La Piscine 21/12/2014 14h16
Such a great idea to transform an art deco swimming pool into a museum.
Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Diligent LA PISCINE
La Piscine (French for "the swimming pool") is a museum of art and industry, located in the city of Roubaix in northern France. It is more formally known as La Piscine-Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Diligent or Le musée d'Art et d'Industrie de la ville de Roubaix, but its common name derives from the fact that it is housed in a former indoor swimming pool, with a notable art deco interior.
The swimming pool was constructed between 1927 and 1932 by the Lille architect Albert Baert. It closed as a swimming pool in 1985, and was remodelled as a museum by the architect Jean-Paul Philippon, opening in 2000. A modern entrance building, special exhibition space and garden were constructed within the roof-less shell of an adjoining textile factory.
The museum's permanent collection has its origins in 1835, when a collection of fabric samples from the many local textile factories was started. By 1898 the collection was housed in the National High School of Arts and Textile Industry (ENSAIT), and was seen as a way of cultivating the tastes of the town's workers, foremen and manufacturers. To this end the collection combined elements of literature, fine-arts, science and industrial products. The ENSAIT museum closed with the onset of World War II, and never reopened. From 1990 the collections were displayed in Roubaix's town hall, in preparation for the opening of La Piscine in 2000.
[ Source: Wikipedia - La Piscine Museum ]
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Museum Boijmans van Beuningen 16/08/2014 13h54
Jeff Koons
(1955 - )
"Baroque Egg With Bow" (Orange Magenta)
(1999 - 2004)
Loan: Bert Kreuk
High-chromium stainless-steel with transparent colour coating
Jeff Koons takes everyday objects from consumer society and greatly magnifies them in paintings, photographs and sculptures. This giant Easter Egg is part of the 'Celebration Series'. Alls the works in this series refer to a party theme and in particular to the symbolic objects that people use to increase the festive joy: balloons, Easter eggs, flaming red hearts and party hats.
Normally such objects are mass produced cheaply, but Koons' sculptures are unique and technically sophisticated. For example, the coating on this Easter egg was applied layer by layer, using an advanced technique from the automotive industry.
[ Museum Boijmans van Beuningen | Rotterdam ]
Jeff Koons (Wikipedia)
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JR's new show which opens in Amsterdam tonight at the FOAM Museum of Photography is unique in that for for the first time the exhibition is not inside the museum, but rather is located at five spots around the city.
More information about JR click here, or visit the JR Website
JR in Amsterdam at the following locations:
Foam Keizersgracht
Athenaeum Bookstore Spui
Paradiso Weteringschans
Joods Historisch Museum
Shashin Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat
PVH Film & TV Noordermarkt
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La Piscine 21/12/2014 13h20
During our visit to this museum there was an exposition going on of the French sculptor Camille Claudel (1864 - 1943) and this work with four names was borrowed from the Musée d'Orsay in Paris for this occasion. In the Autumn of 2015 the first Musée Camille Claudel in the world will be opened in Nogent-sur-Seine where the sculptor has lived in his younger years.
Camille Claudel (1864 - 1943)
L'Âge Mûr or La Destinée or Le Chemin de la Vie or La Fatalité [1890 - 1907]
Bronze, unique cast by Thiébaut Frères and Gavignot [1902]
Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Diligent LA PISCINE
La Piscine (French for "the swimming pool") is a museum of art and industry, located in the city of Roubaix in northern France. It is more formally known as La Piscine-Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Diligent or Le musée d'Art et d'Industrie de la ville de Roubaix, but its common name derives from the fact that it is housed in a former indoor swimming pool, with a notable art deco interior.
The swimming pool was constructed between 1927 and 1932 by the Lille architect Albert Baert. It closed as a swimming pool in 1985, and was remodelled as a museum by the architect Jean-Paul Philippon, opening in 2000. A modern entrance building, special exhibition space and garden were constructed within the roof-less shell of an adjoining textile factory.
The museum's permanent collection has its origins in 1835, when a collection of fabric samples from the many local textile factories was started. By 1898 the collection was housed in the National High School of Arts and Textile Industry (ENSAIT), and was seen as a way of cultivating the tastes of the town's workers, foremen and manufacturers. To this end the collection combined elements of literature, fine-arts, science and industrial products. The ENSAIT museum closed with the onset of World War II, and never reopened. From 1990 the collections were displayed in Roubaix's town hall, in preparation for the opening of La Piscine in 2000.
[ Source: Wikipedia - La Piscine Museum ]
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La Piscine 21/12/2014 13h29
One of the main reasons of visiting this museum in Robaix is the fact that this museum is located in and around an art deco indoor swimming pool.
Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Diligent LA PISCINE
La Piscine (French for "the swimming pool") is a museum of art and industry, located in the city of Roubaix in northern France. It is more formally known as La Piscine-Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Diligent or Le musée d'Art et d'Industrie de la ville de Roubaix, but its common name derives from the fact that it is housed in a former indoor swimming pool, with a notable art deco interior.
The swimming pool was constructed between 1927 and 1932 by the Lille architect Albert Baert. It closed as a swimming pool in 1985, and was remodelled as a museum by the architect Jean-Paul Philippon, opening in 2000. A modern entrance building, special exhibition space and garden were constructed within the roof-less shell of an adjoining textile factory.
The museum's permanent collection has its origins in 1835, when a collection of fabric samples from the many local textile factories was started. By 1898 the collection was housed in the National High School of Arts and Textile Industry (ENSAIT), and was seen as a way of cultivating the tastes of the town's workers, foremen and manufacturers. To this end the collection combined elements of literature, fine-arts, science and industrial products. The ENSAIT museum closed with the onset of World War II, and never reopened. From 1990 the collections were displayed in Roubaix's town hall, in preparation for the opening of La Piscine in 2000.
[ Source: Wikipedia - La Piscine Museum ]
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