Mudam
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Mudam is the shortened name of the Musée d'art moderne Grand-Duc Jean (Modern Art Museum Grand-Duc Jean), on the Kirchberg plateau in the city of Luxembourg in Luxembourg. It stands on the site of the old Fort Thüngen.
The museum was inaugurated on July 1, 2006, by Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, to whom the building is dedicated, and opened to the public the following day. The building was designed by Ieoh Ming Pei and the museum is directed by Marie-Claude Beaud.
The Museum's collections are set out on three floors and include works by many artists and designers such as Alvar Aalto, Marina Abramovic, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Pierre Bismuth, Sophie Calle, Hussein Chalayan, Claude Closky, James Coleman, Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Mark Dean, Stan Douglas, Jan Fabre, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Roland Fischer, Günther Förg, Gilbert & George, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Hirschhorn, Fabrice Hybert, William Kentridge, Mark Lewis, Richard Long, Michel Majerus, Christian Marclay, Martin Margiela, Steve McQueen, Bruce Nauman, Shirin Neshat, Albert Oehlen, Blinky Palermo, Philippe Parreno, Grayson Perry, Fiona Rae, Pipilotti Rist, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Scheibitz, Julian Schnabel, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, Wolfgang Tillmans, Cy Twombly and Kara Walker.
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