Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
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The Eli and Edythe Board Art Museum is the Contemporary art
museum at Michigan State University
, slated to be completed in the Spring of 2012.
and Edythe Broad (for whom the museum is named) of an original $26 million the museum was materialized. At the June 15th 2007 the MSU Board of Trustees meeting approved the construction of the museum with initial plans to demolish the building currently in the proposed location, the Paolucci Building. Michael Rush was named as the founding director in December 2010.
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
museum at Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
, slated to be completed in the Spring of 2012.
Beginnings
From the donation by EliEli Broad
Eli Broad is an American businessman from Detroit, Michigan who resides in Los Angeles, California.-Life and career:An only child, Broad was born in the Bronx to Lithuanian Jewish immigrant parents. His father was a housepainter, his mother was a dressmaker. His family moved to Detroit when he...
and Edythe Broad (for whom the museum is named) of an original $26 million the museum was materialized. At the June 15th 2007 the MSU Board of Trustees meeting approved the construction of the museum with initial plans to demolish the building currently in the proposed location, the Paolucci Building. Michael Rush was named as the founding director in December 2010.
Design
Following the approval of the museum there were initially 10 semifinalist firms identified from a field of approximately 30 firms. From the list of 10 semifinalists, five architectural firms were selected to submit competition proposals. The proposed building was to include a minimum of 26000 square feet (2,415.5 m²) of gallery space and will accommodate both permanent and temporary exhibitions. The museum will allow MSU’s art museum to offer educational opportunities and programming such as lectures by visiting scholars, curators, artists and faculty; seminars, docent training; and special activities for families and school groups. The five finalists were...- Zaha Hadid (London)
- Coop Himmelb(l)au (Vienna/Los Angeles)
- Morphosis (Santa Monica)
- Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, PC (New York)
- Randall Stout Architects, Inc. (Los Angeles)