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.