Established 2008 (2008) Director Anton Belov Phone +7 495 645-05-20 Renovated 2015 | Type Art museum Completed 1968 Founded 2008 Architect Rem Koolhaas | |
Location 9/45 Krymsky Val St. at Gorky Park, Moscow, Russia Website The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
Building details Address улица Крымский Вал, 9 строение 32, Moskva, Russia, 119049 Hours Open today · 11AM–10PMFriday11AM–10PMSaturday11AM–10PMSunday11AM–10PMMonday11AM–10PMTuesday11AM–10PMWednesday11AM–10PMThursday11AM–10PM Similar Gorky Park, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Multimedia Art Museum, Jewish Museum and Toler, Tretyakov Gallery | ||
Garage museum of contemporary art opens june 12th
The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, also referred to as The GARAGE Museum (formerly The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture), is a major art museum whose present location is in Gorky Park, Moscow, Russia. It is the permanent home of an expanding collection of Modern and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions throughout the year. The museum was established in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova as a non-profit project of The IRIS Foundation.
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- Garage museum of contemporary art opens june 12th
- Russia get a first glimpse inside new garage museum of contemporary art building
- The Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage
- Present Location
- References
The Museum is the origin for the namesake of Garage Magazine, also founded by Zhukova, who was formerly editor-in-chief of Pop.
In 2015, the Museum moved to its current building, designed by architect Rem Koolhaas and utilizing the former structure of the historical 1968 Vremena Goda (Seasons of the Year) Soviet Modernist restaurant.
The Museum's collection is founded upon the private collections of Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich. The institution now serves as a major venue for exhibitions, events, art research, and publishing, with a stated purpose to reflect current developments in Russian and international culture as well as creating opportunities for public dialogue in Moscow. The Museum’s collection is said to be the first archive in the country focusing on the history of Russian Contemporary Art from the 1950s through the present.
Russia get a first glimpse inside new garage museum of contemporary art building
The Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage
The Museum was initially housed in the Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage (also in Moscow), designed by the Constructivist architect Konstantin Melnikov and from which the institution's name originates. This first venue opened in 2008 under the direction of Dasha Zhukova, in the newly renovated 8,500-square foot structure. Zhukova had obtained the lease of Konstantin Melnikov's constructivist landmark from its owners, the Federation of Jewish Communities, originally naming the museum space as The Garage Center For Contemporary Culture.
An invitation-only opening ceremony was held June 12, 2008 with a private performance by Amy Winehouse.
In its original location, the Garage Museum swiftly rose to prominence, showcasing work by artists such as Mark Rothko, Anthony Gormley, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, and Takashi Murakami as well as being the primary host to the Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, curated by Jean-Hubert Martin in 2009. During the Biennale, the Garage Museum brought in over 100,000 visitors each month.
The garage building as of 2012 is the permanent home of The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center.
Present Location
In 2012, the Museum relocated to a temporary pavilion designed by architect Shigeru Ban in Gorky Park; in June 2015, the Museum officially opened its current permanent location.