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Miami Beach's Bass gets October reopening date
POSTED 26 May 2017 . BY Tom Anstey
The original museum building underwent a renovation in 2001
The Bass – a contemporary art museum on Miami Beach – has been given a reopening date of 8 October following a US$12m (€10.7m, £9.3m) renovation headed by project architects David Gauld and Arata Isozaki.

First opened in 1964 inside the Russell Pancoast-designed former Miami Beach Public Library and Art Center, the then Bass Museum of Art has been in operation ever since, with the institution focusing on exhibitions of international contemporary art.

The original museum building underwent a renovation in 2001, with a new wing also designed by Isozaki added to house galleries, offices and a museum shop.

The new renovation expands the internal structure by 47 per cent, adding 4,100sq ft (380sq m) to the existing 8,700sq ft (808sq m) space, including three new galleries, a new museum store and café, and a designated education facility to better serve expanded programs and increased attendance. A new 5,200sq ft (483sq m) Creativity Centre will also include education spaces, visitor spaces, administrative offices and a multimedia lab. There will also be an enclosed courtyard for special events.

Good Evening Beautiful Blue, a retrospective of work by Swiss-born multimedia artist Ugo Rondinone, will be on display for the opening, along with Beautiful, featuring work created over the last decade by artist Pascale Marthine Tayou and objects from the museum’s permanent collection, donated by its namesakes Johanna and John Bass.
The Bass concludes its long-awaited transformation and reopens to the public on 8 October 2017
Again working with architects Arata Isozaki and David Gauld, the renovation expands the internal structure to create an almost 50 percent increase in programmable space
The renovation includes three new galleries, a museum store and cafe, and a designated education facility to better serve expanded programs and increased attendance
The building itself already had a rich history on Miami Beach as the first public exhibition space for art in South Florida, and was placed on the National Register in 1978
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Miami Beach's Bass gets October reopening date
POSTED 26 May 2017 . BY Tom Anstey
The original museum building underwent a renovation in 2001
The Bass – a contemporary art museum on Miami Beach – has been given a reopening date of 8 October following a US$12m (€10.7m, £9.3m) renovation headed by project architects David Gauld and Arata Isozaki.

First opened in 1964 inside the Russell Pancoast-designed former Miami Beach Public Library and Art Center, the then Bass Museum of Art has been in operation ever since, with the institution focusing on exhibitions of international contemporary art.

The original museum building underwent a renovation in 2001, with a new wing also designed by Isozaki added to house galleries, offices and a museum shop.

The new renovation expands the internal structure by 47 per cent, adding 4,100sq ft (380sq m) to the existing 8,700sq ft (808sq m) space, including three new galleries, a new museum store and café, and a designated education facility to better serve expanded programs and increased attendance. A new 5,200sq ft (483sq m) Creativity Centre will also include education spaces, visitor spaces, administrative offices and a multimedia lab. There will also be an enclosed courtyard for special events.

Good Evening Beautiful Blue, a retrospective of work by Swiss-born multimedia artist Ugo Rondinone, will be on display for the opening, along with Beautiful, featuring work created over the last decade by artist Pascale Marthine Tayou and objects from the museum’s permanent collection, donated by its namesakes Johanna and John Bass.
The Bass concludes its long-awaited transformation and reopens to the public on 8 October 2017
Again working with architects Arata Isozaki and David Gauld, the renovation expands the internal structure to create an almost 50 percent increase in programmable space
The renovation includes three new galleries, a museum store and cafe, and a designated education facility to better serve expanded programs and increased attendance
The building itself already had a rich history on Miami Beach as the first public exhibition space for art in South Florida, and was placed on the National Register in 1978
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