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Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen / authors, Peter van der Coelen [and thirteen others] ; editing, Sandra Kisters, Esmee Postma ; translation, Lynne Richards.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coelen, Peter van der, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen. English.
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, Netherlands).
- Art museums--Netherlands--Rotterdam--Design and construction.
- Art museums.
- Art objects--Storage--Netherlands--Rotterdam.
- Art objects.
- Art objects--Storage.
- Art museums--Design and construction.
- Netherlands--Rotterdam.
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages, 19 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portraits ; 27 cm
- Other Title:
- Depot
- Place of Publication:
- Rotterdam : Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, [2021]
- Summary:
- Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, located next door to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam's Museumpark and designed by MVRDV, is the first art depot in the world to be fully accessible to the public. Visitors can see the result of over a hundred and seventy years of collecting: more than 151,000 objects of art and design, housed in fourteen storage spaces, are arranged by material, size, and sometimes chronology or geography. All the activities involved in the management and conservation of a collection are also on view. This is a fascinating account of a unique new type of museum building and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen collection. This book covers all the phases in its creation, from the first crazy ideas to the last work of art to be rehoused. It takes you on a journey through the building and provides brief glimpses of the storage compartments on each floor. The essays describe the growing collection, its storage conditions over the last 172 years, and the Depot's design and construction process. We also talked to the designers and artists involved about their contributions to the building.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Ground floor
- Introduction / Sjarel Ex
- First floor
- The collection within easy reach : the concept of an open depot / Sandra Kisters
- Second floor
- History of the collection : acquisition and enhancement / Peter van der Coelen
- Third floor
- "We have designed a canvas for the city" / Winy Maas
- Fourth floor
- The construction revealed
- Fifth floor
- A building of many authors
- Sixth floor
- A building by many authors
- A bonfire of colour.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Dutch.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789069183213
- 9069183218
- OCLC:
- 1288321000
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