Moderna Museet

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Entrance to the museum
"Pavilion Sculpture 2" by Dan Graham from 1982 in front of the museum

The Moderna Museet , Museum of Modern Art, is a state museum for Swedish, Nordic and international modern and contemporary art on the island of Skeppsholmen in Stockholm . It was inaugurated in 1958 and houses collections of modern paintings, sculptures and photographs.

organization

Like the National Museum and the East Asian Museum, the Moderna Museet belongs to the Swedish authority Statens konstmuseer ( German State Art Museums ). The Arkitekturmuseet (architecture museum) is also attached to the museum.

Art theft

The painting Le Jardin by Henri Matisse , stolen in 1987, was seized at the end of 2012.

In 1993 six paintings by Pablo Picasso and two paintings by Georges Braque , valued at an estimated 60 million euros, were stolen, three of which by Picasso were recovered.

Reopened in 1998

In 1994 the museum's fund was relocated in order to build a new building in the meantime. The new museum was designed by the Spanish architect Rafael Moneo and inaugurated in 1998. Due to mold damage, the museum was relocated again, but returned to the old rooms in February 2004 after the renovation.

In December 2009 a branch museum was opened in Malmö , the Moderna Museet Malmö .

Directors

literature

  • Moderna Museet: The history book on Moderna Museet 1958-2008. Steidl, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-86521-642-7 . (Bibliography: pp. 449-461).

Web links

Commons : Moderna Museet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stolen Matisse resurfaced after 25 years. In: ORF , January 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ Original report from the Art Loss Register accessed on January 8, 2013.

Coordinates: 59 ° 19 ′ 35 ″  N , 18 ° 5 ′ 1 ″  E