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Jessica Diamond’s ‘I Hate Business’ mural from the Mudam Collection at the hqLX venue in Luxembourg.
Jessica Diamond, ‘I Hate Business’, 1989. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Donation 2023 – Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann. Exhibition view ‘Dodeka, 12 works for 12 cantons’, hqLX, Luxembourg. Photo: Mike Zenari

Dodeka

12 Works for 12 Cantons

From May to October 2026, on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean presents Dodeka: 12 Works for 12 Cantons. The title is drawn from the Greek dōdeka meaning ‘twelve’ – a playful nod to Luxembourg’s twelve cantons.

Join us as twelve artworks from the Mudam Collection leave the museum walls and travel to each of Luxembourg’s twelve cantons. Hosted by local museums, town halls, libraries and cultural centres, this project brings contemporary art right into the heart of communities across the country – making it possible to discover the Mudam Collection simply by stepping outside your door.

Dodeka celebrates the museum’s collection as a shared heritage that belongs to everyone. At the same time, it highlights the richness of Luxembourg’s cultural landscape and the institutions that shape it.

International in its scope and ambition, the Mudam Collection holds over 800 works in all media by contemporary artists from Luxembourg and abroad. The twelve travelling works engage with local heritage, resonating with each canton’s unique stories. You’re invited to discover this landscape as unexpected dialogues open up between the works and their temporary context.

A lively public programme of tours, performances, workshops and concerts will animate this project, turning it into a truly shared experience across Luxembourg. 

Dodeka is also an adventure: every time you visit one of the twelve sites, you’ll receive a stamp. Collect all twelve stamps and you’ll be rewarded with one year of free admission to Mudam – your very own art journey across the country, completed!

Black fountain with a golden tap, ‘sHe is the future’ by Serge Ecker, Catherine Lorent and Claudia Passeri, from the Mudam Collection, at the Biodiversum in Remerschen.
Serge Ecker, Catherine Lorent et Claudia Passeri, ‘sHe is the future’, 2018. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Exhibition view ’Dodeka: 12 Works for 12 Cantons‘, Centre nature et forêt Biodiversum, Remerschen. Photo: Mike Zenari
Leporello featuring watercolour drawings and a poem by Etel Adnan, from the Mudam Collection, at the Centre national de littérature in Mersch.
Etel Adnan, ‘Untitled’, 1965. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Exhibition view ‘Dodeka: 12 Works for 12 Cantons’, Centre national de littérature, Mersch. Photo: Mike Zenari
Life-size photograph of Wolfgang Tillmans’ mother, ‘Mami’, from the Mudam Collection, exhibited at Clervaux Castle.
Wolfgang Tillmans, ‘Mami’, 1994. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Donation 2000 – From the artist. Exhibition view ‘Dodeka: 12 Works for 12 Cantons’, Clervaux Castle, Clervaux. Photo: Mike Zenari
Three Delft-style painted gas canisters by Wim Delvoye, ‘Cargas 22810’, ‘Combugaz 35238’ and ‘Butaan Van Delft’, from the Mudam Collection, at Vianden Castle.
Wim Delvoye, ‘Cargas 22810’, ‘Combugaz 35238’, ‘Butaan Van Delft’, 1988. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Donation 2022 – Donation American Friends of Mudam, Collection Raymond J. Learsy. Exhibition view ‘Dodeka: 12 Works for 12 Cantons’, Vianden Castle, Vianden. Photo: Mike Zenari
Video work ‘The Universe’ by Sin Wai Kin, from the Mudam Collection, at Kinneksbond in Mamer.
Sin Wai Kin, ‘The Universe’, 2023. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Donation 2023 – Baloise. Exhibition view ‘Dodeka: 12 Works for 12 Cantons’, Kinneksbond, Mamer. Photo: Mike Zenari
18 collages from the series ‘Lenin-Art or Leniniana’ by Vyacheslav Akhunov, from the Mudam Collection, at Kulturhuef Musée – Print and Playing Card Museum in Grevenmacher.
Vyacheslav Akhunov, ‘Lenin-Art or Leniniana’, 1977-1982. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Donation 2009 – KBL European Private Bankers. Exhibition view ‘Dodeka: 12 Works for 12 Cantons’, Kulturhuef Musée – Print and Playing Card Museum, Grevenmacher. Photo: Mike Zenari
Michel Majerus’ predominantly violet painting ‘Halbzeit’, from the Mudam Collection, at the Luxembourg Learning Centre in Esch-Belval.
Michel Majerus, ‘Halbzeit’, 2002. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Exhibition view ‘Dodeka: 12 Works for 12 Cantons’, Luxembourg Learning Centre, Esch-Belval. Photo: Mike Zenari
Historic workers’ dwelling at the Slate Museum Haut-Martelange with two ceiling-mounted speakers broadcasting On Kawara’s sound work ‘One Million Years (Past and Future)’, from the Mudam Collection.
On Kawara, ’One Million Years (Past and Future)‘, 1969-2000. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Exhibition view ‘Dodeka: 12 Works for 12 Cantons’, Slate Museum, Haut-Martelange Photo: Mike Zenari
A TV screen showing Edith Dekyndt’s video artwork ‘Provisory Object 03’ from the Mudam Collection, in the hallway of the Trifolion in Echternach.
Edith Dekyndt, ‘Provisory Object 03’, 2004. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Exhibition view ‘Dodeka: 12 Works for 12 Cantons’, Trifolion, Echternach. Photo: Mike Zenari
Su-Mei Tse’s miniature carousel of light, ‘Vertigen de la Vida (Dizziness of Life)’, from the Mudam Collection, installed in the Vieille Église Saint-Laurent in Diekirch.
Su-Mei Tse, ‘Vertigen de la Vida (Dizziness of Life)’, 2011. In collaboration with Jean-Lou Majerus. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Exhibition view ’Dodeka: 12 Works for 12 Cantons‘, Vieille Église Saint-Laurent, Diekirch. Photo: Mike Zenari
Two photographs of the books from Annette Kelm’s series Die Bücher, from the Mudam Collection, exhibited in a room at the City Hall in Wiltz.
Annette Kelm, ‘Erich Kästner, Das verhexte Telefon, 1931, Williams & Co. Verlag GmbH, Berlin-Grunewald, Illustration Walter Trier’ + ‘Helene Stöcker, Liebe, 1927 Verlag der Neuen Generation, Berlin-Nikolassee, Einbandgestaltung John Heartfield’, 2019. From the series ‘Die Bücher’, 2019-2021 © Annette Kelm. Courtesy of the artist and Herald St, Londres. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Exhibition view ‘Dodeka, 12 works for 12 cantons’, City hall, Wiltz. Photo: Mike Zenari
Jessica Diamond’s ‘I Hate Business’ mural from the Mudam Collection at the hqLX venue in Luxembourg.
Jessica Diamond, ‘I Hate Business’, 1989. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Donation 2023 – Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann. Exhibition view ‘Dodeka, 12 works for 12 cantons’, hqLX, Luxembourg. Photo: Mike Zenari
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