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First look at the Gardner's new wing
By adamg on Sat, 01/14/2012 - 12:19pm
Greg Cook takes us on a tour of the new Renzo Piano wing of the Fenway museum:
The addition's new 300-seat concert hall and a special exhibition gallery are dashing. And they make the old building better too by freeing up space to showcase the core collection, particularly in the dramatically improved tapestry room.
It's not perfect. From the outside, the addition, which sits behind the palace, could be mistaken for the mechanical building of one of the neighboring, generic school or medical campuses. And the corridor from the new building to the old begins muddled and dull. But the way it delivers you into the old palace, right beside the blossoming courtyard, is a revelation, that feels like Gardner's old magic.
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Gardner wing
I was lucky enough to get a glimpse of this building as construction was nearing completion and while it provides the museum with much needed space and a new entrance, it seems like a completely different museum. It left me cold. Perhaps I'll just need time to get use to it.
First sound of Calderwood Hall
While providing a first look at the museum appendage, you neglected to provide the first listen for the new performance space, Calderwood Hall. Boston Musical Intelligencer is on the story.