Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art (Mudam) description and photos - Luxembourg: Luxembourg (Topic)

Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art (Mudam) description and photos - Luxembourg: Luxembourg. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art (Mudam).

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The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art (abbreviated as "Mudam") is an art museum in the city of Luxembourg. The museum is located in the northeastern part of the city in the Kihberg quarter on the territory of the Three Acorns Park.

The proposal to create a Museum of Modern Art in Luxembourg in honor of the 25th anniversary of the reign of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, was made in 1989 by Prime Minister Minister Jacques Santer. The idea received wide support, while the site where the museum will be located was the subject of the most heated discussions for a long time, and only in 1997 was it finally agreed. The project of the building of the future museum was designed by the world famous architect, winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize - Yu Ming Pei, one of whose most famous works is the Louvre pyramid. The ultra-modern building made of glass and metal is actually a "continuation" of the old Luxembourg fortress of Tungen. In general, the construction of the museum cost $ 100 million. The official grand opening of the Museum of Modern Art of the Grand Duke Jean took place on July 1, 2006, and the very next day the museum opened its doors to the public.

The collection of the museum is very extensive and diverse and introduces its visitors, including the latest trends in contemporary art - in painting, graphics, sculpture, photography, architecture, etc. In the permanent collection of the museum you can see the works of such talented representatives of contemporary art as Andy Warhol, Alvar Aalto, Bruce Nauman, Richard Long, Wolfgang Tillmans, Julian Schnabel, Thomas Struth, Daniel Buren, Marina Abramovich, Jan Fabre, Sophie Kalle,

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