""We love the idea that visitors will be able to see works by the Wyeth family hanging in the gallery and then just walk over to where a lot of that art was created," Thomas Padon, the director of the Brandywine Museum of Art, tells The Art Newspaper."
"The estimated $100m project includes construction of a new freestanding 40,000-sq.-ft museum building, expected to break ground next spring and open in autumn of 2029."
"A new system of walking trails, to be introduced to land owned by Brandywine but not previously accessible to the public, will connect the two museum buildings in a bucolic ten-mile loop."
"To date, Brandywine has raised almost 50% of the project's estimated cost, including contributions from the Wyeth Foundation for American Art and individual Wyeth family members."
The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art is transforming its 15-acre campus into a 325-acre public preserve and garden. The $100 million project includes a new 40,000-sq.-ft museum building and renovations to the existing museum. A system of walking trails will connect the two museum buildings and the historic studios of N.C. Wyeth and Andrew Wyeth. Almost 50% of the project's cost has been raised, including contributions from the Wyeth Foundation and family members. Kengo Kuma's design features four shed-like pavilions and is the firm's first art museum in the US.
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