Breaking out of the plain white box
An exhibition at the Architecture Gallery in Rudolph Hall examines emerging trends in museum design through six sites that move beyond the traditional “white cube” gallery space. Rather than displaying art in minimalist, enclosed spaces, these sites break apart the experience into multiple pavilions, heightening the role of landscape. These sites, located around the world, demonstrate an open-ended quality and a close intertwining of art, design, curatorial vision, and the environment. White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes includes models and drawings by architects and landscape architects, and photos by Iwan Baan. It is on view through May 4.
Celebrating the Beinecke Library
Dean Robert A. M. Stern kicked off a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library with a lecture, “Lux et Libri: Beinecke at Fifty,” on January 24. With approximately 500,000 volumes and several million manuscripts, the Beinecke is one of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts. The building, constructed of marble, granite, bronze, and glass, was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of the firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Its stark modern design made it a center of controversy even before it officially opened in 1963. Dean Stern is founder and senior partner of Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP, and winner of the Driehaus Prize for lifelong achievement in architecture.
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