The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum will be a premier venue for international contemporary art, featuring major exhibitions, and serving as a hub for the cultural life of Michigan State University, the local and regional community, as well as international visitors.
The building, designed by the world-renowned, Pritzker Prize winning architect, Zaha Hadid, is scheduled to open to the public in the Fall of 2012. The international exhibition program and wide variety of performances, films, videos, and social actions and art interventions will situate The Broad at the center of the international art dialogue.
The Broad Without Walls opens April 28
From April 28 to May 12, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University will present The Broad Without Walls, a series of eight urban interventions and public art installations in downtown East Lansing. The exhibitions open on April 28.
“This exhibition offers an expanded notion of where contemporary art can thrive, and will challenge viewers to consider the way both art and place can be shifted through surprising installations in public spaces,” said Michael Rush. "While the Broad Art Museum is primarily dedicated to showing the works of international contemporary artists, this project marks the beginning of a long term commitment to fostering dialogue between the local and global communities."
Projects featured in The Broad Without Walls include the following artists:
The museum issued an open call to Michigan-based artists to submit proposals for the project in February. The eight works to be presented were selected from 38 submissions by a jury composed of Alison Gass, Curator of Contemporary Art, Broad Art Museum; Michael Rush, Director, Broad Art Museum; Jefferson Kielwagen, guest curator and graduate student in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at MSU; and Laura Cloud, Associate Professor in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at MSU.
The Broad at MSU invites you to take part in the Countdown to the Broad event series! In anticipation of the Grand Opening of the new, Zaha Hadid designed museum in Fall 2012, the Broad at MSU will be hosting a variety of events and programs to engage the MSU and mid-Michigan communities.
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Coverage from past events:
Trending Now: Dan Hirsch | Trending Now: Alison Gass | Trending Now: Michael Rush | Lecture Series: Peter Plagens | Gala | Lecture Series: Gregory Volk
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