The most important collection of contemporary art in Luxembourg
Resolutely international in its scope and ambition, the collection's holdings consist of close to 700 works of art in all media by artists from Luxembourg and around the world.
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.
The Scientific committee for the Mudam Collection is composed of Daniel Birnbaum (Director of Acute Art in London and former Director of Moderna Museet, Stockholm), Frances Morris (Director of Tate Modern in London), Nancy Spector (Independant curator and former Artistic director – Chief Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York), and Adam Szymczyk (Artistic Director of documenta 14 and Curator at large at Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam), 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
- 25 years of the Mudam Collection
- Portrait of a Young Planet
- Stephan Balkenhol, Portaits de SS.AA.RR. Le Grand-Duc Jean et La Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte & Relief : Castle
- Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Mudam Café
- Michel Paysant, Nano-portraits de SS.AA.RR. le Grand-Duc Henri et la Grande-Duchesse Maria Teresa
- Martin Szekely, Lobby
- Bert Theis, Drifters
- Su-Mei Tse, Many Spoken Words + Stone Collection #8
- David Zink Yi, Neusilber (New Silver)
Works from the collection currently on show at Park Dräi Eechelen
- Maria Anwander, The Present
- Nairy Baghramian, Beliebte Stellen/Privileged Points
- Andrea Blum, gardens + fountains + summer café
- Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Bird Feeder
- David Dubois, Chênavélos & Bancs-terre
- Ian Hamilton Finlay, HUIUS SECULI CONSTANTIA ATQUE ORDO INCONSTANTIA POST ERITATIS A ST.J
- Miguel Palma, Pays/scope
Artists and artworks
A
- A.I.R.
- Alvar Aalto
- Marina Abramović
- Mac Adams
- Dennis Adams
- Etel Adnan
- Saâdane Afif
- Eija-Liisa Ahtila
- Doug Aitken
- Haluk Akakçe
- Vyacheslav Akhunov
- Helena Almeida
- David Altmejd
- Francis Alÿs
- Adriano Amaral
- Carlos Amorales
- Christian Andersson
- Emmanuelle Antille
- Ana Rita António
- Maria Anwander
- Maria Josè Arjona
- John M. Armleder
- Alexandre Arrechea
- Art Orienté Objet
- Michael Ashkin
- Fikret Atay
- Martha Atienza
- Audiolabs
- Sylvie Auvray
B
- Maarten Baas
- Txomin Badiola
- Nairy Baghramian
- Stephan Balkenhol
- Ernesto Ballesteros
- Bruno Baltzer
- Claire Barclay
- Sam Baron
- Burt Barr
- Emily Bates
- Eric Baudelaire
- Vincent Beaurin
- Beaurin & Domercq
- Bernd and Hilla Becher
- Valérie Belin
- Orit Ben-Shitrit
- Berger & Berger
- Stefano Bianchi
- Pierre Bismuth
- Jean-Marie Biwer
- Justine Blau
- Sylvie Blocher
- Andrea Blum
- Katinka Bock
- Manon de Boer
- François Boisrond
- Eric Boulatov
- Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec
- Aline Bouvy & John Gillis
- Miguel Branco
- Robert Breer
- Candice Breitz
- Guillaume Bresson
- Brognon Rollin
- Tania Bruguera
- Christoph Büchel
- Chris Burden
- Daniel Buren
- Victor Burgin
- Jeff Burton & Jean Colonna
- Gerard Byrne
C
- Cabrita
- Sophie Calle
- Mircea Cantor
- Fernando Sánchez Castillo
- Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson
- Giulia Cenci
- Hussein Chalayan
- Hsia-Fei Chang
- Nicolas Chardon
- Jacques Charlier
- Masaya Chiba
- Mel Chin
- Yaima Carrazana Ciudad
- David Claerbout
- Claude Closky
- James Coleman
- Hannah Collins
- Tony Conrad
- Pascal Convert
- Marie Cool Fabio Balducci
- Gil Heitor Cortesão
- Marc Couturier
- Stéphane Couturier
- Tony Cragg
- Alexandra Croitoru
- Rosson Crow
- István Csákány
- Attila Csörgő
D
E
F
G
- Rainer Ganahl
- Vincent Ganivet
- Dominique Gauthier
- GCC
- General Idea
- Gaylen Gerber
- Jochen Gerner
- Franz Gertsch
- Jef Geys
- Dominique Ghesquière
- Beatrice Gibson
- Gilbert & George
- Tina Gillen
- Liam Gillick
- John Giorno
- Marco Godinho
- Geert Goiris
- Philipp Goldbach
- Nan Goldin
- Jack Goldstein
- Rodney Graham
- Paul Granjon
- Konstantin Grcic & Nitzan Cohen
- Giorgio Griffa
- Johan Grimonprez
- Julien Grossmann
- Marie-Ange Guilleminot
- Cai Guo-Qiang
- Andreas Gursky
- João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva
H
I
J
K
- Charles Kaisin
- Suki Seokyeong Kang
- Izima Kaoru
- Támas Kaszás
- On Kawara
- Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley
- Žilvinas Kempinas
- William Kentridge
- Hassan Khan
- Kimsooja
- Paul Kirps
- Harald Klingelhöller
- Imi Knoebel
- Jutta Koether
- Peter Kogler
- Terence Koh
- Eva Kot'átková
- Carine et Elisabeth Krecké
- Guillermo Kuitca
- Shiro Kuramata
- Alicja Kwade
L
M
- M+M
- Michel Majerus
- David Maljković
- Victor Man
- Ana Manso
- Didier Marcel
- Christian Marclay
- Martin Margiela
- Filip Markiewicz
- Isabelle Marmann
- Laurent Massaloux
- Jean-Christophe Massinon
- Andrea Mastrovito
- Chad McCail
- Jennifer et Kevin McCoy
- Steve McQueen
- Isa Melsheimer
- Mathieu Mercier
- Annette Messager
- Wesley Meuris
- Svätopluk Mikyta
- Jean-Luc Moerman
- Raphael Montañez Ortiz
- Aude Moreau
- Rui Moreira
- Melvin Moti
- Valérie Mréjen
- Ciprian Muresan
- John Murphy
- Jayson Scott Musson
N
O
P
- Trevor Paglen
- Blinky Palermo
- Miguel Palma
- Laurent Pariente
- Robert ParkeHarrison & Shana ParkeHarrison
- Martin Parr
- Philippe Parreno
- Michel Paysant
- Bruno Peinado
- João Penalva
- Pavel Pepperstein
- Grayson Perry
- Sondra Perry
- Dominique Petitgand
- Raymond Pettibon
- Paul Pfeiffer
- Bernard Piffaretti
- Eric Poitevin
- Nikolay Polissky
- Agnieszka Polska
- Frédéric Prat
- Wilfredo Prieto
- Antoine Prum
- Tobias Putrih
R
S
- Anri Sala
- Charles Sandison
- Tomás Saraceno
- Bojan Šarčević
- Sarkis
- Matt Saunders
- Camille Sauthier
- Stéphane Sautour
- Denis Savary
- Patrick Saytour
- Joe Scanlan
- Thomas Scheibitz
- Klaus Scherübel
- Lasse Schmidt Hansen
- Julian Schnabel
- Eric Schockmel
- Jean-Louis Schuller
- Emil Schumacher
- Thomas Schütte
- Marc Scozzai
- Grit et Jerszy Seymour
- Conrad Shawcross
- Wael Shawky
- Cindy Sherman
- Katharina Sieverding
- Lorna Simpson
- Michael E. Smith
- Nedko Solakov
- Eve Sonneman
- Raffaella Spagna & Andrea Caretto
- Kathia St Hilaire
- Edward Steichen
- John Stezaker
- Thomas Struth
- Vivian Suter
- Sarah Sze
- Martin Szekely
T
U
V
- Javier Vallhonrat
- Walter Van Beirendonck
- Lonnie van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan
- Andrea Van der Straeten
- Marijke van Warmerdam
- Xavier Veilhan
- Michel Verjux
- Katleen Vermeir & Ronny Heiremans
- Didier Vermeiren
- Arlette Vermeiren Zucoli
- Ari Versluis & Ellie Uyttenbroek
- Jean-Luc Vilmouth
- Danh Vo
- Ulla von Brandenburg