The museum houses Swedish and international modern and contemporary art, including pieces by
Pablo Picasso and
Salvador Dalí, and a model of
Tatlin's Tower. The museum's collection also includes key works by artists such as
Marcel Duchamp,
Louise Bourgeois,
Niki de Saint Phalle,
Henri Matisse and
Robert Rauschenberg, as well as ongoing acquisitions by contemporary artists. On 8November 1993, six works by Picasso and two by
Georges Braque, totaling more than £40 million, were stolen from the museum in a coup in which the burglars came in through the roof by night, copying a method from the 1955 French film
Rififi. All six of the Picasso paintings and one of the Braque paintings have been recovered.
Pontus Hultén Collection In 2005, former museum director
Pontus Hultén bequeathed over 700 works of art to Moderna Museet, along with his archive and library. A few works of the collection are on display with the museum's permanent collection; many others are exhibited in the purpose-built Pontus Hultén Study Gallery.
Sculpture park The museum has a sculpture park on the island with works by sculptors of diverse nationalities. •
The Four Elements,
Alexander Calder, 1961 •
Le Paradis fantastique,
Jean Tinguely and
Niki de Saint Phalle, 1966 • ''Déjeuner sur l'herbe'',
Pablo Picasso and
Carl Nesjar, 1962 •
Monumentalfigur, Christian Berg, 1927 •
Monument över den sista cigaretten, Erik Dietman, 1975 •
Lenin Monument April 13th 1917, Björn Lövin, 1977 •
Mannen på templet,
Bjørn Nørgaard, 1980 •
Svart svensk granit,
Ulrich Rückriem, 1981 •
Pavilion Sculpture II,
Dan Graham, 1984 •
Louisa,
Thomas M. Woodruff, 1987 •
Freedom and Belief (their own affair),
Joseph Kosuth, 1998 •
No title,
Per Kirkeby, 1999–2000 •
Instabil,
Lars Englund, 2005 •
Närkontakt, Gustav Kraitz, 2008 == Architecture ==