Talk:Kimbell Art Museum

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"one of the most epic structures of the twentieth century" "Kahn's excellent treatment of light is appropriate to the art on display (in contrast to other modern museums like the Wexner Center), and has the effect of making the post-tensioned reinforced concrete construction seem light and precise." "view to acquiring artworks of first class quality." "the collection of artwork is wide-ranging and would not be out of place in any of the world's great art galleries." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.36.60.223 (talk • contribs) 13 November 2008

Major Expansion
Just to let everyone know, I am planning a major expansion to this article in the next day or so, mostly about the museum's architecture, but also its history. I am striving to provide citations for just about everything in the entire article.Bilpen 02:17, 14 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bilpen (talk • contribs)


 * I just posted the expanded article. I think I managed to fold in everything from the original article along with added citations except for some minor exceptions:


 * Under External Links, I removed "Kimbell Art Foundation selects Architect for New Building" because the link was dead and that topic is thoroughly covered anyway.


 * Under Collection, I changed "the only painting by Adam Elsheimer on public display outside Europe" to "(his only work in an American museum)" to fit the citation I found. I also wanted to reduce the prominence of that remark somewhat so it doesn't look as if Elsheimer is being presented as being as prominent as Michelangelo, which was a problem with the previous version of the article.


 * I removed the statement that the building's total area is 120,000 square feet partly because I couldn't find an authoritative source for that number, and partly because I suspect it is incorrect. There are several newspaper articles, etc, that mention that number, but none of them quotes an authoritative source, and none of the books I found by architectural professionals mentions the total area of the building at all.  (I don't have access to Patricia Cummings Loud's book, which would probably be the best possible source; if anyone does have access to it, maybe they could see if she includes that number.)  When I did some back-of-the-envelope calculations based on the size of the each of the 16 vaults, plus the space between the vaults, plus the space on the ground floor, and even including the porticos, I still didn't get a number as large as 120,000.  The total area of the building isn't all that important anyway.Bilpen 19:59, 15 August 2010 (UTC)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bilpen (talk • contribs)
 * The overemphasis on the museum's architecture now favors architecture over the other arts, packaging over content, and creates an undesirable unevenness in the article.Retal (talk) 20:03, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Michelangelo
The Prime Meridian runs through Greenwich in London, separating the western and eastern hemispheres. The National Gallery owns two paintings, the Royal Academy owns one sculpture and the British Museum owns one of the largest collections of his drawings. All three of these institutions are on the western side of the prime meridian in London, therefore the Kimbell Art Museum's painting by Michelangelo is by far not the only work of his on exhibit in the Western Hemisphere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Emporole (talk • contribs) 00:25, 25 November 2010 (UTC)


 * You are right that almost all London museums are in the Western Hemisphere in the most precise sense of that term because most of London, and indeed most of Britain, is west of the Prime Meridian in the London suburb of Greenwich. However, as the Wikipedia article on the Western Hemisphere points out, the term "is also used, mainly in North America, to specifically refer to the Americas (or the New World) and adjacent waters."  A quick check of Wikipedia reveals many instances in which the term is used in that sense.  For example, Wikipedia says the Economy of Brazil is the second largest in the western hemisphere, even though both the U.S. and Britain actually have larger economies.  Similarly, the article on the Monroe Doctrine talks about limiting European influence in the western hemisphere but clearly not in the sense that would include, say, Liverpool.  All of this indicates to me that both senses of the term are acceptable in Wikipedia.  However, when I add the original line back to the Kimbell article, I will alter it from its original wording ("the only work by Michelangelo on exhibit in the Western Hemisphere") to "the only work by Michelangelo on exhibit in the Americas," which is undoubtedly the meaning intended by the cited newspaper article that is the source of that piece of information. Bilpen 21:47, 30 December 2010 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bilpen (talk • contribs)

the formal entrance is on the West?
cross the frisby field and the gravel forest, and the East side entrance is to the seedy basement? CorvetteZ51 (talk) 13:50, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

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