Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

The Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney (German: Museum for Contemporary Art Sydney ) is an art museum in Sydney . It opened in November 1991 .

building

The building was originally built for the Maritime Services Board , hence it is also called the MSB building . The government architect W.H. Withers began working on the designs in 1939. In 1940 planning was temporarily suspended due to Australia's participation in World War II . In 1944, the planning was continued under WDH Baxter. The foundation stone was laid in 1949 and the building was opened in 1952.

In 1989 the MSB moved due to lack of space. The government gave the building to the museum. Extensive restoration and renovation work began in 1990, financed by the University of Sydney and The Power Bequest . The renovation work was led by Andrew Anderson from Peddle Thorpe / John Holland Interiors .

In 2011/12, the museum was expanded by a new extension by the Australian architect Sam Marshall and enlarged by almost 50 percent. The opening took place on March 29, 2012.

Collections

  • The JW Power Collection
  • The Loti and Victor Smorgon Collection of Contemporary Australian Art
  • The Maningrida Collection of Aboriginal Art
  • The Ramingining Collection of Aboriginal Art

Artist

Ulay , Marina Abramović , Valerio Adami , Joseph Beuys , Christo and Jeanne-Claude , Juan Davila , Neil Dawson , Gilbert & George , Denise Green , Richard Hamilton , Keith Haring , Edward & Nancy Kienholz , Barbara Kruger , Rosemary Laing , Roy Lichtenstein , Robert Longo , Sidney Nolan , Ed Ruscha , Mike Parr , John Power , Cindy Sherman , Imants Tillers , Peter Tyndall , Andy Warhol , Jenny Watson , John Young , Stephen Bush , Tony Clark , Maria Kozic , Michael Johnson , Tim Johnson , Kerri Poliness , Vivienne Shark LeWitt , John Firth Smith et al. a.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homepage of the museum: Archived copy ( memento of the original dated July 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mca.com.au

Web links

Commons : Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 33 ° 51 ′ 36 ″  S , 151 ° 12 ′ 32.5 ″  E