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looks (and feels) so much better in person.
go look for youself instead of bitchin from a photo.
The previous entry to the museum was the original travesty – the removal of the steps. So the “original”, i.e. what we lived with for years was ugly, a “stoopectomy” on a grand scale. But this? This breaks my heart. I was out of NY for a few years and came back to see this and felt kind of sick.
New on old could work, the Louvre works I think, the Metropolitan wings work, but this is sad to me. That’ll teach me to leave NY.
It looks like UFO crashed into the front of the building. That said, it’s an adventurous look and a welcome modernization/change to an otherwise stodgy section of Brooklyn.
I find the renovation to be much more welcoming and inspiring than the previous entrance to the museum. It sounds like most of the people commenting haven’t stepped foot inside the new entrance—and I would highly recommend a visit, it is worth it. The previous entrance was dark and sad, but there is new life that has been breathed back into the museum because of the wonderful renovation.
hm, it looks like they were trying to do what they did to the Louvre…contrast the classic architecture with something completely modern (I.M.Pei’s Pyramids). I think it really worked at the Louvre b/c it is a clean transition between styles. The courtyard gives space between the old and new.
well, i think they completely missed the mark on this one. I agree with the poster above that it looks unfinished. there’s something missing and it looks messy.
I still have mixed feelings about BMA’s renovation, but I’m not as turned off as I was initially. True, it’s a shocking change. But, it has created a much more open and inviting scene at the museum entrance. In warm weather, and when the fountains are on,the exterior comes alive. The place literally swarms on the weekend with museum visitors and passersby. I’d go so far as to say that the “before” entrance was so grand and formal as to be forbidding. The “after” entry –strange as it may appear in juxatoposition to the old– now acts as a structural invite and embrace to the people. That’s a change in action that’s great to see.
In fact, that actually is my point. You get a much better appreciation of the new look at BMA if you actually go there and spend some time with it.
its a shame what they did to this once beautiful building!!! I can’t even blame the architect. Who approved it? what a shame!!!!
Has anyone noticed how the museum somehow got rented out as the backdrop in all those Lipitor commercials from Pfizer? Their first ads were the Milwaukee Art Museum, now this….I just don’t get the science lab feel…
it looks like a clash of styles because, in one sense it is, although i would express it more like a combination of styles. i think any addition to the front in the classical would have been even more discordant.