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Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw

Coordinates: 52°13′59″N 21°0′06″E / 52.23306°N 21.00167°E / 52.23306; 21.00167
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Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie
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Established2005 (2005)
LocationŚródmieście, Warsaw, Poland
DirectorJoanna Mytkowska
ArchitectThomas Phifer
Public transit accessLine M1 Centrum
Line M1Line M2 Świętokrzyska
Websitewww.artmuseum.pl/en

The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (Polish: Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie, MSN), also known as MSN Warsaw,[1][2] is a modern and contemporary art museum in Warsaw, Poland. The museum was founded in 2005 and the director of the museum since June 6, 2007 has been Joanna Mytkowska.[3] MSN was a cultural institution co-run by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the city of Warsaw, from 2023 it is a local government cultural institution run by the city of Warsaw.[4]

In 2024, the museum opened in its Thomas Phifer-designed venue at Marszałkowska Street. The permanent collection is expected to be presented by February 2025.[5][6] Before its current location, the museum was located at temporary premises: Museum at Pańska (office spaces at ul. Pańska 3) and the Museum over Vistula pavilion (exhibition space at Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 22), which was designed by A. Krischanitz and decorated by Sławomir Pawszak.[7][8][9]

Thomas Phifer Building

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MSN construction in 2023, as seen from the Palace of Culture and Science

In 2006, the first international architectural competition for the design of the museum was announced. The competition was won in February 2007 by architect C. Kerez. It was chosen from over 100 designs. Eventually however, in May 2012, the City terminated the contract with Christian Kerez.[10] At the same time it was decided that for the next three years the temporary location for the museum would be in Pańska Street, off the nearby main thoroughfare Emilii Plater.

The new custom-built museum was designed by the New York City-based architecture studio Thomas Phifer and Partners, chosen in the two-stage tender proceeding in 2013–14.[11] Located on the northern side of Plac Defilad (city center), it was opened on 25 October 2024.[12]

Collection and program

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Museum on the Vistula

The museum presents the achievements and changes in Polish art of the twentieth and twenty-first century in an international context, creates an art collection, presents significant phenomena in the field of visual arts, film, theater and music, as well as supports exceptionally talented artists.

The museum has in its collection works by Mirosław Bałka, Yael Bartana, Wojciech Bąkowski, Rafał Bujnowski, Oskar Dawicki, Ion Grigorescu, Aneta Grzeszykowska, KwieKulik, Deimantas Narkevičius, Jadwiga Sawicka, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Andrzej Wróblewski, Artur Żmijewski, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Paweł Althamer, Katarzyna Kozyra, Jarosław Modzelewski, Katarina Šeda, Wilhelm Sasnal, Marek Sobczyk, Monika Sosnowska, Alina Szapocznikow, Piotr Uklański, archives of Eustachy Kossakowski, among others.[13]

Selected temporary exhibitions

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Murphy, Jack (2024-07-08). "The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners, nears the finish line ahead of its October opening". The Architect’s Newspaper. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  2. ^ "Thomas Phifer and Partners". www.thomasphifer.com. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  3. ^ "W muzeum zmieścimy się wszyscy. Rozmowa z Joanną Mytkowską — Warszawskie Obserwatorium Kultury". wok.art.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  4. ^ "Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie podaje datę otwarcia". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  5. ^ "Opening of the new Museum of Modern Art in the autumn". Go To Warsaw. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  6. ^ "After 20 years without a permanent home, Warsaw's Museum of Modern Art will open this month". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  7. ^ "Muzeum nad Wisłą". architektura.muratorplus.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  8. ^ "Warszawa: co dalej z Muzeum nad Wisłą? Ma być domem tańca, performensu i choreografii - Bryła - polska architektura". www.bryla.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  9. ^ netz, nextroom-architektur im. "Adolf Krischanitz". Adolf Krischanitz. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  10. ^ Szczelina, Marcin (2012-09-13). "Christian Kerez bids farewell to Warsaw". Domus. Domus. Retrieved 2014-01-20. Two days later, the Capital City Development Authority sent a letter to the architect, terminating the contract...
  11. ^ Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. "New building". artmuseum.pl. Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. Retrieved 23 June 2022. Construction work started in April 2019 and will take until October 2022. The new Museum is scheduled to open in 2023.
  12. ^ "Modern art museum breathes new life into downtown Warsaw". France 24. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Sztuka cenniejsza niż złoto. Pokaz pierwszych zakupów, darów i depozytów do kolekcji Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie". Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie.
  14. ^ "Tiger in the Garden, art by Maria Prymaczenko". www.inyourpocket.com. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  15. ^ "2022 report - Friends of the Museum". wspieraj.artmuseum.pl. 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  16. ^ ""Się porobiło" – wystawa urodzinowa "Literatury na Świecie" w Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej otwarta [realacja i zdjęcia]". instytutksiazki.pl (in Polish). 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  17. ^ McHugh, Camila (2021-06-01). ""Henryk Streng/Marek Włodarski and Jewish-Polish Modernism"". Artforum. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  18. ^ ""Miriam Cahn: I As Human" at Muzeum, Warsaw — Mousse Magazine and Publishing". www.moussemagazine.it. 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  19. ^ ""Fears", MoMA Warsaw: Daniel Rycharski Explores Rural Poland, Queer Culture and Faith". On Art and Aesthetics. 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  20. ^ "Edi Hila Painter of Transformation". kontakt-collection.org. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  21. ^ "Danwen Xing Exhibition: A Personal Diary. The Chinese Avant-Garde 1993–2003 | Archive - 2017 edition | Five Flavours Asian Film Festival". www.piecsmakow.pl. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  22. ^ "Fundacja Sztuk Wizualnych » ZOFIA RYDET. RECORD, 1978-1990" (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  23. ^ "Július Koller - Monoskop". monoskop.org. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  24. ^ Wystawa "Andrzej Wróblewski: Recto / Verso. 1948-1949, 1956–1957" MKiDN - Wydarzenia 2015 (in Polish), retrieved 2024-10-26
  25. ^ ""Formy przejściowe" Marii Bartuszovej w Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej — SZUM". magazynszum.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  26. ^ "… and Europe will be stunned". Pawilon Polski w Wenecji. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  27. ^ Janevski, Ana; Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej, eds. (2010). As soon as I open my eyes I see a film: experiment in the art of Yugoslavia in the 1960s and 1970s; [Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, April 24 - June 22, 2008]. Museum under construction. Warsaw: Museum of Modern Art. ISBN 978-83-924044-3-9.
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