25-foot Painting will welcome visitors to the new GRAM

The Grand Rapids Art Museum is not just building a beautiful new facility. The GRAM also is expanding its collection. Renowned American artist Ellsworth Kelly will create a special piece for the facility’s main lobby.

According to excerpts from the story:

When the new Grand Rapids Art Museum opens next spring, visitors will be greeted by a 25-foot tall, 8-foot wide painted aluminum panel in the main lobby.

“The lobby is a monumental space, and we looked for an artist that we felt could create a wall piece,” said museum director Celeste Adams. “In terms of that genre, he is the pre-eminent American artist.”

Kelly’s work can be found in Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and in public buildings worldwide.

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