The Museum für Moderne Kunst (''Museum of Modern Art''), or short MMK, in Frankfurt, was founded in 1981 and opened to the public 6 June 1991. The museum was designed by the Viennese architect

Hans Hollein Hans Hollein (30 March 1934 – 24 April 2014) was an Austrian architect and designer

. Because of its triangular shape, it is popularly called "piece of cake",

Claes Oldenburg Claes Oldenburg (January 28, 1929 – July 18, 2022) was a Swedish-born American sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions ...

artistically has expressed in a work.

History

The newest of Frankfurt's museums was founded in 1981. The idea to set up a museum for modern art in Frankfurt came from

Peter Iden Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

, an influential theatre and art critic at the

Frankfurter Rundschau The ''Frankfurter Rundschau'' (FR) is a German daily newspaper, based in Frankfurt am Main. It is published every day but Sunday as a city, two regional and one nationwide issues and offers an online edition (see link below) as well as an e-pa ...

and founding director of the museum (1978–1987). With the Mayor

Walter Wallmann Walter Wallmann (24 September 1932 – 21 September 2013) was a German lawyer politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the Mayor of Frankfurt between 1977 and 1986, and as Minister-president of Hesse from 1987 to 1991. ...

(CDU) and the Head of the Cultural department

Hilmar Hoffmann Hilmar Hoffmann (25 August 1925 – 1 June 2018) was a German stage and film director, cultural politician and academic lecturer. He founded the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. He was for decades an influential city councillor in Fr ...

(SPD) Iden found political advocates for his project. In 1989, the Swiss art historian and curator

Jean-Christophe Ammann Jean-Christophe Ammann (14 January 1939 – 13 September 2015) was a Swiss art historian and curator. Life and work Born in Berlin, Ammann, son of a chemist, grew up in a German-speaking family in Fribourg. He actually wanted to become a doctor ...

moved from the Kunsthalle Basel to Frankfurt am Main and opened the new Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK) Frankfurt am Main there on 6 June 1991. With a new exhibition model, the Change of Scene, which took place a total of 20 times with the help of private sponsors (Change of Scene I, 1992 until Change of Scene XX, 2001–02), the new museum gained international renown. At the change of scene exhibitions, the inventory of the museum was rearranged every six months and enriched with new additions, loans and special exhibitions. In 1983, Hollein won the competition for the Museum für Moderne Kunst; three years earlier, his proposal for the city's

Museum für angewandte Kunst A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

had finished a close second behind Richard Meier's prize-winning design. The ground-breaking was delayed until 1987, and the new museum was eventually built at a cost of about $38 million. It opened in 1991. The MMK Zollamt is a satellite exhibition site that belongs since 1999 to the MMK and is located in a building directly opposite the museum that once was home to the City of Frankfurt's Main Customs Office. The building has been completely modernised and artistic positions by younger artists or "unknowns" have been presented here regularly since 2007 with the support of Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung.

Architecture

Hollein molded a building to the three-sided space, so that the large rooms at the narrow end are wedge-shaped, producing 3,500 square meters (37,700 square feet) of exhibition space. The height of the three-storey building is adapted to the surroundings and is characterised by the "triangular shape" and facade design. The building houses three main levels for exhibitions and an administration area on the mezzanine, which is located above the entrance area and the cafeteria. The MMK library and archive are also located in this area. The entire area of the museum has a basement. There are workshops, depots and a lecture hall.

Collection

The core of the museum is the legacy of German collector Karl Ströher with 87 works of Pop art and

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. The manufacturer Ströher had originally bequeathed to his native city of

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on condition that a museum be built to house them. When funds for the project were not approved, Ströher's heirs sold the choice ensemble to Frankfurt and donated the painting "

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" by Roy Lichtenstein to the museum as a gift. Major artists since the 1950s from the Ströher Collection displayed, including

Jasper Johns Jasper Johns (born May 15, 1930) is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose work is associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and pop art. He is well known for his depictions of the American flag and other US-related top ...

Robert Rauschenberg Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement. Rauschenberg is well known for his Combines (1954–1964), a group of artwor ...

Carl Andre Carl Andre (born September 16, 1935) is an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear and grid format sculptures and for the suspected murder of contemporary and wife, Ana Mendieta. His sculptures range from large public art ...

, John Chamberlain,

Dan Flavin Dan Flavin (April 1, 1933 – November 29, 1996) was an American Minimalism, minimalist artist famous for creating sculpture, sculptural objects and installations from commercially available Fluorescent lamp, fluorescent light fixtures. Earl ...

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Walter de Maria Walter Joseph De Maria Roberta Smith (July 26, 2013)Walter De Maria, Artist on Grand Scale, Dies at 77 '' New York Times''. (October 1, 1935July 25, 2013) was an American artist, sculptor, illustrator and composer, who lived and worked in New Y ...

, Robert Morris,

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Frank Stella Frank Philip Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. Stella lives and works in New York City. Biography Frank Stella was born in M ...

Cy Twombly Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. (; April 25, 1928July 5, 2011) was an American Painting, painter, Sculpture, sculptor and photographer. He belonged to the generation of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Twombly is said to have influenced you ...

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, Tom Wesselman and George Segal, with his ''Jazz Combo''. Between 1981 and 1987, the museum's co-founder Peter Iden expanded the collection by adding works from the seventies and eighties. Later parts of the collection have been amassed by the museum's first director,

. In 2006 the Museum für Moderne Kunst, along with the

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and the

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, acquired the private collection of Cologne art dealer Rolf Ricke, comprising works by

Richard Artschwager Richard Ernst Artschwager (December 26, 1923 – February 9, 2013) was an American painter, illustrator and sculptor. His work has associations with Pop Art, Conceptual art and Minimalism. Early life and art Richard Artschwager was born to Euro ...

Bill Bollinger Bill Bollinger (July 15, 1939 – May 27, 1988) was an American artist. In the late 1960s, he was one of the foremost sculptors of his time, routinely mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Bruce Nauman, Robert Smithson, Eva Hesse and Rich ...

, Gary Kuehn, und

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. Today, the permanent collection includes over 4,500 works of international art, ranging from the 1960s to the present.

Exhibitions

* 1985: ''Bilder für Frankfurt. Sammlung Museum für Moderne Kunst im Deutschen Architekturmuseum'', Frankfurt * 1987: ''Dalla Pop Art Americana alla nuova figurazione''. Museum für Moderne Kunst / Padiglione d'arte contemporanea, Milano * 1991: ''Opening Exhibition Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt'', 6 June 1991 * 1991:

: ''Extraneous Roots'' * 1994: ''Das Museum für Moderne Kunst und die Sammlung Ströher'' * 1997: ''Views from Abroad:'' ''European Perspectives on American Art'' * 1997:

Thomas Bayrle Thomas Bayrle (born 7 November 1937 in Berlin) is a German sculptor, painter, graphic artist and video artist. He is known as a pop artist. Life Thomas Bayrle is the son of the painter and graphic artist Alf Bayrle and the art historian Elis ...

: ''TassenTassen 1967–1997'' * 1997:

Alex Katz Alex Katz (born July 24, 1927) is an American figurative artist known for his paintings, sculptures, and prints. Early life and career Alex Katz was born July 24, 1927, to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, as the son of an émigré who ha ...

: ''Smiles'' * 1998:

Alighiero Boetti Alighiero Fabrizio Boetti known as Alighiero e Boetti (16 December 1940 – 24 February 1994) was an Italian conceptual artist, considered to be a member of the art movement Arte Povera. Background Boetti is most famous for a series of embro ...

: ''Die Welt zur Welt bringen / Mettere al Mondo il Mondo'' * 1999:

Bill Viola Bill Viola ( , ; born 1951) is an American contemporary video artist whose artistic expression depends upon electronic, sound, and image technology in new media. His works focus on the ideas behind fundamental human experiences such as birth, d ...

: ''A 25 Year Survey Exhibition – Werke aus 25 Jahren'' * 1999:

: ''Two Primary Series and one Secondary, Projektraum MMK im Alten Hauptzollamt'' * 2000:

Eric Fischl Eric Fischl (born March 9, 1948) is an American painter, sculptor, printmaker, draughtsman and educator. He is known for his paintings depicting American suburbia from the 1970s and 1980s. Life Fischl was born in New York City and grew up on s ...

: ''Works from the 1980s & Travel of Romance'' * 2000: ''Screenings 01 – 10: Filme, Videos und Videoinstallationen, Projektraum MMK im Alten Hauptzollamt'' * 2001:

Lucian Freud Lucian Michael Freud (; 8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists. He was born in Berlin, the son of Jewis ...

'': Naked Portraits'' * 2001: Jeff Wall: ''Figures and Places'' * 2002: Hans Peter Feldmann: ''Kinderzimmer'' * 2002: ''Das Museum, die Sammlung, der Direktor und seine Liebschaften'' * 2002:

Martin Boyce Martin Boyce (born 1967) is a Scottish sculptor inspired by early 20th century modernism. Boyce was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire and educated at Holy Cross High School in Hamilton. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art, graduating with ...

: ''Dornbracht Installation Projects'' * 2003: ''Das lebendige Museum'' * 2003:

Rosemarie Trockel Rosemarie Trockel (born 13 November 1952) is a German conceptual artist. She has made drawings, paintings, sculptures, videos and installations, and has worked in mixed media. From 1985, she made pictures using knitting-machines. She is a prof ...

: ''Das Kinderzimmer'' * 2004:

Teresa Margolles Teresa Margolles (born 1963) is a Mexican conceptual artist, photographer, videographer, and performance artist. As an artist she researches the social causes and consequences of death.Prince Claus Fund (June 2012''Report from the 2012 Prince Clau ...

: ''Muerte sin fin'' * 2004:

Elaine Sturtevant Elaine Frances Sturtevant (née Horan; August 23, 1924 – May 7, 2014), also known professionally as Sturtevant, was an American artist. She achieved recognition for her carefully inexact repetitions of other artists' works. Early life and educ ...

: ''The Brutal Truth'' * 2005: ''Whats New, Pussycat?'' * 2005: ''Spinnwebzeit: Die ebay-Vernetzung'' * 2006:

Barbara Klemm Barbara Klemm (born 27 December 1939 in Münster) is a German press photographer. She worked for ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' for 45 years. She photographed many of the most important events in recent German history and has received honors, ...

: ''14 Tage China im Jahre 1985'' * 2006:

: ''40 Years Chinese Rock'n'Roll'' * 2006:

Thomas Demand Thomas Cyrill Demand (born 1964) is a German sculptor and photographer. He currently lives and works in Berlin and Los Angeles, and teaches at the University of Fine Arts, Hamburg. Demand had his first solo exhibition at Tanit Galerie in Munich ...

: ''Klause'' * 2006: ''Humanism in China. Ein fotografisches Porträt'' * 2006:

Serge Spitzer Serge Spitzer (June 29, 1951 – September 9, 2012) Romanian-born American artist, known for his site-specific installations, sculpture, photographs and video. Biography In 1969–1972, Serge Spitzer studied at the Art Academy in Bucharest ...

und

Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei (, ; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly c ...

: ''Territorial'' * 2006: Andreas Slominski: ''Roter Sand und ein gefundenes Glück'' * 2007:

Maurizio Cattelan Maurizio Cattelan (born 21 September 1960) is an Italian artist. Known primarily for his hyperrealistic sculptures and installations, Cattelan's practice also includes curating and publishing. His satirical approach to art has resulted in him bei ...

* 2007: ''Das Kapital. Blue Chips & Masterpieces'' * 2007: ''Verwendungsnachweis. Stipendiaten der Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung 2003 – 2006'' * 2007:

Taryn Simon Taryn Simon (born February 4, 1975) is an American multidisciplinary artist who works in photography, text, sculpture, and performance. Currently residing and maintaining a studio practice in New York City, Simon has had work featured in the Ve ...

: ''An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar'' * 2007: Frank Moritz: ''Menschenbild II'' * 2008:

Hans Josephsohn Hans Josephsohn (May 1920 - 20 August 2012) was a Swiss sculptor who lived and worked in Zurich. Josephsohn was born in Königsberg (today's Kaliningrad), East Prussia. Here he attended elementary school and completed high school in 1937. That s ...

: ''Bildhauer'' * 2008:

Miroslav Tichý Miroslav Tichý (; November 20, 1926 – April 12, 2011) was a photographer who from the 1960s until 1985 took thousands of surreptitious pictures of women in his hometown of Kyjov in the Czech Republic, using homemade cameras constructed of ...

: ''Fotograf'' * 2008: Bernard Buffet: ''Maler'' * 2008: ©

Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist. He works in fine arts media (such as painting and sculpture) as well as commercial (such as fashion, merchandise, and animation) and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts as well as co ae ...

* 2009: Bogomir Ecker,

Mark Wallinger Mark Wallinger (born 25 May 1959) is a British artist. Having previously been nominated for the Turner Prize in 1995, he won in 2007 for his installation ''State Britain''. His work ''Ecce Homo'' (1999–2000) was the first piece to occupy the ...

und ein Unbekannter Meister: ''Angel Dust'' * 2009: ''Yellow and Green. Positionen aus der Sammlung des MMK'' * 2009: Double Reiner Ruthenbeck: ''Umgekippte Möbel, 1971'' * 2009:

Sarah Morris Sarah Morris (born 20 June 1967 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England) is an American and British artist. She lives in New York City in the United States. Personal life and education Morris was born in Sevenoaks, Kent, in south-east England, on 20 Ju ...

: ''Gemini Dressage'' * 2009:

Gerhard Richter Gerhard Richter (; born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary Germa ...

: ''2 Seestücke, 1975'' * 2009:

Jack Goldstein Jack Goldstein (September 27, 1945 – March 14, 2003) was a Canadian born, California-based performance and conceptual artist turned painter in the 1980s art boom. Early life and education Goldstein was born to a Jewish family in Montreal, ...

* 2009: Double

Sol LeWitt Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including conceptual art and minimalism. LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he pref ...

: ''Wall Drawing #261, 1975'' * 2009:

Peter Roehr Peter Roehr (born 1 September 1944 in Lauenburg in Pommern; died 15 August 1968 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German Pop Art minimalist artist. Life Roehr was the only child of Kurt and Eleonora Röhr. After their divorce the mother moved with ...

: ''Werke aus Frankfurter Sammlungen'' * 2009: Double

Isa Genzken Isa Genzken (born 27 November 1948) is a German artist who lives and works in Berlin. Her primary media are sculpture and installation, using a wide variety of materials, including concrete, plaster, wood and textile. She also works with photograp ...

: ''3 Vollellipsoide Skulpturen, 1978'' * 2010: ''Radical Conceptual. Positionen aus der Sammlung des MMK'' * 2010: ''Funktionen der Zeichnung. Konzeptuelle Kunst auf Papier aus der Sammlung des MMK'' * 2010: Double Wolfgang Laib: ''Blütenstaub von Haselnuß'' * 2010: Florian Hecker: ''Event, Stream, Objekt'' * 2010: Double Andreas Slominski: ''Fallen – Hochsprunganlage – Berg Sportgeräte, 1988'' * 2010: Double

Anri Sala Anri Sala (born 1974) is an Albanian contemporary artist whose primary medium is video. Life and career Sala studied art at the Albanian Academy of Arts from 1992 to 1996. He also studied video at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, Pari ...

: ''"Title Suspended", 2008'' * 2010: ''Not in Fashion. Mode und Fotografie der 90er Jahre'' * 2010: ''The Lucid Evidence. Fotografie aus der Sammlung des MMK'' * 2011: ''New Frankfurt Internationals: Stories and Stages'' * 2011:

Félix González-Torres Félix González-Torres (November 26, 1957 – January 9, 1996) was a Cuban-born American visual artist. González-Torres's openly gay sexual orientation was influential in his work as an artist. González-Torres was known for his minimal inst ...

: ''Specific Objects without Specific Form'' * 2011: ''MMK 1991–2011. 20 Jahre Gegenwart im MMK, MMK Zollamt und MainTor-Areal'' * 2011:

Douglas Gordon Douglas Gordon (born 20 September 1966) is a Scottish artist. He won the Turner Prize in 1996, the Premio 2000 at the 47th Venice Biennale in 1997 and the Hugo Boss Prize in 1998. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Work Much of Gordon's ...

* 2012:

: ''Headlines'' * 2012: ''MAKING HISTORY. Im Rahmen von RAY – Fotografieprojekte Frankfurt Rhein/Main'' * 2012: ''Fotografie Total. Werke aus der Sammlung des MMK'' * 2012:

Thomas Scheibitz Thomas Scheibitz (born 1968 in Radeberg, East Germany) is a German painter and sculptor. Together with Tino Sehgal he created the German pavilion on the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005. He lives and works in Berlin. Life and work The son of an Eas ...

: ''One-Time Pad'' * 2012: Alex Monteith: ''Exercise Blackbird'' * 2013:

Carsten Nicolai Carsten Nicolai (18 September 1965), also known as Alva Noto, is a German musician and visual artist. He is a member of the music groups Diamond Version with Olaf Bender (Byetone), Signal with Frank Bretschneider and Olaf Bender, Cyclo with Ry ...

: ''Unidisplay. Uni(psycho)acoustic'' * 2013:

Rineke Dijkstra Rineke Dijkstra HonFRPS (born 2 June 1959) is a Dutch photographer. She lives and works in Amsterdam.Danica Dakić: ''Safe Frame'' * 2013:

Franz West Franz West (16 February 1947 – 25 July 2012) was an Austrian artist. He is best known for his unconventional objects and sculptures, installations and furniture work which often require an involvement of the audience. Early life and e ...

: ''Wo ist mein Achter?'' * 2013/2014:

Hélio Oiticica Hélio Oiticica (; July 26, 1937 – March 22, 1980) was a Brazilian visual artist, sculptor, painter, performance artist, and theorist, best known for his participation in the Neo-Concrete Movement, for his innovative use of color, and for ...

: ''Das große Labyrinth'' * 2014: ''Die Göttliche Komödie: Himmel, Hölle, Fegefeuer aus Sicht afrikanischer Gegenwartskünstler'' * 2014/2015: Subodh Gupta: ''Everything is Inside'' * 2014/2015: Sturtevant. ''Drawing Double Reversal'' * 2015: Gerald Domenig: ''Ausstellungsvorbereitung'' * 2015:

: ''New Works'' * 2015: ''Imagine Reality. RAY 2015 Fotografieprojekte Frankfurt RheinMain'' * 2015: William Forsythe: ''The Fact of Matter'' * 2016:

Kader Attia Kader Attia (born 30 December 1970) is an Algerian-French artist. Early life Attia was born in Dugny, France to Algerian parents and was raised in Paris and Algeria. He studied at the '' l'école Duperré de Paris, l'école des arts appliqués ...

: ''Sacrifice and Harmony'' * 2016–17: Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc: ''Mefloquine Dreams'' * 2016–17:

Fiona Tan Fiona Tan (born 1966 in Pekanbaru, Indonesia) is a visual artist primarily known for her photography, film and video art installations. With her own complex cultural background, Tan's work is known for its skillful craftsmanship and emotional int ...

: ''Geografie der Zeit'' * 2016–17: ''25 Jahre MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst – Neue Sammlungspräsentation'' * 2017: Ed Atkins: ''Corpsing'' * 2017:

Claudia Andujar Claudia Andujar (born June 12, 1931) is a Swiss-born Brazilian photographer and activist. Life The daughter of a Hungarian Jewish father and a Swiss mother, she was born Claudine Haas in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. She grew up in the city of Or ...

: ''Morgen darf nicht gestern sein'' * 2017: Carolee Schneemann: ''Kinetische Malerei'' * 2017–18: ''A Tale of Two Worlds. Experimentelle Kunst Lateinamerikas der 1940er- bis 80er-Jahre im Dialog mit der Sammlung des MMK'' * 2018–19:

Cady Noland Cady Noland (born 1956) is an American postmodern conceptual sculptor and an internationally exhibited installation artist whose work deals with the failed promise of the American Dream and the divide between fame and anonymity, among other the ...

* 2019:

Marianna Simnett Marianna Simnett (born 1986) is a Berlin-based multi-disciplinary artist who works with film, installation, drawing, and sculpture. She is best known for her large-scale video installations. Early life and education Simnett studied at a musical th ...

* 2019–20: ''Museum'' The museum and its director, Susanne Gaensheimer, were commissioned to curate the German Pavilion at the

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

in 2011 and 2013.Alexander Forbes (8 May 2012)
Susanne Gaensheimer to Curate German Pavilion at 2013 Venice Biennale
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Gallery

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Literature

* Iden, Peter; Lauter, Rolf : ''Bilder für Frankfurt: Bestandskatalog des Museums für Moderne Kunst'', München, Prestel 1985, ; * *''Publikationsliste des MMK'', July 2004 edition
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* Kiefer, Theresia: ''Architektur und Konzeption eines zeitgenössischen Museums am Beispiels des Museums für moderne Kunst in Frankfurt am Main''. 1995 * Bee, Andreas: ''Zusammengedrängt zwischen zwei Buchdeckeln''. In: Zehn Jahre Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main. Köln 2003 * Hollein, Hans: ''Ausstellen, Aufstellen, Abstellen Überlegungen zur Aufgabe des Museums für Moderne Kunst''. In: Museum für Moderne Kunst. Schriftreihe des Hochbauamtes zu Bauaufgaben der Stadt Frankfurt am Main. Der Magistrat der Stadt Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt 1991. . * Ammann, Jean-Christophe; Christmut Präger: ''Museum für Moderne Kunst und Sammlung Ströher''. Frankfurt 1992 * Lauter, Rolf (ed.):
Das Museum für Moderne Kunst und die Sammlung Ströher.
Zur Geschichte einer Privatsammlung'', Ausstellungskatalog (5. Dezember 1994 bis 8. Januar 1995), Frankfurt am Main, 1994. . * *

Hans Hollein Hans Hollein (30 March 1934 – 24 April 2014) was an Austrian architect and designer

, ''Gestaltungsprinzipien der Museumsarchitektur''. In: Iden, Peter; Lauter, Rolf (Ed.), Bilder für Frankfurt, Bestandskatalog des Musems für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt. München 1985. * Schoeler, Andreas von: ''Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main''. Ernst & Sohn, 1991

References

External links

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