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 +The '''Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art''' ({{lang-fr|Musée d'art moderne Grand-Duc Jean}}), abbreviated to '''Mudam''', is a [[museum]] of [[modern art]] in [[Luxembourg City]], in southern [[Luxembourg]]. The museum stands on the site of the old [[Fort Thüngen]], in the [[Kirchberg, Luxembourg|Kirchberg]] [[Quarters of Luxembourg City|quarter]], in the north-east of the city.
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 +The museum was inaugurated on [[1 July]] [[2006]] by [[Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Grand Duke Jean]], to whom the building is dedicated, and opened to the public the following day. The building was designed by [[Pritzker Prize]]-winning architect [[I. M. Pei]], and the museum is directed by [[Marie-Claude Beaud]].
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 +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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 +In one year of being opened, the museum has had more than 115.000 visitors, which is a record for a Luxembourg museum.
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 +== Exhibitions ==
 +* ''Eldorado'' (opening exhibition) 01/07/2006 - 20/11/2006.
 +* ''[[Michel Majerus]]'' (european retrospective) 09/12/2006 - 07/05/2007.
 +* ''TOMORROW NOW - when design meets science fiction'', 25/05/2007 - 24/09/2007.
 +* "bloom! Experiments in Color Photography by [[Edward Steichen]]" 14/07/2007 - 03/09/2007
 +* "[[Glenn Ligon]]: some changes" 13/10/2007 - 19/02/2008
 +* Mudam Guest House 07: [[François Boisrond]], [[Marie Cool & Fabio Balducci]], [[Pascal Convert]], [[Wim Delvoye]], [[Thomas Demand]], [[James P. Graham]], [[Charles Kaisin]], [[Vera Weisgerber]] & [[Bady Minck]], [[Simon Jacquard]], ..." 13/10/2007 - 26/11/2007
 +* "A propos des lieux d'origine, Portugal Agora" (Panorama of Portuguese contemporary creation) 15/12/2007 - 07/04/2008
 +* "[[Michel Paysant]] - Nusquam" 15/12/2007 - 07/04/2008
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The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art (Template:Lang-fr), abbreviated to Mudam, is a museum of modern art in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The museum stands on the site of the old Fort Thüngen, in the Kirchberg quarter, in the north-east of the city.

The museum was inaugurated on 1 July 2006 by Grand Duke Jean, to whom the building is dedicated, and opened to the public the following day. The building was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect I. M. 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.

In one year of being opened, the museum has had more than 115.000 visitors, which is a record for a Luxembourg museum.

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