Recent Acquisitions

Remai Modern’s primary focus for acquisitions is on the art of our time, alongside the art of the recent past. The collection is a resource for exploring the development of art and culture in the context of modernity and globalization.

Remai Modern’s collecting activities began in 2014, building on the legacy of the Mendel Art Gallery’s 51-year history (1964-2015). The ever-growing collection now totals over 8,000 works by artists of local, national and international significance. Remai Modern acknowledges the support many donors, who have gifted works of art from their private collections, and of the Frank and Ellen Remai Modern Foundation, which in 2017 pledged $1 million per year for 25 years to support art purchases.

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Image: Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill, Desperate Living, for E.S., 2018–ongoing, denim curtains, artist’s and friends’ hair, cigarettes, beer can tabs collected from friends, metal studs, spider pendant, dandelions, thistles, various wildflowers, candle wax, thread, press on nails, metal buttons, 167.6 × 106.6 × 44 cm. Collection of Remai Modern. Purchased with the support of the Frank and Ellen Remai Foundation, 2025. Image: Exhibition view of La Position de l’Amour, Magasin CNAC, Grenoble, November 19, 2022–March 12, 2023. © Le Magasin CNAC. Photo: Aurélien Mole.