| The new African art gallery and Oceanic art gallery in the Denver Art Museum expansion building (the Frederic C. Hamilton Building) opening October 7th, 2006 Below are some images and information from the exhibition at the Denver Art Museum called "Building Outside the Box" which is about the new expansion building. I also attended a special preview of the Denver Art Museum expansion on Monday September 25th and at the bottom of this page is a link to a 2 page virtual tour of the new African and Oceanic galleries. OR you can CLICK HERE to go directly to Page 1 of the virtual tour. |
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| A rendering of the outside of the Denver Art Museum's Frederic C Hamilton Building which will nearly double the size of the Denver Art Museum and is proposed to open in the fall of 2006. Rendering by David Partnership Architects. |
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| A rendering of the entry of the new building. Rendering by David Partnership Architects. |
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| A photograph of the model of the new building. |
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| A rendering showing the location of some of the galleries in the north side of the new building |
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| A rendering showing the location of some of the galleries in the south side of the new building |
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| An early conceptual image of the African art gallery. Rendering by David Partnership Architects. |
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| Above and below are photos of the model that was set up showing the new African art gallery that will be in the new building. Traditional and contemporary African art will be displayed side by side in the gallery, which I think will be great. |
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| Below are a few more photos of the model of the new building. In the photo below, the new building is in the front and the existing building for the Denver Art Museum is shown in the back. |
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| CLICK HERE to see a Virtual Tour of the African and Oceanic art galleries at the Denver Art Museum. Rand African Art home page |
| Above is a photo taken from across the street in the courtyard between the Denver Library and the existing Denver Art Museum building. |
| Across from the new expansion building are condos that have been built around the new parking garage. They are called the "Museum Residences" and they are pretty dramatic. CLICK HERE to read an article in the NY Times about them (new window) |
| Above is a photo looking back at the existing Denver Art Museum building from the same courtyard as the photo above. |
| Above is a photo of the existing DAM building. |
| A photo I took of the entrance to the Hamilton Building |
| A view of the Denver Library taken from the DAM Hamilton Building. The area around the DAM is very architecturally unique and diverse. |
| Above is a photo (blurry) from the preview reception on September 25th looking down from the 4th floor. The inside of the museum is VERY white. |
| The piece on the left was by far my favorite thing in the new expansion building, I loved it! |
| The existing DAM building and the new expansion are connected by a walkway that spans over the street between the two buildings. |
| You had to be there to appreciate what this lady was doing. She had her camera set up on a timer and she would run under the spider and jump up. She was having fun and that's what matters, right!? |