Gehryâs Quiet Interventions Reshape the Philadelphia Museum
No billowing sails of glass or glimmering titanium in the renovation of the museumâs Beaux-Arts home. Equally surprising are several new shows and the American galleries.
Gehry Partners reestablished the vaulted walkway, left, a Guastavino-tiled corridor spanning the length of the main building, as a main access in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Piranesian switchback staircase, right, is Gehryâs âonly concession to showiness,â our critic says.Credit.Steve Hall, via Philadelphia Museum of Art
May 30, 2021, 8:38 a.m. ET
PHILADELPHIA â You know whatâs chicer than spending a ton on a landmark building? Spending a ton and barely showing it.
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