Last year in October, the new venue of the museum of modern art in Warsaw, Poland opened its doors. Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej, as it goes in Polish, is a controversial one. A huge white slab, seemingly out of place, but at the same time, very fitting to its surroundings. It is an all white inside, very functional and modern exhibition space.
In the first couple of weeks after opening, the building was the exhibit. There were just a few large artworks (from the museum’s substantial collection) presented in the huge rooms, but the idea was to make people familiar with the new architecture. It was free entry, roam free, do anything in the museum. The place became immensely popular, and there were people from Warsaw and all over the country coming to visit, see the venue, take a selfie, or get an opinion on the architecture. I was one of them.
Here’s a couple of photos I took at MSN Warszawa.
Fantastic. Loving the modern brutalist juxtaposition with socialist and historical Pałac Kultury just around the corner—I’ll have to visit next time I’m in PL. You did very well to capture the liminal spaces in your photos, the compositions are a real treat.