The Kimbell Art Museum is situated in the Cultural District of Fort Worth, Texas, USA. It houses a small collection of European, Asian and Pre-Columbian works, as well as hosting travelling art exhibitions. The building was designed by Louis Kahn.
The Kimbell Art Foundation was established as a result of a request by Kay Kimbell, a Texan industrialist and art collector, to establish an art institute for the people of Texas. On his death in 1964, ...
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The Kimbell Art Museum is situated in the Cultural District of Fort Worth, Texas, USA. It houses a small collection of European, Asian and Pre-Columbian works, as well as hosting travelling art exhibitions. The building was designed by Louis Kahn.
The Kimbell Art Foundation was established as a result of a request by Kay Kimbell, a Texan industrialist and art collector, to establish an art institute for the people of Texas. On his death in 1964, his widow, Velma Fuller Kimbell, decided to use the entire Kimbell estate to fund the Institute.
The museum building was commissioned in 1966 and opened in 1972. Designed by architect Louis Kahn, the 120,000 square foot (11,000 m²) building takes the form of a series of spaces defined by parallel barrel vaults. Senior architect, Galen Schlosser, at Kahn's firm, was the supervising architect and a major design influence on the building.
The Kimbell Art Foundation recently announced that the Renzo Piano Building Workshop has been selected as the...
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