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Explore the extensive collection of modern and contemporary art at mumok, spanning 20th and 21st-century masterpieces.

The mumok - Museum of Modern Art, located in Vienna's vibrant MuseumsQuartier, invites visitors to explore a diverse collection of 20th and 21st-century artistic achievements. Discover seminal movements such as Pop Art, Fluxus, Photorealism, and Viennese Actionism through approximately 10,000 works by 1,600 artists. Engage with paintings, sculptures, installations, and contemporary photography, video, and film, all housed in its distinctive anthracite-gray building.

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Exhibition summary

The mumok museum in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier presents a comprehensive collection of 20th and 21st-century art, featuring key movements like Pop Art, Fluxus, and Viennese Actionism. It houses around 10,000 works by 1,600 artists, including significant pieces by Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and Yoko Ono, alongside contemporary photography, video, and film.

Curatorial context

The mumok - Museum of Modern Art Foundation Ludwig Vienna, located within the MuseumsQuartier cultural complex, stands as Central Europe's largest museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art. Its collection offers an impressive overview of 20th and 21st-century artistic achievements, with specific strengths in Pop Art, Photorealism, Fluxus, Nouveau Réalisme, and Viennese Actionism, highlighting socially relevant, reality-based, and performative art forms. The museum's collection comprises approximately 10,000 works from 1,600 artists, encompassing paintings, sculptures, installations, drawings, prints, photographs, videos, films, architectural models, and furniture. Since its opening in 2001, the distinctive, anthracite-gray volcanic stone-clad building, designed by Ortner & Ortner, provides 4,800 square meters of exhibition space across multiple levels, notable for its ceiling cutouts that allow natural light and a panoramic window on the top floor. Recent years have seen a growing focus on photographic, video, and film works primarily created in the last decade, complemented by an integrated cinema designed by artist Heimo Zobernig, showcasing the intricate connections between visual arts and film.

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The page mentions a discount for the Vienna City Card and a yearly pass for all federal museums. Specific exhibition ticket prices are not detailed, but general museum entry and access information is implied through the mention of the Vienna City Card and operating hours.

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Features works by prominent artists such as Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Pablo Picasso, Yoko Ono, Günter Brus, Gerhard Richter, Daniel Spoerri, Nam June Paik, George Brecht, Marcel Duchamp, Otto Muehl, Hermann Nitsch, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Paul Klee, and Piet Mondrian.
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