, the text includes artists and works that are frequently mentioned in various art books, among many works. There are many important museums established and opened in the 19th century under the name of the Museum of Contemporary Art, but the period to be focused here is the last century until 2018. As a method, the focus is on the last century's art collections of distinguished institutions, which are mentioned in many different sources in the text. The 20th century, in which many movements and formations take place, is an age of witnessing the trials of various materials and orientations other than the painting. In the last century, artistic orientations, which start from the use of collage, have won different expansions, performances, installations, video art and many other artistic orientations are the formations and reforms mainly involved in painting art and visual culture. The paintings in the collections of the ten institutions concerned have an important place in terms of enhancing the diversity and experimentation that has occurred so far in connection with the use of different materials. The effect of the text on the reader is to understand why the institutions (in the diversity of the European continent), which were handled in a timely manner in line with their opening dates, stand out among other art institutions.

Contemporary, Art, Museum, Center, Painting collection