Former name | The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture |
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Established | 2008 |
Location | Moscow, Russia |
Coordinates | 55°43′40.31″N 37°36′5.75″E / 55.7278639°N 37.6015972°E |
Type | Art Museum |
Founder | Dasha Zhukova; Roman Abramovich |
Architect | Rem Koolhaas |
Website | www.garageccc.com/en |
The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, also referred to simply as The Garage Museum, is a privately funded art gallery in Moscow. It was founded by Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich as the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in 2008 and was renamed on 1 May 2014. Since June 2015, it has been housed in a building designed by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.[1]
As well as providing permanent collections and changing exhibitions, the museum also operates as a research centre. It has archives relating to Russian contemporary art from the 1950s. It also runs educational programmes and publishes material relating to current developments in Russian and international art and culture.[2]