The new Musée d'art contemporain of Lyon

The Musée d'Art Contemporain in 1995 :

Architect: Renzo Piano.
Surface area: 6,219 m2.
Exhibition area: 2,620 m2, including 560 m2 lit by direct overhead light.
Cultural services: visitor services department, documentation center, conference hall, permanent wall of images connected to an underground railway station, shop, bookshop and cafeteria.
On-site art purchasing program: Pierre Soulages, Yves Klein, Anthony Gormley, Per Kirkeby, etc...
Development of a policy of production of works, and an extra-mural educational program.
Artistic collaboration with the 3rd Biennale de Lyon, for the inauguration of the new building.

The museum's collection:

The first acquisitions and gifts go back to 1984, the date of the museum's inauguration.
The collection is representative of international creation since 1970. It presents the largest European collection of installations ever brought together.
The museum is a genuine center of creation, and sponsors works that are directly executed by living artists for its collection. These creations account for 40% of the collection. Certain of them occupy more than 500 m2.

The site

Curatorship

Contacts

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