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Grand staircase of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
(Above and nine below) Views from the exhibition ‘Spitzmaus Mummy in a Coffin and other Treasures’ guest curated by filmmaker Wes Anderson and writer and illustrator Juman Malouf, in collaboration with Jasper Sharp (Kunsthistorisches Museum) and Mario Mainetti (Fondazione Prada). ‘Anderson and Malouf have assembled more than objects drawn from all fourteen of the museum’s historical collections. Among them are Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, Old Master paintings, selections from the Kunstkammer and the Imperial Treasury, items from the Imperial Armoury, Coin Collection, and Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, as well as pieces from the Theatermuseum, the Weltmuseum, the Imperial Carriage Museum, and Schloss Ambras Innsbruck. A handful of special guests from the Natural History Museum are also included. Particular attention was given to the museum’s storage
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Get a glimps of the collection: In the video-series «Collection Bites», personalities from pop culture, music, politics, sports and the social sphere meet works from the collection of the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst. Check it out.
The collection of the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst owes its existence to the supportive gesture of an entrepreneur: Gottlieb Duttweiler, the founder of the largest Swiss retailer, Migros, began to purchase works of art in the mids. Today, the collection of artworks amassed over the years for the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst has an impact that goes far beyond its initial significance as a company collection designed to foster the careers of local and national artists. As a museum collection it has been distinguished in particular since by the interaction and intermingling of collecting and exhibiting activities. That was the founding year of the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, which proceeded with ease to set itself apart from its larg