| Musée d'art moderne et contemporain | |
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| Established | 1994 |
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| Location | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 46°11′57″N 6°08′15″E / 46.1992°N 6.1376°E / 46.1992; 6.1376 |
| Type | Art museum |
| Visitors | c. 45'000 |
| Director | Lionel Bovier |
| Website | http://www.mamco.ch |
The MAMCO (French: Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, lit. 'Museum of Art Modern and Contemporary') is the contemporary art museum of Geneva, which opened in 1994. The building is a former factory building, with 3000 m of exhibition space, it is the largest contemporary art museum of Switzerland.
From 1994 to 2015, MAMCO was directed by Christian Bernard; and starting from 2016 until present, MAMCO is directed by Lionel Bovier.
The museum hosts permanent installations from artist Robert Filliou, Maurizio Nannucci, Claudio Parmiggiani, Claude Rutault, Philippe Thomas, along with the reconstitution of the apartement of Ghislain Mollet-Viéville, and symmetrically a room dedicated to the presentation of works from the Yoon Ja and Paul Devautour collection.
References
- ^ Anderson, Mitchell (9 March 2016). "Lionel Bovier on his new position at MAMCO / Geneva". Flash Art. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- Goulet, Joanie. "L'Appartement minimal -". Swiss-Architects (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2020-11-01.
- Dumont, Etienne (20 May 2020). "Le Mamco genevois présente au quatrième la Collection Yoon-ja & Paul Devautour". Bilan (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-01.