Grand Rapids Art Museum
| Data | |
|---|---|
| place | Grand Rapids |
| architect | Kulapat Yantrasast |
| opening | 1910 |
| management |
Dana Friis-Hansen (CEO)
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The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) is an art museum in Grand Rapids with collections from the Renaissance to modern art, as well as special collections on European and American art of the 19th and 20th centuries. The museum has 5,000 works of art in its collection, including over 3,500 prints, drawings and photographs.
history
The museum was founded in 1910 under the name Grand Rapids Art Gallery. Originally housed in a former residence at 230 Fulton Street, it moved to the historic federal building on Pearl Street in 1981.
In 2004, construction began on a new green museum building that was to be the world's first LEED-certified art museum. The 11,600 square meter building with 1,900 square meters of gallery and exhibition space is LEED Gold certified. In 2002 the London office Munkenbeck + Marshall Architects was appointed as the architect for the new building and developed the design from the first concept to the construction documentation. In the summer of 2004, the museum board ended Munkenbeck + Marshall's engagement and commissioned the architect Kulapat Yantrasast from wHY Architecture to carry out the project.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2017-2018: Andy Warhol ’s American Icons
- 2017: Black Waves: The Tattoo Art of Leo Zulueta
- 2016: Maureen Nollette: Honorable Ordinaries
- 2015–2016: Reynold Weidenaar: A Retrospective
Michigan Artist Series
In its 100-year history, the Grand Rapids Art Museum has featured works by Michigan artists in its exhibition program. This tradition is now showcased in galleries across the museum in the Michigan Artist Series . It highlights the work of any living artist or designer who works in various media and lives in the state.
Individual evidence
- ↑ artprize.org: Grand Rapids Art Museum
- ↑ archdaily.com: Grand Rapids Art Museum: LEED Gold Certified / Why Architecture
- ↑ artmuseumgr.org : Michigan Artist Series