The Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (MOCAK), ( pl, links=no, Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej w Krakowie), is a contemporary art gallery in Kraków, Poland that opened on 19 May 2011. Situated 3 kilometres from the centre of the city, on a demolished part of the factory of
Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler (; 28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist, humanitarian and a member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ...
, the aim of the gallery is to present and support contemporary art and artists, in particular art from the last two decades.
The Museum includes a library, bookshop, café and contemporary art conservation laboratory.
The museum houses works by such artists as AES+F,
Krzysztof Wodiczko
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Krištof Kintera
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, Maria Stangret, and Edward Dwurnik. The permanent exhibition is located on the first floor of the building and temporary exhibitions are displayed on the second floor.https://en.mocak.pl/collection
The building of the museum was designed by Claudio Nardi and it was inspired by
neomodern architecture
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. The exhibition area is divided into several sections and covers the area of 4,000 square metres while the area of the whole museum covers 10,000 square metres. The cost of the museum is estimated at 70 million PLN (ca. €16 million) and its construction was co-financed from the
European Union
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