[Fort Worth] Kimbell Art Museum - Louis Kahn

[wegofaster]

The prequal to "the MODERN" in DFW.

i did not post these in PPB1, but here goes, how do you think it compares to the Ando Addition,

Location

Kimbell Art Museum
3333 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, Texas 76107-2792

Main: 817-332-8451
Metro: 817-654-1034
Fax: 817-877-1264

Hours

Tuesdays-Thursdays and Saturdays 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Fridays noon–8 p.m.
Sundays noon–5 p.m.

Closed Mondays, New Year's Day, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

Admission

Admission to the Museum's permanent collection is free. There is a charge for special exhibitions.

How to get there

From Dallas: I-30 west to University Drive exit (follow signs to Cultural District); north on University Drive to Lancaster (third traffic light); left on Lancaster one block to Arch Adams; right on Arch Adams; Museum is immediately on the left.

From Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: Take south exit out of airport and follow signs to Fort Worth; Highway 183 west to 121; 35W south to I-30 west; see directions from Dallas, above.

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1910 Name changes to the Fort Worth Museum of Art
Formation of the Fort Worth Art Association 1928 Fort Worth Museum of Art chosen as new name
Authorized catalogue of works in the permanent collection 1936 Demolition of the Carnegie Public Library at 9th & Throckmorton June 28, 1939 New Fort Worth Public Library and expanded Fort Worth Museum of Art open at same site Late 1930s Creation of a Junior Art Association
First art appreciation courses for children 1946 Citizens of Fort Worth approve a $500,000 bond issue for construction of Fort Worth’s first museum building, present site at Montgomery & West Lancaster selected 1950 Fort Worth City Council approves sale of $800,000 in bonds for construction of the art museum and a children’s museum (now the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History) June, 1951 Fort Worth Art Association Board of Directors hires the first professional director of the newly named Fort Worth Art Center September, 1951 Architect Herbert Bayer selected to design the new facility June 3, 1953 Ground-breaking ceremonies for the new building October 7, 1954 Grand opening of the Fort Worth Art Center (history_fw_artcenter.html) January, 1961 Amon Carter Museum opens 1964 Gift of $900,000 from the William Edrington Scott Foundation for Scott Theatre, an extension of the Art Center January 5, 1965 Ground-breaking for the Scott Theatre January, 1966 Scott Theatre opens 1971 Name changes to The Fort Worth Art Museum-Center 1972 Fort Worth Art Association wins City Council approval for a $1.4 million expansion of the Fort Worth Art Center complex, funded by Sid W. Richardson Foundation October, 1972 Kimbell Art Museum opens 1974 Building reopens as The Fort Worth Art Museum (history_fw_artmus.html) with an extensive new addition designed by Texas architects O’Neil Ford and Associates 1985 Director’s Council created to give younger members of community an opportunity to participate in acquisitions for the museum 1987 Name changes to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (history_mamfw.html) November, 1995 Modern Art Museum opens an annex, The Modern at Sundance Square, downtown in the Sanger Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, located at 4th & Houston Streets July, 1996 New site for the Modern Art Museum (areamap.html) purchased with grant from The Burnett Foundation

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http://www.kimbellart.org/

If you did not read the entire post earlier, this museum is the KIMBALL. Previously called the modern museum of art, then succeded by "the MODERN" by Tadao Ando.

[wegofaster]

any comments?
Does anyone know who designed this building?

[SWANK-E]

Does anyone know who designed this building?
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It's the Kimbell Art Museum by Louis I. Kahn. Everyone should know about this.

[imasayer]

It's the Kimbell Art Museum by Louis I. Kahn. Everyone should know about this.

That was my initial reaction too. This I one of the most important pieces in American Architecture. If you don't know Kahn check out the Salk Institute. FYI - If you don't know Kahn, and you care about architecture, you need to know Kahn.

[takesh h]

jan, you are extremely lucky to live near this building.
I'm not talking about Ando's addition, Kahn's original is three hundred times better than Ando's. If you are impressed by Ando's, look closely, Kahn's version is even juicier! ;)

[trogers]

That was my initial reaction too. This I one of the most important pieces in American Architecture. If you don't know Kahn check out the Salk Institute. FYI - If you don't know Kahn, and you care about architecture, you need to know Kahn.

Try his son's documentary, very worth the viewing: My Architect (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373175/). I'm in the jealous category, too...:not worth

tr

[wegofaster]

FINALLY, A REPLY FROM YOU JOKERS... why hasent anyone said anything up to this point... Well, at least i got a rise from you guys... here is the rest of the info :D

http://www.kimbellart.org/

Award-Winning Building (page 2)
Placed in a 9.5-acre park located approximately two miles from the center of downtown Fort Worth, the museum building faces west and looks out on an expansive green lawn with parallel rows of trees. Further west in the same park are neighboring museums: the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, the Art Center (now the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth), and the Children's Museum.

The nearest of these is the Amon Carter Museum, designed by Philip Johnson and opened in 1961. Now housing a much larger collection of American art, the museum was recently expanded in 2001 by an addition designed by Johnson and his present partner, Alan Ritchie.

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth was designed in 1953 by former Bauhaus master Herbert Bayer as Fort Worth's first permanent art museum building, and enlarged in 1974 by Texas architect O'Neil Ford & Associates of San Antonio. However, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has a new building designed by Tadeo Ando; across from the Kimbell Art Museum, which opened in 2002.

Finally, the Children's Museum, built in 1954 to a design by local architect Joseph H. Patterson, has become the Museum of Science and History. It has since undergone several additions, the most notable being an Omni Theater that draws large crowds to its programs.

Approaching the Kimbell Art Museum from Lancaster Street on the south, one passes a grove of crape myrtle and a sunken sculpture court on one side and, on the other, sculpture, trees, and greenery. From Camp Bowie Boulevard to the north, the approach leads one past the sunken service court which is screened by a low wall on the east and an expanse densely planted with trees and shrubs on the west. In each case, when the portico is reached, there is a reflecting pool with a fountain and the sound of spilling water. Like a sacred way, each path leads over fine gravel or stone paving toward a central forecourt planted with rows of yaupon holly, a court that seems to echo the sacred grove that is home to the classical muses. In this case, the grove screens and protects the entrance to the Museum.

This low building is covered by a sophisticated structural shell of vaults roofed in lead-covered copper. The vaults are massed in a tripartite organization of six, four, and six adjoining units, all oriented to the north and south. Each vault is split by a skylight at its apex and may be read either as an individual room or as a part of an expanse of parallel galleries. Light comes both from above and from the internal courtyards, lunettes, or light slots, depending on one's location in the building. Eight-foot channels between the vaults house vital service elements and divide the units. Along the sides of the metal soffits that cover the channels are buttons used for attaching moveable walls. Thus the Museum's spaces may be reconfigured for various installations of the collection or of temporary exhibitions, a feature that confers considerable flexibility in interior arrangements.

More

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Kahn

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Here is some good info provided by sister wendy:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/sisterwendy/museums/kim.html


The Kimbell Art Museum is the youngest museum on Sister Wendy's tour. Opened in 1972, its approach to collecting and displaying art differs from most of the other collections highlighted in several ways. Based on the collection of Texas industrialist Kay Kimbell and his wife Velma, the Kimbell Art Museum embodies the goal to make a "small museum of supreme quality."

Both the small size of the Kimbell collection -- works number in the hundreds, not the thousands -- and the building which houses it are remarkable. The founders' collection was based on examples of European and English 18th- and 19th-century works, mainly painting. They asked that later curators expand the range of the museum, setting a first criterion of high quality, rather than dictating encyclopedic collecting from any one genre, era, or geographic region. The museum has done this, by extending its range -- while keeping the size small -- to embrace landmark 20th-century art, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, and African art and antiquities from Egypt and the Near East.

This collection of masterpieces is housed in a masterpiece of its own: architect Louis I. Kahn's 1972 building, one of the great museum buildings of the world. Among its innovations is the use of vaulted ceilings, which accommodate natural light. It is also celebrated for the elegance in which its simple materials, including copper and reinforced concrete, recall classical models. In 1990, the American Institute of Architects awarded the Kimbell Art Museum its 25 Year Award, for a building from 25 to 35 years old which "exemplifies design of enduring significance."

[imasayer]

I have to get to this building sometime. I just love it. I think that it is one of those rare buildings that would leave a mark on you for the rest of your life.

[wegofaster]

if you came for a visit you would not be dissapointed

try coming on the first thursday of the month, its free then ;)

[takesh h]

I have to get to this building sometime. I just love it. I think that it is one of those rare buildings that would leave a mark on you for the rest of your life.
meanwhile, you can enjoy virtual tour of Kimbell (http://www.virtualvisitor.com/vrpages/kimbell.html) ;)

[SWANK-E]

wegofaster, if you edit your first post and actually give those useful travel info such as address, how to get there by public transport, opening hours and other tips such as the free entry, this could well be in the travel forum.

[wegofaster]

will do, when i get back in town on friday, thanks for the tip... hopefully more useres can get some better info from the post. :cheers:

[imasayer]

Try his son's documentary, very worth the viewing: My Architect (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373175/). I'm in the jealous category, too...:not worth

tr

Hey, have you been able to rent this anywhere? I would love see it, not sure that I want to own it, or do I? Troggers you make the call, should I just bite the bullet and buy it? I have wanted to see it since I first heard about it. Kahn is a god.

[trogers]

Hey, have you been able to rent this anywhere? I would love see it, not sure that I want to own it, or do I? Troggers you make the call, should I just bite the bullet and buy it? I have wanted to see it since I first heard about it. Kahn is a god.

I haven't been able to rent it anywhere, just borrowed it for the first time from my AIA Nebraska Exec. Director...She had a copy, and I just asked to borrow it. We also had a screening through AIA/AIAS that was lined up at a local theatre (shows more indie films and docs than blockbusters). We brought in quite a few people and found a sponsor to foot the cost. Made it worth a few CEUs, too, I believe.

I'm surprised you don't know anyone that owns it...If you think he is a god, you should be the first one on your block to own it. I might be able to snail mail you my copy, if you wish. I just have to remember who has it...

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[imasayer]

I'm surprised you don't know anyone that owns it...If you think he is a god, you should be the first one on your block to own it. I might be able to snail mail you my copy, if you wish. I just have to remember who has it...

tr

I was going to say that I didn't then I asked the guy across from me and guess what? I am impressed that you would even offer to mail it to me though. Were you joking? If not that is really cool. If so...then ...um..I totally get it.

[primocordara]

I was going to say that I didn't then I asked the guy across from me and guess what? I am impressed that you would even offer to mail it to me though. Were you joking? If not that is really cool. If so...then ...um..I totally get it.

Hey, I dowloaded the film in two 700mb sections through emule.
Very worth having!

[trogers]

Were you joking? If not that is really cool. If so...then ...um..I totally get it.

Nope. Wasn't joking. What good is an architecture film sitting on a shelf?

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[sigue2000]

Hey, I dowloaded the film in two 700mb sections through emule.
Very worth having!
You naughty boy. :no no no:

(so did I)

[wegofaster]

i would like to get the film if anyone has it available.
How do you download it?
Thanks

[cacapis]

You have to use Emule, a peer to peer software. www.emule-project.net
You install it and do a search for the movie and start downloading. In general it's better to choose the files that appear first in the list. I won't give you the elinks here because in some places it might be considered illegal. :rock on:

[primocordara]

You naughty boy. :no no no:

(so did I)

It's impossible to find it in my country, I OOONLY download movies I cannot legally buy:rolleyes:

[dizzee]

Not sure why noone else has caught this, but the Kimbell and the Modern by Ando, are in no way related museum wise. Architecturally speaking you can not deny the conversation going on between the two, but that is a whole other conversation. The new Modern is not an addition to the Kimbell. I have been to both museums more times than I can remember, and both are extremely moving experiences in their own right. No student at UTA will ever miss one of the pieces of form work used to create the vaults for the Kimbell, it is amazing to see it close up. And seeing the Modern at night with the museum mirrored off the reflecting pool is truly amazing.

Sorry for the rant, just wanted to get that cleared up.

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Could have said it better Dizee. Fort Worth is an extremely fortunate city and in my opinion is often overlooked and underrated for its art and culture.

[wegofaster]

Not sure why noone else has caught this, but the Kimbell and the Modern by Ando, are in no way related museum wise. Architecturally speaking you can not deny the conversation going on between the two, but that is a whole other conversation. The new Modern is not an addition to the Kimbell. I have been to both museums more times than I can remember, and both are extremely moving experiences in their own right. No student at UTA will ever miss one of the pieces of form work used to create the vaults for the Kimbell, it is amazing to see it close up. And seeing the Modern at night with the museum mirrored off the reflecting pool is truly amazing.

Sorry for the rant, just wanted to get that cleared up.

Dizzee
You must not have read the entire thread... The Kimbell is not a creation of Tadao Ando, as your post above implies, the Modern is.

This has been a source of confusion as the Kimball has had many names... see the beginning of this post... including the name Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art. Kahn created the Kimball... also discussed in this forum in detail.

The name of the thread was created to show that the modern museum by Ando is the successor, to the Kimbell’s MODERN name.

Hope that clears up any confusion. :peace:

[wegofaster]

Got a present for XMAS... A new book inspired by the Kimbell.

Deconstructing the Kimbell: An Essay on Meaning and Architecture

[mbching]

very nice, but could you show us some interior shots?
i really want to see the sky light from your viewpoint. thanks

[wegofaster]

It was not open the day I took a camera... and when it is open... they dont allow cameras inside. I could try and sneak a shot next time.:)

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The Fort Worth Modern Art Museum by Tadao Ando didn't impress me on my first and only visit. I had very high expectations, imagining that Ando's building would be a temple of millimeter tolerances, shibumi, and exotic, even "off-world" architectural prowess which would wow my senses, but I experienced a building which was not too inspirational or moving. There was a staircase which was interesting, attractive...it was the highlight of the building for me. I was shocked to see a white PVC pipe in the reflecting(?) pool! A white PVC pipe in a reflecting pool??? It screamed "cheap" to me. The "art" on display didn't do much for me either.

I didn't get to go in the Kimbell that day, but I did walk over to it. Its feel is completely different. "Quality" and "thoughtfulness" come to mind. I see that Renzo Piano has been chosen to design an addition for the Kimbell. Great choice:


KIMBELL ART FOUNDATION SELECTS ARCHITECT FOR NEW BUILDING (http://www.kimbellart.org/news/new_building_architect.cfm)




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