Acquisitions
MAMCO’s collection lies at the very center of the strategy developed by the director since 2016, which is to consider it as both origin and the destination of all exhibitions. It is also become the focus of museum’s politics of internationalization.
More than 200 works entered MAMCO's collection in 2024, either completing or
stabilizing existing corpus (Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Aimée Moreau), filling important gaps
(Alighiero Boetti, Richard Prince), and exploring new directions (Tishan Hsu, David Medalla). Donations by artists and Estates (Walter Leblanc, Shizuko Yoshikawa) as well as collectors (Derek Fordjour, Wade Guyton, Seth Price, Erika Verzutti) mirror these developments.
Additionally, the year was marked by two other importants donations: by the Fondation MAMCO which acquired a group of works of the "Pictures Generation" for the museum and by John M Armleder who greatly contributed to the enlargement of the corpus of his works the museum is holding.
For the development of its collection, MAMCO benefits from the support of its friend’s association, private donors, and donations. When you become a Friend of MAMCO, you contribute to it as well.
Artmyn
Discover our films presenting artworks from the collection, produced in partnership with the company Artmyn. The unique digitization technology developed by ARTMYN allows to generate interactive images and immersive videos that take you to the heart of the works, share the emotion of gesture and material and discover the secrets of the greatest artists.
Marcia Hafif, 189. (To Chloe, Who Wished Herself Young Enough for Me), 1968
Miriam Cahn, Sans titre, (13 + 14 + 18.07.2003)
Richard Pettibone, After Roy Lichtenstein (Sock, 1962), 1965
Richard Paul Lohse, Vier und fünf, Farbgrüppen mit hellem Zentrum, 1952-1964
Jean-Frédéric Schnyder, Sans titre (BF), 1984
Karel Appel (1921-2006), Oiseau au-dessus de la mer noire, 1958
Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), Passport, 1953
General Idea (1969-1994), Copyright (Blue) # 3, 1987
artgenève
With the project In Course of Acquisition, MAMCO proceeds, during artgenève 5-day fair, to in situ acquisitions. Its booth thus opens completely empty and is filled day after day as works bought at the fair are brought together. This project is made possible by the Friends Association of MAMCO, an anonymous donor, and Mirabaud & Cie. Between 2017 and 2024, almost 40 works by artists such as Richard Artschwager, Irma Blank, Larry Johnson, Louise Lawler, David Medalla, Walter Robinson, Hassan Sharif, Haim Steinbach, Julia Scher, Robert Smithson, or Heimo Zobernig, thus joined the museum’s collection.
