The most important collection of contemporary art in Luxembourg

A small nucleus of the collection consists of fashion and design objects. Over 54 works are the result of commissions by Mudam for its distinctive architectural context. The constitution of the collection traces back to the first acquisitions for the museum in the 1990s, the creation of the Museum of Modern Art Grand-Duc Jean Foundation in 1998, and the opening of the Museum in 2006. While the decade of the 1960s serves as an historic point of reference for contemporary art, the majority of works in the collection date from 1989 to the present. An exception to this historical span is the ensemble of furniture for the Paimio Sanatorium, designed between 1931 and 1933 by the architect Alvar Aalto, and acquired in 2002.

In 2018, Nancy Spector (Artistic director – Chief Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York), Daniel Birnbaum (Director of Acute Art in London) and Okwui Enwezor (former Director of the Haus der Kunst in Munich) were named members of the Mudam Collection Scientific Committee for 2018 to 2020, with Mudam Board representative Paul di Felice. The committee is presided by Mudam director, Suzanne Cotter.

Works from the collection currently on show at Mudam

• Subjects of Life. Photography in the Mudam Collection
• Nairy Baghramian, Beliebte Stellen/Privileged Points
• Vivian Suter, Nisyros
• Su-Mei Tse, Many Spoken Words
• Stephan Balkenhol, Portaits de SS.AA.RR. Le Grand-Duc Jean et La Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte
• Bert Theis, Drifters