Nasher Sculpture Center
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The Nasher Sculpture Center is a museum located at 2001 Flora Street in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). The museum was opened in October 2003, funded by Raymond Nasher, and designed by architect Renzo Piano. It houses Nasher's own private collections as well as travelling exhibits. The museum includes offices, two levels of galleries, a restaurant, an amphitheater, classrooms, an expansive outdoor garden, and a James Turrell skyspace.
It represents Nasher's vision to create an outdoor "roofless" museum that would serve as a peaceful retreat for reflection on art and nature, as well as being a public home for his collection of 20th century sculpture. The goal was to produce a structure of lasting significance that would sustain the legacy of the collection and to serve as a kind of noble ruin reminiscent of the solidly grounded archaeological sites of ancient civilizations and their continuity through time.
[edit] External links
- Nasher Sculpture Center official website
- ArchitectureWeek article about the museum
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