Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
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Location | Zagreb, Croatia |
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Coordinates | 45°46′41″N 15°58′51″E / 45.77806°N 15.98083°ECoordinates: 45°46′41″N 15°58′51″E / 45.77806°N 15.98083°E |
Type | Art museum |
Collection size | 12,000 objects[1] |
Visitors | 77,998 (2017)[2] |
Director | Snježana Pintarić[3] |
Website | www |
The Museum of Contemporary Art (Croatian: Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, often abbreviated to MSU) is a contemporary art museum located on Dubrovnik Avenue in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the biggest and most modern museum in the country.[4][5]
History[]
The museum traces its origins from the City Gallery of Contemporary Art which was established in 1954.[5] The gallery was located at the in the Upper Town area and also housed the Center for Photography, Film and Television and a museum library. Due to lack of space the original museum never had a permanent display.
Architecture[]
In 1998, a decision was made to move the museum to a brand new building on the corner of Dubrovnik and Većeslav Holjevac avenues in Novi Zagreb district.
A competition for the building's design was held, and architect Igor Franić's design was chosen out of 85 entries submitted. The cornerstone for the new building was laid in November 2003, and the new museum finally opened on 11 December 2009, after six years of construction which was beset with several delays. Originally planned to cost around 200 million HRK, the cost eventually amounted to 450 million HRK (around 84 million US$), invested in equal parts by the Ministry of Culture and the City of Zagreb.[6]
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The present building has a total area of 14,600 m2, out of which 3,500 m2 is reserved for its permanent collection and around 1,500 m2 is designated for occasional exhibitions.
The building also houses a library, a multimedia hall, a bookstore, cafe and a restaurant.
Permanent Collection[]
The museum houses a total of 12,000 objects (of which around 600 are on permanent display)[1] and numerous works by contemporary Croatian artists, including Vojin Bakić, , Tošo Dabac, Braco Dimitrijević, , , , Sanja Iveković, , Julije Knifer, Zlatko Kopljar, Ivan Kožarić, Vlado Kristl, Vlado Martek, , Ivan Picelj, Vjenceslav Richter, , Mladen Stilinović, Miroslav Šutej; as well as international contemporary artists such as Getulio Alviani, , Max Bill, Piero Dorazio, Julio Le Parc, Richard Mortensen, Otto Piene, Jesús Rafael Soto, Victor Vasarely, Marina Abramović, Dorothy Cross, Katarzyna Kozyra, etc.[8]
The Test Site metal sculpture by Carsten Höller was installed in the entrance hall of the museum in time for the official opening, as were installations by Braco Dimitrijević and Mirosław Bałka in front of the building's south side entrance.[9]
See also[]
- Modern Gallery, Zagreb
- The Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters
- Croatian Museum of Naïve Art
- List of museums in Croatia
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jendrić, Dorotea (12 December 2009). "Hram kulture: Umjetnička avangarda dočekala je vidjeti svoja djela u MSU". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ^ "Posjećenost hrvatskih muzeja u 2017. godini" (PDF). mdc.hr (in Croatian). Zagreb: Museum Documentation Center. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Museum Staff". msu.hr. Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ Mamić, Tomislav (6 October 2009). "Nakon otvaranja MSU na redu su drugi muzeji". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "MSU otvorenje: osnovne informacije". msu.hr (in Croatian). Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ^ Jendrić, Dorotea (11 December 2009). "Šest godina trajao je put od kamena temeljca do novoga MSU". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ^ "Carsten Höller - Double Slide". msu.hr. Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ Tihomir Milovac, Nada Beroš. "Zbirke u pokretu: muzeološka koncepcija stalnog postava Muzeja suvremene umjetnosti". Informatica Museologica. 37 (1–4): 82–101.
- ^ Babić, Vanja (17 December 2009). "Prokletstvo razbijeno, nastavak slijedi". Vijenac (in Croatian). Matica hrvatska. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
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