The New Museum - Birgitte Sigmundstad

The story of a wildly ambitious project that ends up overwhelming everyone.

Behind the construction of the largest museum in the Nordic countries lies a gallery of characters: from the hyperactive director to the frustrated architect, from overwhelmed curators to dubious and troublesome patrons— not to mention the people who simply think it’s “ugly”.

Birgitte Sigmundstad delivers a documentary comedy that is as funny as it is revealing. Who decides what a museum should be today? And who is it for?

As the opening of Kanal – Centre Pompidou Brussels sparks its own debates, expectations and controversies, The New Museum brings a sharp sense of humour to the political, symbolic and human stakes behind the birth of a major cultural institution.