The Pontus Hultén Study Gallery, 2017 Photo: Åsa Lundén/Moderna Museet

About The Study Gallery

The Study Gallery was created based on an idea by Pontus Hultén, the director of Moderna Museet in 1960 to 1973. Hultén frequently discussed with internationally renowned architect Renzo Piano what a future dream museum could look like – a museum where the art could be retrieved at the push of a button.

Pontus Hultén was instrumental in making the museum a meeting place for all arts, including film, sound and performance. One of his most famous exhibitions was “Movement in Art” (1961), featuring works by Marcel Duchamp, Jean Tinguely, Alexander Calder and Robert Rauschenberg.

Some of the works were added to the Moderna Museet collection. These artists, who became close friends of Hultén, are also represented in his donation, along with works by Niki de Saint Phalle, Jasper Johns and Sam Francis and others.

Pontus Hultén’s Art Collection

In 2005, Pontus Hultén donated his art collection, library, and archive to Moderna Museet. Together with architect Renzo Piano, whom he met during his time as Director of the Centre Pompidou in Paris (1974–1981), The Study Gallery was created with financial support from the Friends of Moderna Museet.