Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
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| Established | 1958 |
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| Location | Belgrade |
| Type | contemporary art museum |
| Website | www.msub.org.rs |
Museum of Contemporary Art (Serbian: Музеј савремене уметности / Muzej savremene umetnosti) is an art museum in Belgrade, Serbia that collects and displays art produced since 1900 in Serbia and former Yugoslavia. The museum also organizes international exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. It was founded in 1958 as the Modern Gallery. It was moved into the current building in the Ušće neighborhood of New Belgrade in 1965. The building is a masterpiece of Ivan Antić and Ivanka Raspopović, a short-lived by highly successful partnership, which also produced the 21 October Museum in the Šumarice Memorial Park in Kragujevac. The collection contains more than 35,000 works of art.
The museum was closed for renovation between 2007 and 2017. After several deadlines were pushed back, the museum was finally reopened for visitors on 20 October 2017.
The museum building is located near the confluence of the river Sava into the Danube, in Ušće park of Novi Beograd municipality. It was designed by Ivan Antić and Ivanka Raspopović in 1960. The building was constructed between 1960 and 1965. The architects received the October Prize of the City of Belgrade on October 20, 1965, the day of the opening of the Museum.
Due to its shape, architecture and location, it has been nicknamed "crystal at the confluence".
The museum has several departments and collections:
Departments:
The museum also operates the Salon of the MoCAB, located in old town Belgrade. It was opened in 1961.
When first talks on the renovation began in the early 2000's, both authors were still alive: Antić died in 2005, Raspopović in 2015. Reconstruction began in 2007, but dragged for 10 years, due to the numerous reasons. The museum was re-opened to the public on 20 October 2017, after 10 years of renovation work, on the anniversary of the museum's first opening. The entire building was renovated and upgraded to meet current museum standards. The park surrounding the museum building was also reconstructed. The first exhibition to be held in the newly-renovated museum is "Sequences" by Dejan Sretenović.
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