The Private Museum of the Future

Private institutions such as the Menil Collection in Houston, the Foundation Maeght in Saint-Paul de Vence, or the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek have been around for a long time. Over the past decade, many New private museums have been created around the world, particularly contemporary art museums. In Athens, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Milan and Paris, large collectors have built or plan to build new museums large-scale. These projects are often hailed as generous initiatives which combine the presentation of an individual collection with a innovative architecture, and offer great visibility to contemporary art. Sometimes they are also seen as competitors for the public institutions, with both structures competing to obtain funds and attract visitors. Following the successful publication Museum of the Future by the same publishers, The Private Museum of the Future examines the current development of private initiatives, a central question of the museology and contemporary society. Made possible by the contribution of international museum founders and of art collectors, the book maps the diversity of the field and the approaches in terms of scale, content, objectives and structures. In Furthermore, it addresses issues such as the motivation of collectors private individuals to build a museum; their relationship with other institutions; future strategies for their museums; their contribution to the renewal of ways of seeing contemporary art; their advantage over other institutions and their relationship with the public and society more broadly. Interviews and contributions from Ziba Ardalan, Christian Boros, Eli Broad, Gil Bronner, Dimitris Daskalopoulos, Jens Faurschou, Soichiro Fukutake, Ingvild Goetz, Dakis Joannou, Grazyna Kulczyk, Savina Lee, Eugenio López, Philippe Méaille, Leonid Mikhelson, Judith Neilson, Bernardo Paz, Lekha Poddar, Nadia Samdani, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Mario Saradar, Bernar Venet, Lu Xun, Anita Zabludowicz and Jochen Zeitz: Essays by the editors and by Chris Dercon, former director of the Tate Modern in London (2011-2016), explores the relationships between institutions public and private institutions and museums around the world.