Moderna Museet (The Museum of Modern Art), Stockholm, Sweden, is a state museum for modern and contemporary art located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, opened in 1958. In 2009 the museum opened Moderna Museet Malmö in Malmö .
6-837: The museum opened in Stockholm on 9 May 1958, and opened a branch in Malmö in 2009, in a building that had housed the Rooseum centre for contemporary art . The museum houses Swedish and international modern and contemporary art, including pieces by Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí , and a model of Tatlin's Tower . The museum's collection also includes key works by artists such as Marcel Duchamp , Louise Bourgeois , Niki de Saint Phalle , Henri Matisse and Robert Rauschenberg , as well as ongoing acquisitions by contemporary artists. On 8 November 1993, six works by Picasso and two by Georges Braque , totaling more than £40 million, were stolen from
12-536: The collection are on display with the museum's permanent collection; many others are exhibited in the purpose-built Pontus Hultén Study Gallery. The museum has a sculpture park on the island with works by sculptors of diverse nationalities. The museum was initially housed in Exercishuset on Skeppsholmen. From 1994 to 1998, it was temporarily moved to another location, the Spårvägshallarna , in Stockholm while
18-452: The intention of attracting a new, younger audience to the museum with screenings, installations, talks and live VJ audio-visual events. 59°19′35″N 18°05′01″E / 59.32639°N 18.08361°E / 59.32639; 18.08361 Moderna Museet Malm%C3%B6 Moderna Museet Malmö is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Malmö , Sweden . It is a part of
24-508: The museum in a coup in which the burglars came in through the roof by night, copying a method from the 1955 French film Rififi (French: Du rififi chez les hommes ). All six of the Picasso paintings and one of the Braque paintings have been recovered. In 2005, former museum director Pontus Hultén bequeathed over 700 works of art to Moderna Museet, along with his archive and library. A few works of
30-513: The new building on Skeppsholmen, designed by the Spanish architect Rafael Moneo , was built. The Pontus Hultén Study Gallery was designed by Renzo Piano . The museum shares its premises with the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design . The museum organizes and is a venue for temporary contemporary art exhibitions throughout the year. In 2005, the museum hosted the onedotzero festival with
36-521: The state-owned Moderna Museet but has an independent exhibition programme. The museum was opened in December 2009. The main building of the museum originally held an electricity plant established in 1901. It was later transformed into an exhibition hall which housed the Rooseum Centre for Contemporary art between 1988 and 2006. Before Moderna Museet Malmö moved in, the interior was transformed again and
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