Louisiana at 40. The collection today. 18 june - 30 August 1998

Article number 10159668

Louisiana at 40. The Collection Today is a special issue of Louisiana Revy, volume 38, published in connection with the fortieth anniversary of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk and the exhibition held from 18 June to 30 August 1998. Edited by Kjeld Kjeldsen, the publication presents and reflects upon the museum's collection as it had developed during its first four decades. Richly illustrated throughout, it provides an overview of significant works and artistic tendencies represented in the Louisiana collection, placing modern and contemporary art within the particular history and identity of the museum. The volume documents Louisiana's development as an internationally oriented museum and highlights the dialogue between individual artworks, changing approaches to collecting and the museum's distinctive architectural and cultural setting. As both an anniversary publication and a collection catalogue, this special issue offers valuable documentation of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art at an important moment in its history. Of particular interest to collectors and researchers of modern and contemporary art, museum history, Danish cultural institutions, exhibition catalogues and Louisiana Museum publications.