SFMOMA Announces New Expansion Design

The Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has rebooted the design concept of a forthcoming expansion in an attempt to bring the art to the people. Oslo- and New York-based firm Snøhetta has designed the new facility--local firms EHDD and Webcor will also help create the expansion. The new glass structure will increases public circulation between the museum and the city through the creation of free ground-level galleries, new entrances, a central public gathering place, two outdoor terraces, and a new sculpture garden. The new design also includes a mid-block, open-air, 18-foot-wide pedestrian promenade running from Howard Street through to Natoma Street, which is currently a dead end.

Grand Opening of LACMA's Resnick Pavilion - October 2

In September of 2008, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced that the Los Angeles-based philanthropists Lynda and Stewart Resnick would donate $55-million dollars toward LACMA's Transformation, a renovation and expansion project. On October 2, the new Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, will open to the public with three new exhibits, Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico, Eye for the Sensual: Selections from the Resnick Collection and Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915.

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