The Pulitzer Arts Foundation unveiled 3,700 square feet of new gallery space May 1, tucked within the serenely introverted structure designed by Tokyo-based Tadao Ando. In 2001, the Pulitzer opened in the Grand Center arts district of St. Louis with two long wings enclosed in honed concrete embracing a shallow reflecting pool and sculpture terrace. The main gallery, which remains unaltered, captures the movement of sun through a glowing slot at one end, a low strip of windows that refract light from the pool, and indirect light that spills into the gallery from glazed openings in adjacent spaces.
Since artworks are almost always displayed in this richly refracted daylight without electric illumination, the Pulitzer provides an art-viewing experience of singular intensity and intimacy. (The entire building is only 27,000 square feet.)
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