Denver Art Museum

The Denver Art Museum [- mu ː ziəm ] is an art gallery founded in 1893 in Colorado's capital Denver - close to the Civic Center Park in the city center. The most important museum in Denver includes the completed 1971 by Gio Ponti - and a castle similar - North Building and the built 2003-2006 under the direction of architect Daniel Libeskind's Hamilton Building. Among the most important exhibitions include the collections of Native American craftsmanship.

History

The art gallery was founded in 1893 as the Denver Artists Club and renamed in 1916 in Denver Art Association. The present name the gallery since 1932, was given its present location but only in 1971 after it was previously housed, among others, in a public library and the town hall building in the city.

Since the North Building had reached its capacity limits over the years it came in November 1999 in the state capital to a referendum on raising local taxes. The positive result gave the city planners additional revenue in the amount of 62.5 million U.S. dollars, more $ 28 million flowed during construction by private donations to the city coffers. Mayor Wellington Webb appointed after the vote, a twelve -member selection committee, which had to evaluate the designs of 41 international architects under the management of Stephanie Foote. The selection process took a little more than half a year before Arata Isozaki (Tokyo), Thom Mayne (Santa Monica ) and Daniel Libeskind stood firm for the shortlist.

In June 2000, the television broadcast the public presentation of the three architects, before the selection committee decided on the basis of his visions, his enthusiasm 'as well as his experience for Libeskind. On 13 July 2000 announced Mayor Webb that the extension to the Denver Art Museum by Libeskind's plans would be built. The work began in July 2003, was opened in the Hamilton Building finally on 7 October 2006.

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