The Museum: container or art?

Alisa Pigram / 2002

Art & Creative Industries
Europe

This report examines whether the contemporary museum is a public institution, a marker of cultural identity, or simply a repository for art. The aim of this research was to explore the tensions between art and architecture through the prism of three museums at extremes of the architectural spectrum.

It looks at three iconic museums: the Beyeler Foundation, Basel by Renzo Piano, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria, by Peter Zumthor and the Guggenheim, Bilbao by Frank Gehry. Imperative to this study was travel to museums displaying these qualities to approach the task objectively by self-experience.

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