Garage Museum of Contemporary Art

Founded in 2008 by Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich, Garage is the first philanthropic institution in Russia to create a comprehensive public mandate for contemporary art. Providing opportunities for dialogue, as well as the production of new work and ideas, the Museum's extensive program of exhibitions, events, education, research, and publishing reflects current developments in Russian and international culture. Central to these activities is the Museum's collection, which is the only public archive in the country related to the development of Russian contemporary art from the 1950s through to the present. The organization was initially housed in (and received its name from) the renowned Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage in Moscow, originally designed by the Constructivist architect Konstantin Melnikov. In 2012, Garage relocated to a temporary pavilion in Gorky Park specifically commissioned by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. A year later, a purpose-built Education Center was opened next to the Pavilion. On May 1, 2014, the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture became the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. On June 12, 2015, Garage welcomed visitors to its first permanent home. Designed by Rem Koolhaas and OMA, this is a groundbreaking preservation project that has transformed the famous Vremena Goda (Seasons of the Year) Soviet Modernist restaurant built in 1968 in Gorky Park into a contemporary museum. The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art reserves the right to make changes to its exhibition plan.