Oslo is about to see the opening of an stunning building that will host a new contemporary art gallery. It is stunning and the photographs above do not do justice to this exercise of grand imagination.
This is the idea he delivered:
The building was conceived by the reknown architect Renzo Piano who of course was one of the architects of the Pompidou Center (a seminal building back in the 1970s). No point in listing all the beauty his mind has created. Recently, he has reshaped the London skyline with The Shard: Europe's tallest building.
The official name is Fearnley Astrup Museum...
Let's face it: the name is not that catchy it, is it?
I love unforgettable uber-cool names such as the "The Tate", "The MoMa" or "The Met" even "The Shard".
Two philanthropic foundations established by descendants of the Fearnley shipping family funded the Gallery in 1993 (hence the name) and the collection's focus has been American artists from the 1980s, but more recently it has gone for a more international orientation.
This year the museum moved to the new buildings by Renzo Piano.
One you enter and go to the end of one of the corridors (first photograph) you reach a balcony and see a relaxing urban beach. A spot which will never be alone once the rest of the city discovers it.
Then you walk outside and go the sculpure park where you see the sculpture by Louise Bourgeoise that I mentioned earlier.
