Sentences with phrase «pavilions by famous artists»

Portavilion is a public art project that plunks specially designed pavilions by famous artists into four parks across central London.

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Architecture Opened in 1987, The Menil Collection is located in a 30 - acre campus which, along with the main building, it also encompasses a pavilion dedicated to the works of American artist Cy Twombly, the Richmond Hall, displaying major works by Dan Flavin, the Menil Drawing Institute, and the famous Rothko Chapel, built in 1971 to house a cycle of paintings commissioned to Russian - born American artist Mark Rothko.

As anticipated, the museum is also word - renowned for its famous sculpture garden, a 25 hectares park where, alongside with lawns, ponds and majestic trees, works by artists such as Rodin, Henry Moore, Giuseppe Penone, Christo, Richard Serra and Jean Dubuffet, as well as pavilions by Gerrit Rietveld, Aldo van Eyck and Van der Velde, can be appreciated by the visitors in a fascinating combination of art and nature.

Attention - grabbing highlights include a site - specific work by Anselm Kiefer made from impossibly - high shards of glass and concrete housed in a pavilion on the river's edge, Christian Boltanski's The Life of C.B (the artist agreed to have his every move in his Paris studio live streamed, 24 hours a day, in the museum, until he dies), and Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary, which set off a famous firestorm when it was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum in 1999.