The Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (MOCAK), (), 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 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 amm ...
,
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,
Beat Streuli,
Ragnar Kjartansson,
Robert Kuśmirowski,
Tomasz Bajer,
Krištof Kintera, 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.
The building of the museum was designed by Claudio Nardi
and it was inspired by
neomodern architecture
Neomodern or neomodernist architecture is a reaction to the complexity of postmodern architecture and eclecticism in architecture, seeking greater simplicity. The architectural style, which is also referred to as New Modernism, is said to have le ...
. 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
The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
funds.
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Art museums and galleries in Poland
Museums in Kraków
Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow
Art museums and galleries established in 2010
Contemporary art galleries in Poland
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