{"id":253436,"date":"2025-04-09T10:09:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=253436"},"modified":"2025-04-09T10:09:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:09:48","slug":"museum-of-modern-art-warsaw-by-thomas-phifer","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/museum-of-modern-art-warsaw-by-thomas-phifer\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Phifer Designs The Museum of Modern Art Warsaw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The double-symmetrical staircase in architectural cast-in-place concrete connecting the building\u2019s three levels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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April 9, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Annie Block\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Phifer Designs The Museum of Modern Art Warsaw<\/h1>\n\n\n

Celebrated architect Thomas Phifer<\/a> has worked on dozens of cultural institutions across the U.S., most notably completing expansions to the Glenstone in Potomac, Maryland, and the Corning Museum of Glass in New York, plus myriad residential commissions. But he hasn\u2019t done a project in Europe. Until now, when Thomas Phifer and Partners has designed not one but two buildings in Poland: the Museum of Modern Art Warsaw and the TR Warszawa Theatre. The former has just bowed, marking not only a milestone for Phifer but also for the museum, or MSN (the Polish acronym for Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej), which hasn\u2019t had a permanent home since its founding in 2005. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what a home it is. The three-story structure is on Plac Defilad, the largest public square in Europe. Beyond its facade of crisp-white architectural cast-in-place concrete, the 213,000-square-foot interior features a series of \u201ccity rooms,\u201d their expansive windows overlooking the plac,<\/em> and a monumental staircase connecting all the galleries. Those are now installed with \u201cThe Impermanent: Four Takes on the Collection,\u201d the MSN\u2019s inaugural exhibition drawn from its 4,300-plus holdings, which spans pieces from the 1950\u2019s to today,  focusing on how artists have interpreted modernism and its political, economic, and creative implications and revealing the changes across the visual arts in the last seven decades. \u201cThe galleries serve as catalysts for Warsaw\u2019s cultural renaissance,\u201d Phifer says. \u201cWe imagined the building as a vitrine of light, not only a museum but also a town hall where Varsovians and visitors can participate in the life of the city.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inside The Museum of Modern Art Warsaw<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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European ash lines and forms seating in a city room at the Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, a ground-up project in Poland by Thomas Phifer and Partners, which also gave the space a 13-foot-wide window overlooking the city. Photography by Filip Bramorski\/courtesy Of Thomas Phifer And Partners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The double-symmetrical staircase in architectural cast-in-place concrete connecting the building\u2019s three levels. Photography by Filip Bramorski\/courtesy Of Thomas Phifer And Partners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Norwegian artist Sandra Mujinga\u2019s Ghosting<\/em> in \u201cThe Impermanent: Four Takes on the Collection,\u201d the inaugural exhibition that\u2019s on view through August 31. Photography by Filip Bramorski\/courtesy Of Thomas Phifer And Partners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury\u2019s Silver Rain<\/em>, in “The Impermanent: Four Takes on the Collection,\u201d the inaugural exhibition that\u2019s on view through August 31. Photography by Marta Ejsmont\/courtesy Of Sylvie Fleury.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n