Moderna Museet is a state museum for modern andcontemporary art located on the island ofSkeppsholmen in central Stockholm, opened in 1958. In 2009, the museum openedModerna Museet Malmö inMalmö.
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| Established | 1958 |
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| Location | Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Type | Art museum |
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| Director | Gitte Ørskou |
| Public transit access | Bus toArkitektur-/Moderna museet |
| Website | www |
History
editThe museum opened in Stockholm on 9 May 1958,[2] and openeda branch in Malmö in 2009, in a building that had housed theRooseum centre forcontemporary art.[3]
Collection
editThe museum houses Swedish and international modern and contemporary art, including pieces byPablo Picasso andSalvador Dalí, and a model ofTatlin's Tower. The museum's collection also includes key works by artists such asMarcel Duchamp,Louise Bourgeois,Niki de Saint Phalle,Henri Matisse andRobert Rauschenberg, as well as ongoing acquisitions by contemporary artists.[1]
On 8 November 1993, six works by Picasso and two byGeorges Braque, totaling more than £40 million, were stolen from the museum in a coup in which the burglars came in through the roof by night, copying a method from the 1955 French filmRififi.[4] All six of the Picasso paintings and one of the Braque paintings have been recovered.[5]
Pontus Hultén Collection
editIn 2005, former museum directorPontus Hultén bequeathed over 700 works of art to Moderna Museet, along with his archive and library. A few works of the collection are on display with the museum's permanent collection; many others are exhibited in the purpose-built Pontus Hultén Study Gallery.[6]
Sculpture park
editThe museum has a sculpture park on the island with works by sculptors of diverse nationalities.[7]
- The Four Elements,Alexander Calder, 1961
- Le Paradis fantastique,Jean Tinguely andNiki de Saint Phalle, 1966
- Déjeuner sur l'herbe,Pablo Picasso andCarl Nesjar, 1962
- Monumentalfigur, Christian Berg, 1927
- Monument över den sista cigaretten, Erik Dietman, 1975
- Lenin Monument April 13th 1917, Björn Lövin, 1977
- Mannen på templet,Bjørn Nørgaard, 1980
- Svart svensk granit,Ulrich Rückriem, 1981
- Pavilion Sculpture II,Dan Graham, 1984
- Louisa,Thomas M. Woodruff, 1987
- Freedom and Belief (their own affair),Joseph Kosuth, 1998
- No title,Per Kirkeby, 1999–2000
- Instabil,Lars Englund, 2005
- Närkontakt, Gustav Kraitz, 2008
Architecture
editThe museum was initially housed inExercishuset on Skeppsholmen.[2]
From 1994 to 1998, it was temporarily moved to another location, theSpårvägshallarna,[8] in Stockholm while the new building on Skeppsholmen, designed by the Spanish architectRafael Moneo, was built.[9] ThePontus Hultén Study Gallery was designed byRenzo Piano.
The museum shares its premises with theSwedish Centre for Architecture and Design.
Activity
editThe museum organizes and is a venue for temporary contemporary art exhibitions throughout the year. In 2005, the museum hosted theonedotzero festival with the intention of attracting a new, younger audience to the museum with screenings, installations, talks and live VJ audio-visual events.[10]
Directors
edit- 1958–1973:Pontus Hultén[6]
- 1973–1977: Philip von Schantz
- 1977–1979: Karin Lindegren
- 1980–1989: Olle Granath
- 1989–1995: Björn Springfeldt
- 1996–2001:David Elliott
- 2001–2010:Lars Nittve
- 2010–2018:Daniel Birnbaum[11]
- 2018–2019: Ann-Sofi Noring (acting)[12]
- Since 2019: Gitte Ørskou[12][13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ab"Om samlingen".sis.modernamuseet.se. Moderna Museet. Retrieved5 June 2015.
- ^ab"Exercishuset på Skeppsholmen".sfv.se.National Property Board of Sweden. Archived fromthe original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved5 June 2015.
- ^"Moderna Museet".malmo.se.Malmö Municipality. Archived fromthe original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved5 June 2015.
- ^Axedin, Annie; TT (12 November 2013)."Största konstkuppen inte helt löst". Södertörns Högskola. Archived fromthe original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved5 June 2015.
- ^"Spektakulära konststölder genom tiderna" [Spectacular art thefts through the ages] (in Swedish).Barnebys Group AB. 29 June 2016. Archived fromthe original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved15 May 2022.
- ^abPauli, Calle (10 November 2005)."Pontus Hultén donerar 700 verk till Moderna Museet".Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved5 June 2015.
- ^"Utomhusskulpturer på Skeppsholmen, Stockholm"(PDF).modernamuseet.se. Moderna Museet. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 22 November 2009. Retrieved5 June 2015.
- ^Odefalk, Eva (27 December 1997)."Flyttfest".Dagens Nyheter. Archived fromthe original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved5 June 2015.
- ^Moneo, Rafael; Mårtelius, Johan; Jewson, William; Lidman, Åke E:son (1998).Modern Museum and Swedish Museum of Architecture in Stockholm (in Swedish). Stockholm: Arkitektur.ISBN 91-87214-76-8.
- ^Jacobsson, Cecilia (13 January 2005)."Visuellt och utmanande på Moderna".Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved5 June 2015.[dead link]
- ^Rachlin, Natalja (12 June 2012)."In Stockholm, Stretching a Museum's Boundaries".The New York Times. Retrieved5 June 2015.
- ^ab"Gitte Ørskou will be the new Director of Moderna Museet".Moderna Museet i Malmö. 13 June 2019. Retrieved11 November 2019.
- ^Barry, Salena; Ørskou, Gitte (12 April 2023)."To Tackle the Climate Crisis, Museums of the Future Must Get Creative".frieze.
External links
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- Official website – in Swedish and English
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