MOCAK Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej w Krakowie / Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow MOCAK (with English. Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow) is the largest institutional investment in culture made by the City of Kraków after 1989 and the first of its kind built in Poland after World War II, a few years ahead of the emergence of similar museums Warsaw and Wroclaw. MOCAK collects, protects and provides an international collection of art, with ambitions of taking the whole phenomena of Polish art of the last twenty years.

The project of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow dates back to 1983, when he was first correspondence with the local authorities on the establishment of the facility. Consultations conducted two years did not go, however, beyond generalities and declarations. In 1993 the city authorities have proposed the creation of the Department of Modern Art as part of the Historical Museum of Krakow, and the location of the art collection showed former "house of Lenin's" Street Queen Jadwiga. However, the lack of financial perspectives and will transfer funds from the Krakow City Council stopped the case. In 2004, the Minister of Culture Waldemar Dabrowski announced a program Signs of the Time to organize regional collection offices and contemporary art. In the same year the Municipality of Krakow regained the long buildings of the former Schindler Factory. In 2007, eleven persons jury chaired by prof. Konrad Kucza-Kuczynski settled the contest for the design of the museum building, selecting works of Claudio Nardi and Leonardo Maria Proliego. The project prepared by the studio of Claudio Nardi Architette assumed rise in the former Schindler Factory one new building and adapting existing six. Construction work began in December 2009, November 16, 2010 took place the dedication of the building MOCAK.

The Museum conducts extensive activities popularizing and teaching activities addressed to social groups with different cultural competence. The aim of the facility is, among other things removing prejudices against modern art. Another mainstay of the museum is research. Thanks of collected archives, collection and library MOCAK creates space science and friendly people all interested in deepening reflection on art.

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The program of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow MOCAK, Which has been active since 1st February 2010, encompasses presentation of the latest international art, education as well as research and publication projects. MOCAK's two most important aims are presenting the art of the two last decades in the context of the post-war avant-garde and conceptual art as well as clarifying the rationale of creating art by highlighting its cognitive and ethical value and its relationship with everyday reality .

All the projects will be undertaken by the Museum with diverse audiences in mind. The publications produced will Provide information bringing closer the origin and significance of the works and events presented and placing them in contexts. The institution considers it an important challenge to reduce prejudice against very recent art.