Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art

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 which was founded in 2016.

Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art (MIMA)
Exterior of the museum
Interactive fullscreen map
Established15 April 2016 (2016-04-15)
LocationQuai du Hainaut / Henegouwenkaai 41,
B-1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50.851111°N 4.338056°E / 50.851111; 4.338056
TypeContemporary art
DirectorRaphael Cruyt
CuratorAlice Van Den Abeele
Nearest car parkParking Brunfaut, Rue Fernand Brunfaut / Fernand Brunfautstraat 18,
1080 Brussels
WebsiteOfficial website

History

Opened on 15 April 2016, the museum is owned by 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, quai du Hainaut/Henegouwenkaai. 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]

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References

Sources
  1. Carvajal, Doreen (31 May 2016). "In Brussels, Art Museum Brings Hope to Muslim Neighborhood of Molenbeek". New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. McGivern, Hannah (19 March 2016). "Private museum pops up to fill a gap in Brussels". The Art Newspaper. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. Alexander-Webber, Miranda (18 March 2016). "New art museum seeks to shed dangerous image of Brussels' Molenbeek". Reuters. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  4. "La passerelle "Porte de Ninove" posée au-dessus du canal de Bruxelles". Beliris (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  5. "Bruxelles: deux passerelles cyclo-piétonnes inaugurées au-dessus du canal". Le Soir (in French). 4 September 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  6. Vanwelde, Aurélie (4 September 2021). "Deux nouvelles passerelles cyclo-piétonnes au-dessus du canal pour relier Molenbeek et Bruxelles-Ville". BX1 (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
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