The Des Moines Art Center is an art museum with an extensive collection of paintings, sculpture, modern art and mixed media. It was established in 1948.
The architecture of the original museum wing was designed in a combination of Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles by Eliel Saarinen in 1945 and completed in 1948.
The second addition, originally intended for large-scale sculpture, was designed in a Modernist style by I.M. Pei in 1966 and completed in 1968. Legend says that Pei designed the south windows, which look out onto the rose garden, to resemble "PEI", but he has denied this.
The third wing was designed by Richard Meier and completed in 1985. This wing was designed to allow as much natural ambient light in as possible.
The Des Moines Art Center is free of charge.
There is a special exhibition on Vivian Maier's works. I watched a movie on her life a while back and love her photos. Now I got to see her works in person, what a nice surprise!
The architecture of the original museum wing was designed in a combination of Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles by Eliel Saarinen in 1945 and completed in 1948.
The second addition, originally intended for large-scale sculpture, was designed in a Modernist style by I.M. Pei in 1966 and completed in 1968. Legend says that Pei designed the south windows, which look out onto the rose garden, to resemble "PEI", but he has denied this.
The third wing was designed by Richard Meier and completed in 1985. This wing was designed to allow as much natural ambient light in as possible.
The Des Moines Art Center is free of charge.
There is a special exhibition on Vivian Maier's works. I watched a movie on her life a while back and love her photos. Now I got to see her works in person, what a nice surprise!
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