Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art explained

Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art (MIMA)
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Coordinates:50.8511°N 4.3381°W
Location:French: Quai du Hainaut|italic=no / Dutch; Flemish: Henegouwenkaai|italic=no 41,
1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Type:Contemporary art
Director:Raphael Cruyt
Curator:Alice Van Den Abeele
Car Park:Parking Brunfaut, French: Rue Fernand Brunfaut|italic=no / Dutch; Flemish: Fernand Brunfautstraat|italic=no 18,
1080 Brussels

The Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art (MIMA) is a contemporary art museum in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It is a privately owned non-profit museum that was founded in 2016. It is located at 41, French: quai du Hainaut|italic=no/Dutch; Flemish: Henegouwenkaai|italic=no, along the Brussels–Charleroi Canal, in the former building of the Belle-Vue brewery.

History

Opened on 15 April 2016, the museum is owned by the developer Jean-Paul Pütz. The four-story building was originally built in 1916 and it was once the Belle-Vue brewery. The MIMA was privately financed by Pütz at a cost of €18 million. Seven art collectors have contributed art to the museum. The museum has an operating budget of €600,000 per year.[1]

The two directors are Alice van den Abeele and Raphaël Cruyt. They started the business as a non-profit. They thought the museum was needed because there are no public contemporary art museums in Belgium. The museum has displayed works by Momo and the duo Faile, David Shrigley, and Barry McGee.[2]

The museum is located in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, along the Brussels–Charleroi Canal, at 41, French: quai du Hainaut|italic=no/Dutch; Flemish: Henegouwenkaai|italic=no. The area has been considered by some media outlets as a "dangerous place", a reputation the museum seeks to shed.[3] Since 2021, a pedestrian footbridge over the canal offers direct access between the museum and the City of Brussels' side.[4] [5] [6]

Exhibitions

Exhibitions include:[7]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. News: Carvajal . Doreen . In Brussels, Art Museum Brings Hope to Muslim Neighborhood of Molenbeek . 16 December 2021 . New York Times . 31 May 2016 . 16 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211216222923/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/01/arts/design/in-brussels-art-museum-brings-hope-to-muslim-neighborhood-of-molenbeek.html . live .
  2. News: McGivern . Hannah . Private museum pops up to fill a gap in Brussels . 16 December 2021 . The Art Newspaper . 19 March 2016 . 16 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211216222924/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2016/03/20/private-museum-pops-up-to-fill-a-gap-in-brussels . live .
  3. News: Alexander-Webber . Miranda . New art museum seeks to shed dangerous image of Brussels' Molenbeek . 16 December 2021 . Reuters . 18 March 2016 . 16 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211216223620/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belgium-art-molenbeek-idUSKCN0XG156 . live .
  4. Web site: La passerelle "Porte de Ninove" posée au-dessus du canal de Bruxelles . 2023-07-20 . Beliris . fr.
  5. Web site: 2021-09-04 . Bruxelles: deux passerelles cyclo-piétonnes inaugurées au-dessus du canal . 2023-07-20 . Le Soir . fr.
  6. Web site: Vanwelde . Aurélie . 2021-09-04 . Deux nouvelles passerelles cyclo-piétonnes au-dessus du canal pour relier Molenbeek et Bruxelles-Ville . 2023-07-20 . BX1 . fr-FR.
  7. Web site: 2023-11-10. 2013-04-06. en-US. Exhibitions. Mima Museum.
  8. Web site: 2023-11-10. 2023-11-10. Dossier réalisé. fr. par. Prophète du street art, Boris Tellegen investit le Mima. La Libre.be.
  9. Web site: 2023-11-10. en. HuskMitNavn. huskmitnavn.
  10. Web site: 2023-11-10. fr. MIMA Wonderland ou l'art de la rébellion. RTBF.
  11. Web site: 2023-11-10. 2019-02-21. Enter the Dream Box and have fun at MIMA in Brussels!. vrtnws.be.
  12. Web site: 2023-11-10. en-gb. Juxtapoz Magazine - Hell'O Collective: Exploring the Collaborative Process. www.juxtapoz.com.
  13. Web site: 2023-11-10. 2019-09-25. fr-BE. Obsessions. Focus.
  14. Web site: 2023-11-10. fr. Et si on se faisait une expo ? - ZOO au MIMA à Bruxelles. RTBF.
  15. Web site: 2023-11-10. fr. L'exposition 'Verisimilitude' au Mima, notre réalité à travers le prisme des nouvelles technologies. RTBF.
  16. Web site: 2023-11-10. 2021-08-03. fr. Expo: le Mima voit double. Le Soir.
  17. Web site: 2023-11-10. 2022-06-25. Michel. fr-BE. Verlinden. Interview avec Invader, l'artiste anonyme qui pixellise les rues. Focus.
  18. Web site: 2023-11-10. 2023-09-26. fr. Jean Jullien. Studiolo. Le Soir.

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