{{Short description|Art museum in Geneva, Switzerland}} {{Infobox museum | name = Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = File:MAMCO_Geneva_logo.svg | image = Musée d'art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO).jpg | image_size = 300 | mapframe = yes | mapframe-caption = Interactive fullscreen map | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker = museum | mapframe-wikidata = yes | mapframe-frame-width = 300 | coordinates = {{Coord|format=dms|display=it}} | established = {{Start date and age|1994|9|22|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Convention de subventionnement 2016-2019 de la Fondamco |url=https://www.ville-geneve.ch/fileadmin/public/Departement_3/Rapports/argent_public/convention-fondamco-2016-2019-ville-geneve.pdf |website=Ville de Genève |language=fr |page=2 |access-date=2026-03-29}}</ref> | location = Rue des Vieux-Grenadiers 10<br />Plainpalais, Geneva,<br />Switzerland | type = Art museum | visitors = 58'886 (2024)<ref name="OCSTAT2024">{{cite web |title=T 16.02.5.01: Fréquentation des musées de la Ville de Genève et des musées privés du canton |url=https://statistique.ge.ch/statistique/tel/domaines/16/16_02/T_16_02_5_01.xlsx |publisher=Office cantonal de la statistique (OCSTAT) |website=Statistique Genève |language=fr |format=XLSX |access-date=2026-03-29}}</ref> | director = Lionel Bovier | curator = | public_transit = '''Bus''': Lines 2, 19 and 35 stop ''Bains''; line 1 stop ''École-Médecine''<br />'''Tramway''': {{ric|Trams in Geneva|12|size=22}} {{ric|Trams in Geneva|15|size=22}} {{ric|Trams in Geneva|17|size=22}} {{ric|Trams in Geneva|18|size=22}} stop ''Plainpalais'' | website = {{URL|http://www.mamco.ch|www.mamco.ch}} }} The '''Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art''' ({{Langx|fr|Musée d'art moderne et contemporain}}; '''MAMCO''') is the contemporary art museum of Geneva, which opened in 1994.<ref name="fa16">{{cite news|url=http://www.flashartonline.com/2016/03/lionel-bovier-on-his-new-position-at-mamco-geneva/|title=Lionel Bovier on his new position at MAMCO / Geneva|last=Anderson|first=Mitchell|date=9 March 2016|work=Flash Art|accessdate=20 April 2016|archive-date=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426153129/http://www.flashartonline.com/2016/03/lionel-bovier-on-his-new-position-at-mamco-geneva/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The building is a former factory building, with 3500 m<sup>2</sup> of exhibition space, it is the largest contemporary art museum of Switzerland.
With the museum being under renovation between 2025 and 2028, MAMCO has continued its exhibition programme through off-site collaborations with partner institutions, including ''MAMCO x SOMA'', ''MAMCO x Société des Arts'', ''Dial-A-Poem Switzerland'' at the Bains des Pâquis, and ''Quickkopy Conceptualism'' with HEAD-Genève.<ref name="MAMCO-Renovation">{{cite web |title=Timeline |url=https://www.mamco.ch/en/2141/Timeline |website=MAMCO Genève |access-date=2026-03-29}}</ref><ref name="MAMCO-Now">{{cite web |title=Exhibitions – Now |url=https://www.mamco.ch/en/1011/Now |website=MAMCO Genève |access-date=2026-03-29}}</ref><ref name="MAMCO-Before" />
== Exhibitions == Since opening in 1994, MAMCO has organised over 450 temporary exhibitions, collection displays and collaborative projects focused on modern and contemporary art.<ref name="MAMCO-Museum">{{cite web |title=Museum |url=https://www.mamco.ch/en/1517/Museum |website=MAMCO Genève |access-date=2026-03-29}}</ref><ref name="MAMCO-Before">{{cite web |title=Exhibitions – Before |url=https://www.mamco.ch/en/1013/Before |website=MAMCO Genève |access-date=2026-03-29}}</ref> Its recent programme has included thematic surveys such as ''Inventaire'' and ''Land Art & Earthworks'', summer "special edition" group exhibitions, and solo or focused presentations devoted to artists including Olivier Mosset, Christian Marclay, Jeremy Deller, Julia Wachtel, Gordon Matta-Clark, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, General Idea, Ian Burn, Emma Reyes, Tishan Hsu, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Paul Thek, Erica Pedretti and Paul Neagu.<ref name="MAMCO-Before" />
== Collection == MAMCO's collection comprises almost 6,000 works created between the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, with about half of the holdings available through the museum's online catalogue.<ref name="MAMCO-Catalogue">{{cite web |title=Collection – Catalogue |url=https://www.mamco.ch/en/1017/Catalogue |website=MAMCO Genève |access-date=2026-03-29}}</ref> The museum has particularly strong collection of works by Siah Armajani, John M Armleder, Tobias Kaspar,<ref>https://mamco.ch/en/1017/Catalogue/5117/Tobias-Kaspar-Rented-Life-Lot-8-2020-2021</ref> Guy de Cointet, Sylvie Fleury, Olivier Mosset, Steven Parrino, Philippe Thomas and Franz Erhard Walther. It also includes substantial groups of works by Louise Lawler, Christian Marclay, Maurizio Nannucci, Nam June Paik and General Idea, alongside works by Helen Frankenthaler, Gordon Matta-Clark and Frank Stella.<ref name="MAMCO-FromMemory">{{cite web |title=MAMCO, from Memory |url=https://www.mamco.ch/en/2058/MAMCO-from-Memory |website=MAMCO Genève |access-date=2026-03-29}}</ref>
The collection has grown mainly through donations, bequests and targeted acquisitions rather than through a standing acquisitions budget.<ref name="MAMCO-NouvellesImages">{{cite web |title=Nouvelles Images: Donations, Bequests, and Acquisitions 2016–2017 |url=https://www.mamco.ch/en/1526/Nouvelles-Images |website=MAMCO Genève |access-date=2026-03-29}}</ref> Since 2017, MAMCO has also expanded its holdings through its ''In Course of Acquisition'' project at artgenève, which the museum said had brought around sixty works into the collection by 2026.<ref name="MAMCO-ArtGeneve">{{cite web |title=MAMCO x Art Genève: In Course of Acquisition |url=https://www.mamco.ch/en/2106/MAMCO-x-Art-Geneve |website=MAMCO Genève |access-date=2026-03-29}}</ref>
==Directors== *Christian Bernard (1994-2015 ) *Lionel Bovier (2016-present)<ref name="fa16" />
==See also== * List of museums in Switzerland * Plainpalais
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==External links== {{commonscat}} * {{official|http://www.mamco.ch/}}
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