St Louis Art Museum New and Old
by Greg Kluempers
Title
St Louis Art Museum New and Old
Artist
Greg Kluempers
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Saint Louis Art Museum, which opened as the Palace of Fine Arts as part of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, is located in the only permanent structure built for the fair. The building, designed by Cass Gilbert, houses a comprehensive art museum with particular depth in Oceanic art, Pre-Columbian art, ancient Chinese bronzes, and 20th-century German art.
The museum began an expansion and renovation project in January 2010 under the direction of architect David Chipperfield. The construction will relocate surface parking underneath the addition and create a new lower-level gallery, with a total of more than 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2) of new building area which will allow display of more of the collection. The project includes new landscaping, with groves of white birch trees. A site-specific sculpture was commissioned from Andy Goldsworthy, who completed installation of Stone Sea in the fall of 2012. Before the addition opens, it may be seen from windows in the temporary cafe, which overlook the small courtyard where the Stone Sea surges.
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August 12th, 2013
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