Museum Küppersmühle

Warehouses of the Küppersmühle and Werhahnmühle
Museum Küppersmühle
Museum Küppersmühle
Museum Küppersmühle
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Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia

Museum Küppersmühle (MKM) is a Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art based in Duisburg's Inner Harbour. It houses the Ströher Collection. It is part of the Duisburg: Town and Harbour section of the Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail.

History

Built in 1860 by leading local industrialist Wilhelm Vedder,[1] the original building was erected in 1860 with extensive redevelopment between 1908 and 1916. Steel silos were added in the 1930s. In 1969 the merger of Werner & Nicola Germania Mühlenwerke with the Küppers Mühlenwerken in Homberg gave rise to the name "Küppersmühle". The facility closed down in 1972.[2]

In 1999, a grant of DM35 million ($19 million) from the local authority in Duisburg was used to establish the Grothe Museum to display some of real estate developer[3] Hans Grothe's art collection.[4] The museum officially opened in April 1999.

Architecture

From 1999, the original building was redesigned by the Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, using a masterplan devised by Norman Foster. After gutting the original industrial building an exhibition space of 3,600 m2 (39,000 sq ft) was created across three storeys. With 6-meter high ceilings, grey Turkish basalt natural daylight is provided by the ceiling-high window slits. The building is served by an external staircase attached to the original building.

From 2013 to 2021, Herzog & de Meuron planned and executed an 2,500 m2 (27,000 sq ft) extension.[5] Divided into three parts, the new addition contains exhibition halls, as well as utilities and art-handling facilities across five floors.[6]

Collection

Artist James Turrell created two permanent site-specific installations for the building, planned to be revealed in 2022. [7]

References

  1. ^ Ellie Stathaki (September 23, 2021), Herzog & de Meuron returns to Duisburg for MKM Museum Küppersmühle extension Wallpaper.
  2. ^ Ellie Stathaki (September 23, 2021), Herzog & de Meuron returns to Duisburg for MKM Museum Küppersmühle extension Wallpaper.
  3. ^ Carol Vogel (November 14, 2001), Postwar Art Fails to Meet Expectations At Christie's New York Times.
  4. ^ Emma Beatty (July 17, 2019), Top German collector disappoints museums by selling loans The Art Newspaper.
  5. ^ Crook, Lizzie (2021-01-02). "Twelve buildings to look forward to in 2021". dezeen. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  6. ^ Ellie Stathaki (September 23, 2021), Herzog & de Meuron returns to Duisburg for MKM Museum Küppersmühle extension Wallpaper.
  7. ^ Ellie Stathaki (September 23, 2021), Herzog & de Meuron returns to Duisburg for MKM Museum Küppersmühle extension Wallpaper.

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