articles/Wadsworth Atheneum restores spaces it very nearly lost — theartnewspaper.com

Hartford-born Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #1131, Whirls and Twirls (Wadsworth), 2004, enlivens the museum’s grand staircase The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, one of the oldest art museums in the US, unveiled the first phase of a $33m renovation on 31 January. The project increases exhibition space by 27% and repairs damage that nearly led to the collapse of the 173-year-old institution. “We would have had to close the entire museum except one of the five buildings had we not done this renovation,” says Susan Talbott, its director.

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