Mumok

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    underground rail: U2 Museumsquartier, U2, U3 Volkstheater
bus: 2A, 48A
tram: 49

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Lonely Planet review

While the dark basalt exterior of the Museum moderner Kunst (MUMOK; Museum of Modern Art)is impressive, as a whole MUMOK fails to please. Many of the exhibition rooms housing Vienna's premiere collection of 20th-century art are cramped and devoid of natural light. The exhibition centres around fluxus, nouveau realism, an extensive pop art collection and photorealism; expressionism, cubism, minimal art and Viennese actionism are also represented.

The best of the museum is its extensive collection of pop art featuring Warhol, Jasper Johns and Rauschenberg.

If you've never seen Viennese Actionism, this is your chance as MUMOK's basement holds the largest collection of such art. Actionism is a melting pot of animal sacrifice, bloody canvases, self-mutilation and defecation, and certainly not everyone's cup of tea. Other well-known artists represented throughout the museum include Picasso, Klee, Magritte, Ernst and Giacometti.