Migros Museum of Contemporary Art

Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Migros museum für Gegenwartskunst
Löwenbräukunst-Areal (2012)
Established 1996 (1996)
Location Limmatstrasse 270, Zürich
Coordinates 47°23′21.8″N 8°31′29.6″E / 47.389389°N 8.524889°E / 47.389389; 8.524889
Type Art museum
Founder Gottlieb Duttweiler
Director Heike Munder[1]
Architect Gigon/Guyer [2]
Website www.migrosmuseum.ch

The Migros Museum of Contemporary Art (German: Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst) is a museum for contemporary art in Zürich, Switzerland. The museum was founded in 1996 .[3]

It is the successor to the Halle für Internationale neue Kunst, which existed from 1978 until 1981. It receives financing from the cooperative society Migros, which dedicates 1% of earnings, the so-called Kulturprozent to culture.

The museum was renovated between 2010 and 2012 and reopened on August 31, 2012 with the first Swiss solo exhibition by Ragnar Kjartansson. The museum has two floors with a total area of approximately 1300 m2. One floor is used to display the collection, the other is used for temporary exhibitions.[2] The collection contains over 1300 works by 700 artists.

References

  1. ↑ "Jimmie Durham: God's Children, God's Poems - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 "art-tv.ch - Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst I Neueröffnung". www.art-tv.ch (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "'Museum Revisited' at Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich | Artinfo". Artinfo. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
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